WVU To Big 12: Not so Fast My Friend

[srsbzns]

Big East Officials (Marinatto, Carparelli) Meet With Air Force

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7154660/air-force-falcons-meet-big-east-commissioner

[srsbzns]

Source: Boise State, Big West in talks (for non-FB sports)

Interim Boise State athletic director Curt Apsey called Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell on Wednesday to gauge interest in taking the Broncos' other sports if they join the Big East in football, a source with direct knowledge of the conversation told ESPN.com.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7153316/boise-state-bronocs-discussing-move-big-west-conference-non-football-teams

--> Looks like Boise is actually considering us.

[srsbzns]

Houston expected to OK move

University of Houston regents will meet Thursday and are expected to give the chancellor authority to move the Cougars out of Conference USA to a new league, possibly the Big East.

The regents on Monday scheduled the special meeting to give university chancellor and president Renu Khator the authority to "execute a contract for athletic conference affiliation and to negotiate and provide notice of contract cancellation."

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7145378/houston-cougars-regents-expected-authorize-conference-move

--> This is currently my favorite of the BE ``Save Our Ass`` expansion options. Houston is serious, was once a big time program in the SWC, and gives us a foothold in Texas.

[Cow Pie]

Houston should start a domino effect with the CUSA teams looking to jump ship... funny thing... all you hear out of mouse-town is how they want in the Big East but UCF's regents have yet to meet to give their President authority to move them out of CUSA...

[GaUSFBull]

Houston should start a domino effect with the CUSA teams looking to jump ship... funny thing... all you hear out of mouse-town is how they want in the Big East but UCF's regents have yet to meet to give their President authority to move them out of CUSA...

They feel like they should be catered to and sought after - pretty sure they never applied to the Big East like ECU did.

[Bulls1181]

Source: Boise State, Big West in talks (for non-FB sports)

Interim Boise State athletic director Curt Apsey called Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell on Wednesday to gauge interest in taking the Broncos' other sports if they join the Big East in football, a source with direct knowledge of the conversation told ESPN.com.

http://espn.go.com/c...-football-teams

--> Looks like Boise is actually considering us.

I never thought that it would happen. Things might just work out!

[Bulls1181]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/sports/ncaafootball/big-12-may-admit-louisville-not-west-virginia.html?_r=2&ref=sports

“too close to call” between West Virginia and Louisville.

[Bull94]

http://www.nytimes.c..._r=2&ref=sports

“too close to call” between West Virginia and Louisville.

from the article:

“The opposition to West Virginia had to do with the distance,” he said. He added, “All this TV stuff is important, but it’s not as important as the student-athlete.”

that's such a joke. yeah they are putting the student athletes first.

[Skingraft]

Wasn't this announce earlier in the day? Was there something new during the game announcement?

Nope. Just a duplicate thread for duplication's sake. But ya gotta love a good Lee Corso reference.

dear god,

please let all copies of this burn in the ever hot fires of hell.

Best regards,

Me

[Who'sYourData?]

I'm starting to wonder if the WVU and UofL drama will become too much for the B12 and they go back to BYU or just sign up Tulane. This does give us a stark reminder that the B12 isn't any more stable than the BE. The B12 just has the huge advantage of having Texas and Oklahoma.