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lionden_56 · 11-07-2010, 04:46 PM

The Big East rocked the college football world yesterday when it announced that it was disbanding football operations in Rhode Island and moving west. In a statement released yesterday, the league stated it did not feel like the quality of football it produced measured up to the standards of the NCAA (I mean seriously, no teams in the top 25 of an automatic qualifier conference). So the conference expelled all of its members and extended invitations to perennial BCS-snubs Boise State, TCU, and Utah among others. The league will re-brand itself as the Big West (not to be confused with the Western Athletic Conference.

What followed can only be described as a cataclysmic chain of events that will forever change the college football landscape.

Boise State, TCU, Utah, and BYU all accepted the invitation to join the Big West, jumping at the chance to join an AQ conference. Sensing an opportunity to be able to join a BCS conference it could have a great chance at winning, Notre Dame gave up its independent status and joined as well. Houston was extended an invitation to leave the C-USA and gratefully accepted. Finally, Arizona State and Oregon State saw the opportunity to leave the always difficult Pac-10 schedule, petitioned to join the conference, and were accepted.

That left 8 former Big East teams out of a home and many western conferences with holes to fill.

The ACC was the first to sense a major opportunity to strengthen its own conference, and offered invitations to most of the major universities on the East Coast. In addition to picking up Pitt, West Virginia, USF, and Rutgers from the Big East, they offered invitations to Penn State, Florida, and UCF. This allowed them to create a stacked Atlantic Division and by promoting the St. Petersburg Blue Wave (Teambuilder), they created an all-florida Coastal division.

One move led to another, every major conference was affected. Eventually, when the dust had settled, the new conferences looked like this:
ACC Atlantic:
Penn State
Rutgers
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
Pitt
North Carolina

ACC Coastal
Florida
Florida State
Miami
USF
UCF
St. Petersburg (Teambuilder)

Big 12 North
Cinicinnati
Ohio State
Michigan
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State

Big 12 South
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Purdue
Indiana

Big West (Big east)
Boise State
TCU
Utah
Houston
Notre DAme
BYU
Arizona State
Oregon State

Big 10
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Boston College
Minnesota
Kentucky
Texas
Mizzou
Virginia
Northwestern
Iowa

Pac-10
Arizona
Hawaii
Fresno State
Cal
USC
Oregon
UCLA
Washington
Colorado
Monterey (teambuilder)

SEC East
Georgia Tech
Clemson
South Carolina
Georgia
NC State
Auburn

SEC West
Baylor
Texas AM
Ole Miss
LSU
Alabama
Tennessee

Non BCS-
C-USA East
Duke
East Carolina
Syracuse
Maryland
Wake Forest
Memphis

C-USA West
SMU
Vanderbilt
Illinois
UTEP
Iowa State
Louisville

WAC
Southern Miss
UAB
Tulane
Idaho
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
New Mexico Sate
San Jose State
Utah State

Mountain West
Stanford
Tulsa
Rice
Marshall
Colorado State
New Mexico
San Diego State
UNLV
Wyoming

MAC and Sun Belt:
No changes.

11-07-2010, 04:46 PM	#2
lionden_56 Rookie OVR: 2 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Milwaukee, Wi	Re: The great conference shift The Big East rocked the college football world yesterday when it announced that it was disbanding football operations in Rhode Island and moving west. In a statement released yesterday, the league stated it did not feel like the quality of football it produced measured up to the standards of the NCAA (I mean seriously, no teams in the top 25 of an automatic qualifier conference). So the conference expelled all of its members and extended invitations to perennial BCS-snubs Boise State, TCU, and Utah among others. The league will re-brand itself as the Big West (not to be confused with the Western Athletic Conference. What followed can only be described as a cataclysmic chain of events that will forever change the college football landscape. Boise State, TCU, Utah, and BYU all accepted the invitation to join the Big West, jumping at the chance to join an AQ conference. Sensing an opportunity to be able to join a BCS conference it could have a great chance at winning, Notre Dame gave up its independent status and joined as well. Houston was extended an invitation to leave the C-USA and gratefully accepted. Finally, Arizona State and Oregon State saw the opportunity to leave the always difficult Pac-10 schedule, petitioned to join the conference, and were accepted. That left 8 former Big East teams out of a home and many western conferences with holes to fill. The ACC was the first to sense a major opportunity to strengthen its own conference, and offered invitations to most of the major universities on the East Coast. In addition to picking up Pitt, West Virginia, USF, and Rutgers from the Big East, they offered invitations to Penn State, Florida, and UCF. This allowed them to create a stacked Atlantic Division and by promoting the St. Petersburg Blue Wave (Teambuilder), they created an all-florida Coastal division. One move led to another, every major conference was affected. Eventually, when the dust had settled, the new conferences looked like this: ACC Atlantic: Penn State Rutgers West Virginia Virginia Tech Pitt North Carolina ACC Coastal Florida Florida State Miami USF UCF St. Petersburg (Teambuilder) Big 12 North Cinicinnati Ohio State Michigan Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma State Big 12 South Nebraska Texas Tech Mississippi State Arkansas Purdue Indiana Big West (Big east) Boise State TCU Utah Houston Notre DAme BYU Arizona State Oregon State Big 10 Oklahoma Wisconsin Michigan State Boston College Minnesota Kentucky Texas Mizzou Virginia Northwestern Iowa Pac-10 Arizona Hawaii Fresno State Cal USC Oregon UCLA Washington Colorado Monterey (teambuilder) SEC East Georgia Tech Clemson South Carolina Georgia NC State Auburn SEC West Baylor Texas AM Ole Miss LSU Alabama Tennessee Non BCS- C-USA East Duke East Carolina Syracuse Maryland Wake Forest Memphis C-USA West SMU Vanderbilt Illinois UTEP Iowa State Louisville WAC Southern Miss UAB Tulane Idaho Louisiana Tech Nevada New Mexico Sate San Jose State Utah State Mountain West Stanford Tulsa Rice Marshall Colorado State New Mexico San Diego State UNLV Wyoming MAC and Sun Belt: No changes. Last edited by lionden_56; 11-07-2010 at 08:37 PM.