menu
Logo
person
Bobcat Attack Menu
Logo
person
Ohio Football Topic
Topic: Big East Adding... Tulane?
Page: 1 of 3
JSF
General User
Member Since: 1/29/2005
Location: Houston, TX
Post Count: 6,580
mail
JSF
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 11:32 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Pataskala
General User
P
Member Since: 7/8/2010
Location: At least six feet away from anybody else
Post Count: 9,465
person
mail
Pataskala
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 11:34 AM
settings_applications edit_note
Is it April 1 for the Procrastinators Club?

Actually, it doesn't surprise me.  The Big Least has been grasping at straws all year.
JSF
General User
Member Since: 1/29/2005
Location: Houston, TX
Post Count: 6,580
mail
JSF
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 12:15 PM
settings_applications edit_note
KyleWvr13
General User
Member Since: 11/10/2010
Location: Pottstown, PA
Post Count: 503
mail
KyleWvr13
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 12:58 PM
settings_applications edit_note
You know up until today, I thought the Big East was a better option than the MAC as far as competition from top to bottom.

But now with teams like Temple, Memphis, UCF, SMU, TULANE? The Big East is going to be pretty much as strong, maybe a little stronger, than the MAC at football.  I think its only a matter of time before the Big East basketball schools start to leave and form a new conference with some A-10 members or something.
Pataskala
General User
P
Member Since: 7/8/2010
Location: At least six feet away from anybody else
Post Count: 9,465
person
mail
Pataskala
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:03 PM
settings_applications edit_note
ECU makes more sense than Tulane.  Yes, Tulane is in the N'awlins TV market, but I doubt that anybody cares about Tulane, even in the Big Easy.  Nine years ago they were on the brink of dropping football.  And even though they're opening a new stadium in '14, they need to be successful on the field -- but they haven't had a winning record since 2002 and haven't even been close since '04.  It's the last act of a desperate conference.  At least ECU will bring some cred to BL football.
mf279801
General User
M279801
Member Since: 8/6/2010
Location: Newark, DE
Post Count: 2,486
person
mail
mf279801
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:20 PM
settings_applications edit_note
I think it is easy for conference to look at a school and say "that'll bring us/lock up the 'X' TV market. And that is certainly a factor. But when it comes to a station signing an 8 year $1billion+ contract, that in and of itself won't be enough. The clamor won't be there in New Orleans for their cable provider to add the BigEast network, nor the eyeballs for the cable company/BEnetwork, to charge high advertiser rates, just because Tulane is playing. Now if they were broadcasting LSU, that might be a different story...
Ozcat
General User
Member Since: 1/4/2005
Location: Gahanna, OH
Post Count: 820
mail
Ozcat
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:20 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Wow.  Just wow.

Desperation is a stinky cologne . . .

Bet Herd Nation is having a great day.
JSF
General User
Member Since: 1/29/2005
Location: Houston, TX
Post Count: 6,580
mail
JSF
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:24 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Bobcat110alum
General User
Member Since: 7/7/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 470
mail
Bobcat110alum
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:38 PM
settings_applications edit_note
A bit dumbfounded. 
Ted Thompson
Administrator
Member Since: 11/11/2004
Location: MAC Play
Post Count: 7,948
mail
Ted Thompson
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:42 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Trying to keep C-USA straight. I think:

Staying
Marshall
Rice
Southern Miss
Tulsa
UAB
UTEP 

Joining in 2013
Charlotte (FBS in 2016)
FIU
LA Tech
ODU
North Texas
UTSA

Leaving in 2013
Houston
Memphis
SMU
UCF

Leaving in 2014 
East Carolina
Tulane
Last Edited: 11/27/2012 2:57:00 PM by Ted Thompson
OU didn't know
General User
ODK
Member Since: 3/20/2005
Post Count: 185
person
mail
OU didn't know
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 1:51 PM
settings_applications edit_note
This is pretty shocking.  If I'm Boise and SDSU, I'm getting out of the Big East by any means necessary, get back in the MWC, and awaiting the next round of realignment.  The move for those two schools made little sense in the first place.  Boise wanted the automatic shot at the BCS, but that's going to be gone anyway.  Since they both joined the BE, the conference lost Pitt, Rutgers, and Syracuse and will almost certainly lose Louisville, UConn, or UC to the ACC.  Wasn't TCU also set to join when Boise accepted the invitation?  I also can't remember if WVU was still in the conference when Boise accepted.

To be honest, with Utah State and SJSU joining the MWC in 2013, that's a better football conference anyway.  The Big East has become a joke, and I would expect Boise to come in and dominate in football.  Hell, I wouldn't even be shocked if SDSU comes in and becomes the prominent basketball program, especially if UConn or Louisville leave.
Last Edited: 11/27/2012 1:51:45 PM by OU didn't know
Ozcat
General User
Member Since: 1/4/2005
Location: Gahanna, OH
Post Count: 820
mail
Ozcat
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:00 PM
settings_applications edit_note

The new Big East is an absolute joke.

MedinaCat
General User
MC
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Lakewood, OH
Post Count: 750
person
mail
MedinaCat
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:07 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Ozcat wrote:expand_more
Wow.  Just wow.

Desperation is a stinky cologne . . .

Bet Herd Nation is having a great day.


Mount Herdistan is erupting.

Looking forward to read what shade of yellow Chuck Landon paints this lemon.
Ohio69
General User
O69
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Post Count: 3,124
person
mail
Ohio69
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:33 PM
settings_applications edit_note
East Carolina to Big East makes sense.  (And I've been predicting it for years.  Buy and hold.  Buy and hold.)

The Big East is so desperate I expect the next invitation to go to Charlotte, who doesn't even have a football team yet.

This is pretty comical.  I can only imagine Uconn and Louisville promising anything and everything to get into the ACC.  I'd give up some TV money or whatever it takes if I was them.
Pataskala
General User
P
Member Since: 7/8/2010
Location: At least six feet away from anybody else
Post Count: 9,465
person
mail
Pataskala
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:34 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Ted Thompson wrote:expand_more
Trying to keep C-USA straight. I think:

Staying
Marshall
Rice
UTEP 
Tulsa

Joining in 2013
Charlotte (FBS in 2016)
FIU
LA Tech
ODU
North Texas
UTSA

Leaving in 2013
Houston
Memphis
SMU
UCF

Leaving in 2014 
East Carolina
Tulane


UAB and Southern Miss are also staying...for now.
Brian Smith (No, not that one)
General User
BSNNTO
Member Since: 2/4/2005
Post Count: 3,057
person
mail
Brian Smith (No, not that one)
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:49 PM
settings_applications edit_note
I now imagine these conferences' brainstorming meetings go like:

(bubbling sound)

(cough)

(clinking of wooden tile being taken out of Scrabble bag)


"It's a U!"

"What did it spell?"

"E...C...U. We're apparently going after ECU."

"Picking random letters out of a Scrabble bag never lies."


colobobcat66
General User
C66
Member Since: 9/1/2006
Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO
Post Count: 4,744
person
mail
colobobcat66
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 2:53 PM
settings_applications edit_note
There are more than a few on the Marshall board calling for a return to the MAC. Looking at their future in C-USA is pretty sorry.  would we take them back if they asked?
OhioCatFan
General User
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Athens, OH
Post Count: 15,700
mail
OhioCatFan
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:05 PM
settings_applications edit_note
I predict that Marshall and Ohio are going to be back in the same conference one way or another sooner rather than later.  I think with the defections of Tulane and ECU the Rubicon has been crossed.
colobobcat66
General User
C66
Member Since: 9/1/2006
Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO
Post Count: 4,744
person
mail
colobobcat66
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:09 PM
settings_applications edit_note
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
I predict that Marshall and Ohio are going to be back in the same conference one way or another sooner rather than later.  I think with the defections of Tulane and ECU the Rubicon has been crossed.

I tend to agree with you on that as well. The fact that Marshall has scheduled 12 of their next 17 OOC football games with MAC teams is telling to me. It's almost too logical though.
TUVideo Guy
General User
TG
Member Since: 11/17/2010
Post Count: 224
person
mail
TUVideo Guy
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:14 PM
settings_applications edit_note

Like the add of ECU for football only.

Tulane is simply a market move.. in my mind to keep Houston, SMU, UCF and Memphis happy..

BYU turned down an invite so the West might be dead but I don't think Boise can afford the exit fee.

You guys would still jump at the chance to join the Big East no matter what shape it's in.

OU didn't know
General User
ODK
Member Since: 3/20/2005
Post Count: 185
person
mail
OU didn't know
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:20 PM
settings_applications edit_note
colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
There are more than a few on the Marshall board calling for a return to the MAC. Looking at their future in C-USA is pretty sorry.  would we take them back if they asked?


In a second, especially if that meant booting Eastern or Western and moving BGSU to the West.  That'd immediately make the conference much better in b-ball and football.
Columbus_Bobcat
General User
CB
Member Since: 11/23/2012
Post Count: 413
person
mail
Columbus_Bobcat
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:23 PM
settings_applications edit_note
UC is to small go to the ACC. I'm not sure about Lville either. I think Louisville is going to the SEC or Big 12 and UC will either end up in the A-10 or MAC.
Ozcat
General User
Member Since: 1/4/2005
Location: Gahanna, OH
Post Count: 820
mail
Ozcat
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:36 PM
settings_applications edit_note
TUVideo Guy wrote:expand_more
You guys would still jump at the chance to join the Big East no matter what shape it's in.

Not a chance.

Bobcats_828 wrote:expand_more
UC is to small go to the ACC.

Really?  Duke and Wake Forest comibined aren't as large as UC.  UC would be in the upper half of the ACC in total enrollment.

Bobcats_828 wrote:expand_more
I'm not sure about Lville either. I think Louisville is going to the SEC or Big 12 and UC will either end up in the A-10 or MAC.

It's cute that you think UC will end up in the MAC.
perimeterpost
General User
Member Since: 7/6/2010
Post Count: 3,165
mail
perimeterpost
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:51 PM
settings_applications edit_note
this is like moving up in the polls during a bye week, just sit back and let the others self destruct. Selling your soul for TV markets is just stupid if its not also a top 20 program.

no coincidence that the Big Least is currently negotiating their new TV contract with ESPN. Conspiracy theorists love to believe that that the BE's downfall was perpetrated by the network.

I would be shocked if the BE and CUSA continue to have a sizable monetary advantage.
TUVideo Guy
General User
TG
Member Since: 11/17/2010
Post Count: 224
person
mail
TUVideo Guy
mail
Posted: 11/27/2012 3:56 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Big East is not currently negotiating with ESPN. they've now opened it up to other networks.
Showing Messages: 1 - 25 of 54
reply
vertical_align_top
vertical_align_center
vertical_align_bottom
add_comment
chevron_forward
MAC News Links



extra small (< 576px)
small (>= 576px)
medium (>= 768px)
large (>= 992px)
x-large (>= 1200px)
xx-large (>= 1400px)