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Memphis is set to announce it's joining of the Big East next year at a Noon central presser tomorrow....



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I'd bet this means WVU is now a lock to be gone to the B12 at this point.

More importantly, C-USA is looking around for 3 members now.

Skjellyfetti wrote:More importantly, C-USA is looking around for 3 members now.

App State, JMU and Liberty.......

danefan wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:More importantly, C-USA is looking around for 3 members now.

App State, JMU and Liberty.......

C'mon and take one more from CUSA, Big East, so we can get rid of ODU too!

Memphis joining Big East next year



The Big East will announce Wednesday that Memphis is joining the conference in all sports in 2013.

Outgoing Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson confirmed to ESPN.com that the official call with the Big East to accept the invitation from commissioner John Marinatto will take place at 1 p.m. ET.


A news conference will follow in Memphis.


Details of any exit Conference USA or entry fee will be discussed Wednesday.


The Big East will also be adding Central Florida, Houston, SMU, Navy, San Diego State and Boise State in the coming years, and soon will lose West Virginia to the Big 12 and Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast Conference.


The Big East's plan has been to get to 12 football teams and eventually have a conference championship game. Memphis, plus incumbent schools Cincinnati, UConn, Louisville, Rutgers and South Florida, could get the conference to that point by 2015.


Memphis has been trying to move from Conference USA since being snubbed when the Big East expanded in 2005, losing a long-time rivalry with Louisville. A departure now would be pricey for the Tigers. The exit fee from Conference USA for 2013-14 is $500,000 plus Memphis' share of television rights revenue, which is approximately $6.13 million, according to a league spokeswoman.

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93henfan wrote:

danefan wrote:
App State, JMU and Liberty.......

C'mon and take one more from CUSA, Big East, so we can get rid of ODU too!

Scared if ODU beating your ass.

So the Big East will be Rutgers, plus a bunch of old C-USA schools...

You know UConn is trying to get out of that shit storm ASAP. Big East will be lookin' again soon.

EPJr wrote:

I'm a visual sort of guy, so when I saw that graphic, it made me realize how tremendously shitty the Big East has become in football.

Wow!

The best team there east of Boise is Navy.

SuperHornet wrote:The best team there east of Boise is Navy.

LOL YOU'RE SO DUMB

Skjellyfetti wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:The best team there east of Boise is Navy.

LOL YOU'RE SO DUMB

Tell me you're not going to claim Rutgers has a better football team on a consistent basis than Navy.

SuperHornet wrote:

Skjellyfetti wrote:
LOL YOU'RE SO DUMB

Tell me you're not going to claim Rutgers has a better football team on a consistent basis than Navy.

Houston is east of Boise there Pooh Bear

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:
Tell me you're not going to claim Rutgers has a better football team on a consistent basis than Navy.

Houston is east of Boise there Pooh Bear

Note that I said CONSISTENT. Until this past season or so, Houston hasn't been good since the days of the Run and Shoot.

SuperHornet wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
Houston is east of Boise there Pooh Bear

Note that I said CONSISTENT. Until this past season or so, Houston hasn't been good since the days of the Run and Shoot.

In the Sumlin era they've been relevant - certainly more so than Navy

People are crazy if they don't think both UConn & Louisville are on the next bus outta the Big East....

Of course it's dead - they're morphing into CUSA, it's over for the Big East. There'll still be a conference with that name, but it's pretty much dead and gone in terms of national power and prestige. The move to a non-BCS football championship structure is partially driven by a desire to do away with autobids, which basically means the Big East loses any access to the national title game or the big money bowls. It won't be a bad basketball conference, but it won't be a great one either. It's dead and gone.

bluehenbillk wrote:People are crazy if they don't think both UConn & Louisville are on the next bus outta the Big East....

Louisvile is B10 or B12 blind in the next year

SuperHornet wrote:The best team there east of Boise is Navy.

Navy? Navy??!!! You can't be serious. Listen here Tigger, there isn't anything good about Navys team.