Boise State has told the Big East it has no plans of changing their mind and staying with the Mountain West.
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Boise State has told the Big East it has no plans of changing their mind and staying with the Mountain West.
Boise State, which has been in recent talks with the Mountain West Conference about staying in the league instead of leaving next year, has reaffirmed its commitment to join the Big East, a conference official told ESPN's Joe Schad on Friday.--
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This has probably been posted in here already but the WAC is reportedly contacting east coast teams in a desperation move to keep the conference alive by forming an east division. They definitely contacted JMU, which likely means the other current-FCS/FBS-hopeful teams (App. State, Delaware, Liberty, etc.) were contacted as well.
JMU apparently already told them to eff off, but if you can get some additional larger east-coast FCS schools/forgotten FBS schools (think Towson, Jax State, GA Southern, etc., plus those listed earlier) on board, you could form a nice little reject FBS conference.
Sure, it would be pretty awkward (geographically) if it was primarily east coast with NMSU and Idaho as outliers, but that's not as bad as the Big East.Last edited by capn_razzamataz; 05-18-2012, 11:04 PM.Comment
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Of course, if the WAC changed its name, my point would be moot.Comment
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I don't know. Having a conference that is known as the Western Athletic Conference primarily consist of teams from the Eastern Seaboard is about as bad as it gets. At least the Big East is still primarily anchored in the East, and really still the Northeastern United States, for the most part.
Of course, if the WAC changed its name, my point would be moot.Comment
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I think the ACC will be fine. Their TV deal is pretty good, IIRC.Football: Denver Broncos
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Not really. The Big East might get a better deal than the ACC did when they negotiate for their new TV contract next year as the Big East will be able to go on the open market and court NBC Sports, ESPN, etc.Comment
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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...text|FRONTPAGE more SEC expansion?? I've long been saying if NC State was smart they'd do all they can to get into the SEC. Football school among Bball schools. Good Baseball and rising basketball and football. Good markets in Raleigh and Charlotte. State?Comment
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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...text|FRONTPAGE more SEC expansion?? I've long been saying if NC State was smart they'd do all they can to get into the SEC. Football school among Bball schools. Good Baseball and rising basketball and football. Good markets in Raleigh and Charlotte. State?"This is for all of my peoples who understand and truly recognize. Some won't get it and for that i won't apologize"- Talib KweliComment
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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...text|FRONTPAGE more SEC expansion?? I've long been saying if NC State was smart they'd do all they can to get into the SEC. Football school among Bball schools. Good Baseball and rising basketball and football. Good markets in Raleigh and Charlotte. State?
NC State would just give them a middle of the pack team just like the other 2 teams they already added. The SEC will need to go after the same teams that the Big 12 is trying to get from the ACC.Comment
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I can see FSU leaving for the SEC if that ever becomes an option, still don't think they will leave for the Big 12.Saints, LSU, Seminoles, Pelicans, Marlins, LightningComment
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As I cross-posted in the other thread having talked with my brother about this, the ACC arguably will be fine so long as their television deal remains intact with ESPN (who is likely pulling many if not all of the strings on conference expansion) and as long as the NCAA remains intact.Comment
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Also, I offer a tangential point, specifically with regard to Virginia Tech being a target for the SEC - or any other conference - upon a conference expansion event (for lack of a better phrase). I've probably voiced this in this forum before, but it bears repeating.
Virginia Tech is arguably the top football asset in the ACC at this point, they've been the most consistent team in the ACC for at least the past half-decade and likely have as much national visibility as Florida State or Miami at this point. Thanks to state politics, however, they aren't going to be able to go anywhere unless Virginia's interests are also protected.
When the ACC was originally expanding by bringing in Miami and Boston College, you may remember that the original plan was for the third team to be Syracuse to give the ACC a presence in the northeast and specifically New York (rather than to have Boston as the one outlier school). The ACC did not have the necessary votes to back this, as Virginia would not vote for such a plan (all four Carolina schools were opposed to expansion, and Virginia was the fifth tie-breaking vote; the ACC had nine members at the time).
The reason Virginia would not vote for this expansion plan was that then-Virginia state governor Mark Warner threatened to cut off all public funding from the state to UVa should they vote for any ACC expansion plan that did not sufficiently protect (read: include) Virginia Tech. It's likely that, if Virginia Tech were to consider such a conference move that might damage UVa, the state government would once again step in.
Basically, the Hoos and the Hokies are likely attached at the hip, thanks to state politics, and this will be a thorn in the side of any expansion effort involving Virginia Tech's removal from the ACC.Comment
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