Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[BunnyHardaway]

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TCU was in the Mountain West. SMU was in the WAC. Big 10 has 12 teams. Missouri isn't in the Southeast. People making a big deal over nothing. Like its a new thing.


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It kind of is a new thing. Before this re-alignment mess got started there really wasn't anything wrong geographically with any of the conferences except for Louisiana Tech in the WAC. The first shifts of Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 and Nebraska to the Big Ten were fine, but now it's gotten out of control.

[DonkeyJote]

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It kind of is a new thing. Before this re-alignment mess got started there really wasn't anything wrong geographically with any of the conferences except for Louisiana Tech in the WAC. The first shifts of Colorado and Utah to the Pac-12 and Nebraska to the Big Ten were fine, but now it's gotten out of control.

TCU has been in the MWC for years, and was in the WAC before that. And what about the Texas Schools and Arkansas being in the Southwest conference? Or Marquette being in the Big East. The geography isn't important, and I'm not sure why people are so hung up on it. The Cowboys are in the NFC East in the NFL, and no one bats an eye. In fact, if you discussed moving them to the South and say, the Panthers to the east, I'm sure people would flip. Why is this a big deal to anybody?

[HRN31596]

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TCU has been in the MWC for years, and was in the WAC before that. And what about the Texas Schools and Arkansas being in the Southwest conference? Or Marquette being in the Big East. The geography isn't important, and I'm not sure why people are so hung up on it. The Cowboys are in the NFC East in the NFL, and no one bats an eye. In fact, if you discussed moving them to the South and say, the Panthers to the east, I'm sure people would flip. Why is this a big deal to anybody?

Don't forget the the Colts are in the AFC South.

I really don't see a problem with it. Sure, it a little outta control with the geography, but as others have pointed out, geography isn't really part of it anymore.

Also, I've seen some people mention Big East East/West Division. The SouthEASTERN Conference has a East and West division. Just thought I'd point it out.

[simgamer0005]

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Also, I've seen some people mention Big East East/West Division. The SouthEASTERN Conference has a East and West division. Just thought I'd point it out.

Yeah but the difference is that in the SEC, whether you're in the east or west division, all the schools in the conference are still in the "south-eastern" part of the country. with the big east and san diego state, not all the teams in the conference are in the eastern part of the country, but rather one team is as far west as you could possibly go and another team is in the west also.

Sure La Tech in the WAC or TCU in the MWC might have been a stretch, like Marquette in the Big East, but that's nowhere near to the extent of San Diego State to the Big East. It doesn't get more polar opposite than that.

[DonkeyJote]

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Yeah but the difference is that in the SEC, whether you're in the east or west division, all the schools in the conference are still in the "south-eastern" part of the country. with the big east and san diego state, not all the teams in the conference are in the eastern part of the country, but rather one team is as far west as you could possibly go and another team is in the west also.

Sure La Tech in the WAC or TCU in the MWC might have been a stretch, like Marquette in the Big East, but that's nowhere near to the extent of San Diego State to the Big East. It doesn't get more polar opposite than that.

I disagree. LaTech was much worse, as they had to go to Hawaii every other year. SDSU to Rutgers isn't that far, and they won't be making the trip every other year.

But again I ask, because no one has answered this question, why does it matter? If they changed the name to the coast to coast conference would it be okay? Who cares about the geography of it? Can the Big 12 get teams from wherever they want because they don't have a Nautical direction in their name?

[Chip Douglass]

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The Falcons and Panthers were in the old NFC West. The Cardinals were in the NFC East. Tampa Bay was in the NFC Central. The Braves played in the NL West.

It's just a name.

[dickey1331]

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Well its official. SMU, Houston, UCF, Boise St, SDSU will join the Big East July 1, 2013.

[superjames1992]

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Well its official. SMU, Houston, UCF, Boise St, SDSU will join the Big East July 1, 2013.

Yes, the announcement is up on BigEast.org now.

[TheRegan]

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The unofficial new Big East Logo

[superjames1992]

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Boise State won't be able to take partial qualifiers anymore. I wonder how that will affect their recruiting?

[He1nousOne1]

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Boise State won't be able to take partial qualifiers anymore. I wonder how that will affect their recruiting?

They may not have to.

[Tovarich]

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Air Force says they're not going. Now by most accounts, Temple was the next choice, so for our amusement, let us all sit back and watch the Big East go crawling back to Temple less than 10 years after kicking them out.

[superjames1992]

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I can't believe ECU still can't get an invite.

[dickey1331]

I can't believe ECU still can't get an invite.

No TV market. Other then that they are a good candidate.


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[rocker78]

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I can't believe ECU still can't get an invite.

We are in a small market. Apparently the size of the school's market is the most important factor, never mind the actual amount of people interested in the school's athletics in said market. We have averaged 49,000+ these past 2 mediocre years, and have a plan of expanding another 8,000 seats if we need them. We have also done major renovations with track, soccer, baseball, softball, and are raising funds for a new practice facility for basketball. As I said a couple of pages back, we have done all we possibly can.

Though the funny thing is a large amount of our alumni are located in Charlotte, Raleigh, and the Tidewater. Which are large markets.