Post subject: Re: College Football Conference Realignments/Postseason Ideas
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:29 am
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Green Habit wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
We all joke around about how the Big Ten and Big 12 can't do math and need to rename their conferences. It's time to include the Big East in that discussion if they seriously add BSU and Air Force, as there's nothing Eastern about either of them.
Boise, 3 more could get Big East invite next week Posted on: October 14, 2011 1:58 pm Edited on: October 14, 2011 2:47 pm
Once divided on whether to invite Boise State, the Big East is now united on extending an invitation to the Broncos, along with Air Force, Navy and UCF, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com.
Boise State, Air Force and UCF have indicated they are receptive to joining the Big East. Navy is prepared to also commit once a higher exit fee has been established, sources said. The official invitations to UCF, Boise State, Air Force and Navy could be extended as early as next week.
Big East representatives, including Commissioner John Marinatto, will meet with UCF officials today in Cincinnati. On Thursday, Boise State and a Big East representative spoke via telephone about the Broncos joining the Big East.
On Sunday the Big East's presidents and chancellors are expected to vote and approve an increased exit fee of at least $10 million for football members. That’s double the current amount ($5 million), but less than what Marinatto proposed in an Oct. 2 meeting. In that meeting there were discussions to increase the exit fee to “150 percent of the gross revenues received by a departing team in its final year in the league,” according to league documents obtained by CBSSports.com.
That figure would have been between $12 million and $15 million.
The addition of Boise State would be significant in helping the Big East retain its status as an automatic qualifying BCS league when the new BCS cycle begins in 2014. The Broncos, ranked No. 5 in this week's AP poll, are among college football's winningest programs, with a 71-5 record since 2006.
With the expected addition of Boise State, Air Force, Navy and UCF and the defections of TCU, Pittsburgh and Syracuse, that would leave the football membership at 10 schools, two shy of the 12 members the league said on Monday it was seeking.
Houston, SMU and Temple are being considered for the final two spots. However, one source said Houston and SMU are expected to get the final two spots because of Villanova’s concerns about adding Temple into the league . Boise State, Air Force and Navy would join as football-only members. UCF, Houston and SMU would join as full members.
C-USA, MWC dissolving to form new league Posted on: February 13, 2012 2:15 pm Edited on: February 13, 2012 3:15 pm
The institutions from Conference USA and the Mountain West are dissolving both leagues to create their own conference, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com.
The new conference will consist of 18 to 24 members and start in the 2013-14 academic year. It would not only have a conference championship football game, but also conference semifinals. Conference USA and the Mountain West would continue as is for the 2012-13 season.
The reason that the institutions are dissolving and forming their own league and not just merging is for legal reasons, sources said.
This presidentially led association will ensure stability and be built upon the principles of operating at the highest level of integrity and sportsmanship, enhancing the student-athlete academic and competitive experience, bringing fiscal discipline into athletics and ensuring competitive fairness, said a statement from UNLV president Neal Smatresk and Tulane president Scott Cowen.
"This is an exciting development that will stabilize the current conferences and create the first truly national conference with members in five time zones and television viewership from coast to coast," Smatresk said. "This partnership brings together like-minded institutions to improve the integrity and stability of intercollegiate athletics. We are moving our plans forward rapidly and expect to complete our conversations in the near future. Look for further announcements soon as we work together on this exciting new venture."
The structure of the new conference, Smatresk and Cowen's statement said will have a "national scope from the Atlantic Seaboard to Hawaii, regular seasonscheduling in divisions, NCAA FBS affiliation and mechanisms to emphasize and improve academic standards and fiscal responsibility."
The presidents and chancellors will have follow-up meetings during the next six months to fully develop the operational issues essential to the formation of the association.
The new league – which is yet to be named – is expected to consist of Southern Miss, Marshall, East Carolina, UAB, Tulsa, Rice, UTEP and Tulane from C-USA and Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, Fresno State, Nevada and Hawaii from the MWC. Hawaii would be a football-only member.
Temple also is a possibility as the school was contacted by Conference USA, sources told CBSSports.com, when the Big East last week opted to invited Memphis instead of Temple.
CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd first reported last month about the possibility of the leagues dissolving and forming their own league.
Both leagues have suffered significant losses. BYU went independent last season, while TCU is leaving for the Big 12 and Boise State and San Diego State are leaving for the Big East, with Boise State possibly joining the Big East this summer. C-USA also lost Houston, UCF, SMU and Memphis to the Big East, starting in 2013.
Post subject: Re: College Football Conference Realignments/Postseason Ideas
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:03 pm
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Green Habit wrote:
So if this happens, the MWC would be back down to eight in 2012: Colorado State Wyoming New Mexico San Diego State Fresno State Nevada UNLV Hawaii
And C-USA would be down to nine: East Carolina Marshall Memphis Southern Miss Tulane UAB Rice Tulsa UTEP
Could these two conferences pick apart what would be a seven team WAC in 2012? Idaho New Mexico State San Jose State Utah State Louisiana Tech Texas State UTSA
C-USA gets LaTech and the two new Texas schools, while the MWC gets SJSU and USU? Idaho and NMSU would be royally fucked unless the MWC decides to grab them as well to go to 12 instead of 10.
Pretty dang close to winner winner, chicken dinner. RIP, WAC.
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