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Big East APPROVES to evaluate expansion options


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I think top canidates are Villanova and TCU...but I would like to see ECU and So Miss/UAB

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are ucf fans/ticket sales reps already saying they got the invite?  ;D

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a 1aa team wont help the big east

You aren't looking in the long term. TCU could come in immediately as the 9th member. Villanova then has a few years to build their program at the 1 A level before joining the league.

With TCU in early you fix the scheduling for an even 4 home/4 road in big East play.

Grabbing the Philly and Dallas/Ft. Worth tv markets would be big opportunity to get the Big East tv network off the ground.

While I would love to see that, does it matter if we're in the Philly market even if nobody watches? BE had the Philly market but tossed it out ... Hope you're right, though.

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I don't know why Temple isn't mentioned. The may win their conference this year, a NQ yes, but a Conference title is still a conference title. They're already a member, so it won't piss off the BB only members, and they used to play in the BE. You add Temple and Villanova and move on. JMHO.

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a 1aa team wont help the big east

You aren't looking in the long term. TCU could come in immediately as the 9th member. Villanova then has a few years to build their program at the 1 A level before joining the league.

With TCU in early you fix the scheduling for an even 4 home/4 road in big East play.

Grabbing the Philly and Dallas/Ft. Worth tv markets would be big opportunity to get the Big East tv network off the ground.

While I would love to see that, does it matter if we're in the Philly market even if nobody watches? BE had the Philly market but tossed it out ... Hope you're right, though.

They didn't have their own tv network and Temple wasn't drawing fans. Temple probably has better attendance now than they did back in the Big East days.

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My inside sources are telling my it's Texas and Oklahoma

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I don't know why Temple isn't mentioned. The may win their conference this year, a NQ yes, but a Conference title is still a conference title. They're already a member, so it won't piss off the BB only members, and they used to play in the BE. You add Temple and Villanova and move on. JMHO.

Neither are great football adds and the markets would overlap.  It's the same reason UCF wouldn't be my first choice for expansion.  One of the Philly schools and one of the TX schools would expand the footprint of the conference the most.  Let's get that TV money.

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My inside sources are telling my it's Texas and Oklahoma

My inside sources say your inside sources are idiots. 

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My inside sources are telling my it's Texas and Oklahoma

LOL, i seriously spit my drink out from laughing at your comment.  :D

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