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Big East basketball-only schools to split from rest of conference

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Just axe the football program and pour all of the football money into basketball. Watch your back Duke.

+1 .... and then beg the ones leaving to let us in wherever they end up.

This^^^

Or just do an athletic department split. Let the basketball program remain somewhat relevant, and let football program go play in the MEAC of Southland conference. To much money has been put into the basketball program to let it just go to waste.

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This has no impact on the power conferences ... any Big East school they want, they could have had before. This doesn't create any urgency for them. For us, this certainly creates an urgency. Unfor

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lol

Hem
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Man that's some power move there DataBull...

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I think we need to think outside the box... let's start a new conference with baseball only schools.

Call it the "big shaft" conference, or the "big wood" conference

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We are done.

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Just axe the football program and pour all of the football money into basketball. Watch your back Duke.

+1 .... and then beg the ones leaving to let us in wherever they end up.

This^^^

Or just do an athletic department split. Let the basketball program remain somewhat relevant, and let football program go play in the MEAC of Southland conference. To much money has been put into the basketball program to let it just go to waste.

You people are on crack, because our bball team has been SO GREAT since it's inception.... Edited by Hem
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Just axe the football program and pour all of the football money into basketball. Watch your back Duke.

+1 .... and then beg the ones leaving to let us in wherever they end up.

This^^^

Or just do an athletic department split. Let the basketball program remain somewhat relevant, and let football program go play in the MEAC of Southland conference. To much money has been put into the basketball program to let it just go to waste.

You people are on crack, because our bball team has been SO GREAT since it's inception....

Ditto

If you think dropping football or down sizing it will be good at all for USF then go and talk to Stetson, Saint Leo, and UT... they did this and now all are trying to bring football back, with Stetson being the first to get it back.

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Just axe the football program and pour all of the football money into basketball. Watch your back Duke.

+1 .... and then beg the ones leaving to let us in wherever they end up.

This^^^

Or just do an athletic department split. Let the basketball program remain somewhat relevant, and let football program go play in the MEAC of Southland conference. To much money has been put into the basketball program to let it just go to waste.

You people are on crack, because our bball team has been SO GREAT since it's inception....

Pretty sure Ghost and Trip were joking around, Vega wasn't. This hurts, even though Seton Hall, Providence, Depaul and St. Johns haven't done anything in forever, I still enjoyed watching those games because they do have a name brand compared to the crap we just added (minus Memphis/Temple).

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If UCONN can't get into the ACC asap, I think they'll go with the BE b'ball teams if they split, and go indie in football. Football for them is an afterthought anyway.

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If UCONN can't get into the ACC asap, I think they'll go with the BE b'ball teams if they split, and go indie in football. Football for them is an afterthought anyway.

UCant is not going to shut down its football program...

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Speaking of the ACC, do not be surprised to see UConn as the next addition to the conference even if they do not lose anyone else. The governor of Conn has called in a favor. There has been speculation that ESPN received a large tax break from the state and is now being told it is time to return the favor. Just like Rockefeller did with WVU and McConnell did with UL. ESPN now sees the ACC as an eventual avenue to Notre Dame. Losing control of the ACC could potentially mean losing Notre Dame to the B1G. Just like every conference, ESPN feels Notre Dame is a big prize.

http://www.landthieves.com/board/showthread.php?46104-***Conference-Apocalypse-Part-IV-The-NeverEnding-Story&p=990713&viewfull=1#post990713

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At the end of the day we still will have 9 all sport teams and 4 football that are the best of what is left from the Big 5 .That still has value to the networks. The B-ball schools are the ones long term that will get hurt. They are trading stabilty for money and prestige. The reality is football drives the bus and we have Willy T at the wheel. :)

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