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Big East In Flux As Spring Meetings Begin

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Big East would never be able to pick up ACC teams.

Big East watered itself down to far to raid the remnants of the ACC. Even a bare bones ACC adding what's left of the Big East would be a better move. SDSU, Temple, and Navy would never make it to the ACC. I have my doubts about SMU, Houston, and Boise as well.

Georgia Tech

Miami

Virginia Tech

Virginia

Boston College

Duke

UNC

Maryland

NC State

Wake

Pittsburgh

Syracuse

Is a solid core for a conference.

That leaves

USF

UCF

Rutgers

Louisville

Connecticut

to fill out the conference. They currently have 12, if FSU and Clemson leave. Who's to say they would even replace them? Now if the SEC or B1G came along and grabbed some more teams then maybe, but I could easily see them sticking with 12 (of course that depends on the TV deal).

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Screw it; let Judy run this part for the BE; She's got the biggest set in the room and is not afraid to use em....

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My friend; we lost it a LOOOOONNNNGGGGG time ago....

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@osknights: Big East ADs have dropped plan for NYC football championship, voted to host title game at campus sites starting in 2013 That idea was horrible! Thank goodness they had a change of heart

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Potential TV windfall encouraging for Big East

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/potential-tv-windfall-encouraging-big-east

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Potential TV windfall encouraging for Big East

http://www.tampabay....raging-big-east

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"something that could be a windfall to the conference if its current members can stay together long enough to see the stability of a new deal"

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

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Big East would never be able to pick up ACC teams.

Big East watered itself down to far to raid the remnants of the ACC. Even a bare bones ACC adding what's left of the Big East would be a better move. SDSU, Temple, and Navy would never make it to the ACC. I have my doubts about SMU, Houston, and Boise as well.

Georgia Tech

Miami

Virginia Tech

Virginia

Boston College

Duke

UNC

Maryland

NC State

Wake

Pittsburgh

Syracuse

Is a solid core for a conference.

That leaves

USF

UCF

Rutgers

Louisville

Connecticut

to fill out the conference. They currently have 12, if FSU and Clemson leave. Who's to say they would even replace them? Now if the SEC or B1G came along and grabbed some more teams then maybe, but I could easily see them sticking with 12 (of course that depends on the TV deal).

If FSU and Clemson leave, the ACC will get raided even more. Perhaps as many as six more teams. VT isn't sticking around if FSU and Clemson are gone.

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

Wonder if that move makes ESPN want to destroy the BE.

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

Wonder if that move makes ESPN want to destroy the BE.

That reminds me of a line from The Life of Brian....What are you going to do stone me more to death

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

Wonder if that move makes ESPN want to destroy the BE.

Don't know about you, but I think events that have actually happened have made it clear ESPN has it out for this conference.

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

Wonder if that move makes ESPN want to destroy the BE.

Don't know about you, but I think events that have actually happened have made it clear ESPN has it out for this conference.

Yep. And every other conference seems to re-up with ESPN without talking to anyone else. I think the BE is clearly sending a message they won't be pushovers like the ACC.

So, the billion dollar question:

Can ESPN kill the BE before the BE can get the big TV deal from someone else?

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At least it's positive news from the meetings. Wonder if allowing NBC and fox in to make presentations was one of the first great ideas we will see from this interim AD

Wonder if that move makes ESPN want to destroy the BE.

Don't know about you, but I think events that have actually happened have made it clear ESPN has it out for this conference.

that sounds like a twitter fantasy to me.
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