I've read that the Big East doesn't want to rebuild the football conference again and will spin off as a non-football entity. Big East football schools headed to the Big XII or something new.
This would make more sense.
Looks like WVU, Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida, TCU and etc. are going to get screwed. Maybe even Uconn and Rutgers.
Imagine if Villanova had started pouring money into football? Yikes.
I can't imagine that automatic qualification to the BCS bowls is going to go unused. If the Big East gives up football, I'd expect a new football conference to pop up in its place. The same goes for the Big 12 slot.
I could see WVU going to the SEC at a pair with Texas A&M. I could see Oklahoma and Texas added as well to make 16 teams. The Big ten could go to 14 or 16, perhaps taking U.Conn and Rutgers to gain market share in the northeast, with ND and Missouri as other possibilities. That leaves Louisville, Cincy, USF, and TCU from the Big East, plus Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Baylor, and Missouri from the Big 12. I could imagine a re-formed Big 12 as a mid-west conference that might make sense including something like Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU, Colorado State, Louisville, Tulsa, Wyoming, and Cincinnati. That leaves only USF out in the cold.
Last Edited: 9/19/2011 1:32:15 PM by L.C.