Big East Not Looking At Any Schools In Present Geographic Footprint

[zls44]

So I take it Temple & UCF are out of the question.

http://twitter.com/#!/gregauman/status/118773425132154880

 

[uconnbaseball]

Yeah, who needs UCF? Deadweight! Air Force is way better :/

 

[Rumrunner]

So I take it Temple & UCF are out of the question.

http://twitter.com/#!/gregauman/status/118773425132154880

Or Houston, if TCU stays.

 

[Stinger92860]

The tweet says not in the same state which is slighty different then the title of this thread. See below....

USF President Judy Genshaft tells legislators Tuesday that Big East is not looking at any schools in same state as current league members.

That would mean Houston and UCF are not in play. I would hope they only mean FB schools, so that may give Temple a chance, but knowing Providence it's probably all schools.

 

[upstater]

Nova always blocks Temple

 

[mattp]

so let me get this right, UCF and Temple are out of the question b/c some beat reporter from St Petersburg tweeted that we wouldn't look at schools in states where we already have schools? i'll make sure to put this next next to my bigfoot pictures in my credible evidence file. besides, i don't know if you can really count PA as our current footprint now that Pitt's gone. i really hope MArinatto doesn't think we have Pennsylvania on lockdown b/c of Nova. that would be the first real instance of the bball schools actually screwing the fb schools.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

BE would be very stupid if we don't look at schools like Houston and UCF. If nothing else, they provide traveling partners like they got in PAC-12. What kind of weed are those guys smoking? Someone get us out of this mess ASAP. I can't deal with this level of ineptness anymore.

 

[upstater]

so let me get this right, UCF and Temple are out of the question b/c some beat reporter from St Petersburg tweeted that we wouldn't look at schools in states where we already have schools? i'll make sure to put this next next to my bigfoot pictures in my credible evidence file. besides, i don't know if you can really count PA as our current footprint now that Pitt's gone. i really hope MArinatto doesn't think we have Pennsylvania on lockdown b/c of Nova. that would be the first real instance of the bball schools actually screwing the fb schools.

Huh? He wrote that the USF Prez told him that.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

TCU is not currently a member.

I think she was just being cute about her opposition to UCF, and ignored Pennsylvania because Villanova is hoops only.

 

[Rumrunner]

Those statements that are out in the press are not true. That is not the case," Genshaft said. "I am not stopping any university from coming in. What is happening is the league, or the conference, now is looking at schools and they have looked very much at schools that are not in any of the states that are represented by the Big East schools right now. The ones that they're looking at right now, they do not sit in any state that the Big East schools currently are in."

 

[businesslawyer]

Those statements that are out in the press are not true. That is not the case," Genshaft said. "I am not stopping any university from coming in. What is happening is the league, or the conference, now is looking at schools and they have looked very much at schools that are not in any of the states that are represented by the Big East schools right now. The ones that they're looking at right now, they do not sit in any state that the Big East schools currently are in."

Translation. I'm blocking UCF but when the Governor calls me and says what the heck am I doing I'm going to blame Providence.

Heck -- maybe she'll cite to this board for proof that blaming Providence for things they have nothing to do with and can't control is de rigour.

 

[sportsart]

If we are not looking in states we are in who the heck are we looking at?

Maybe they are going for the home run and looking at Boise. Not a geographical fit but with Boise, TCU, WVU and USF we should most certainly keep the AQ.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I don't think Boise, Idaho is in our current footprint.

Just kidding...but seriously, football only?

 

[coachcap]

Marinatto is enthralled with the play of Southern Mississippi, & they're not in our current footprint.

 

[UCDaveD]

Hellooooo Memphis.

 

[RS9999X]

Boise State to help with the AQ and ECU. Nova upgrades

Looking a this week's polls Boise and Houston are the two best choices. The only choices.

 

[SAMCRO]

Hellooooo Memphis.

just threw up a little in my mouth.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Boise State to help with the AQ and ECU. Nova upgrades

Looking a this week's polls Boise and Houston are the two best choices. The only choices.

Think there is any legitimate chance we can get Boise to join?

I feel like they'd kill to get into a BCS AQ conference. Boise State and TCU would help out immensely when the next round of BCS negotiations comes up.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I am morbidly curious as to the shape of the foot Marinatto is using to model our conference's print.

 

[SAMCRO]

I am morbidly curious as to the shape of the foot Marinatto is using to model our conference's print.

This is the left foot.

 

[District-Husky]

Think there is any legitimate chance we can get Boise to join?

I feel like they'd kill to get into a BCS AQ conference. Boise State and TCU would help out immensely when the next round of BCS negotiations comes up.

I'm good with Boise, ECU, Temple, and UCF.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Think there is any legitimate chance we can get Boise to join?

I feel like they'd kill to get into a BCS AQ conference. Boise State and TCU would help out immensely when the next round of BCS negotiations comes up.

Why would they? The MWC is as likely to have BCS AQ status in a couple of years as the BE is to exist as a football conference. More likely TCU rescinds its decision to join. They're probably only waiting for the Big 12 to land or not land BYU.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Why would they? The MWC is as likely to have BCS AQ status in a couple of years as the BE is to exist as a football conference. More likely TCU rescinds its decision to join. They're probably only waiting for the Big 12 to land or not land BYU.

So on one hand, we're worried that the power conferences are going to exert their power and take away the Big East's BCS bid.

On the other hand, there going to take our bid away, but instead of keeping it for the power 5 conferences, they are going to give the BCS bid to the Mountain West, which has only been good in the past because it was extremely top heavy (BYU, Utah, TCU) and now 2 of those teams are out of the conference, and TCU is scheduled to league.

Again, not calling out you out in particular Hawk, but in general the premise of some of the stances people have on here about the basketball only issue, the ND issue and the BCS bid issue are just factually incorrect and just steeped in message board dogma.

 

[HuskyHawk]

ConnHusk,

So on one hand, we're worried that the power conferences are going to exert their power and take away the Big East's BCS bid.

On the other hand, there going to take our bid away, but instead of keeping it for the power 5 conferences, they are going to give the BCS bid to the Mountain West, which has only been good in the past because it was extremely top heavy (BYU, Utah, TCU) and now 2 of those teams are out of the conference, and TCU is scheduled to league.

Again, not calling out you out in particular Hawk, but in general the premise of some of the stances people have on here about the basketball only issue, the ND issue and the BCS bid issue are just factually incorrect and just steeped in message board dogma.

The power conferences don't take anything away. The link I provided shows the rules. It came directly from the BCS itself. That's about as factually correct as it gets. It suggests that the MWC will quite possibly independently qualify, regardless of what the BE does. There is a fixed formula for performance. Based on that, why wouldn't they stay local?

Our place is locked through 2013-14 season, provided the BE has six FBS schools in conference. Given the 27 month notice period, we will. But if we lost more schools, I think it will be tough to hold on to the AQ status.