Official Press Release....

http://www.gotigersgo.com/bigeast.html#00

Should the BE logo be re-designed to incorporate a revolving door ????

Article out of WV discussing comments by BE Commish at todays BE/Memphis Presser regarding WVU/BE lawsuit situation and further BE expansion.Link at http://www.wvmetronews.com/wvu.cfm?func ... ryid=50846

Dennis Dodd blog article(previously posted in another thread) discussing Memphis to BE and how BE realignment may impact their future BCS standing and tv deal negotiations.Link at http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entr ... 2/34756677

I could never work in the Big East. I'd refuse to capitalize every letter.

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So, the Big East is at 12 for football, and 17 for all-sports.

This is going to be a bizarre, but I think they should add Charlotte as an all-sports member.

Here's why:
#1 - Major market in ACC territory.
#2 - Had decent hoops in old C-USA. With Big East TV money and the name to recruit with, they'd probably improve.
#3 - They're adding FCS football with intentions of eventually going FBS.

If you add Charlotte, it:
(a) throws a bone to the hoops only schools and maintains balance of BB/FB members: (UConn, Cincy, UL, Rutg, USF, UCF, Memph, UH, SMU on the football side; DEP, MARQ, SHU, SJU, Nova, GT, Prov, ND, Charlotte on the hoops side).

(b) Gives you another candidate with Villanova to switch from FCS to FBS.
If you lose someone (Boise State or SDSU to the Big XII, for example), you can "call up" Charlotte and Nova.

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I still feel the best teams for the Big East to invite are Temple and Tulsa, both for all-sports. Both have had success on the football field (Temple on the upswing), both are competitive in basketball and both offer bigger markets than any of the other teams out there including FCS teams that may or may not want to move up.

Tulsa adds a western team to help bridge the distance between Boise & SDSU while Temple, being a former member, adds more of the Philly market and is a geographic fit. I lean towards Tulsa just because it evens out the divisions more than adding Temple although I don't think you can go wrong with either one.

Brett McMurphy blog article with report that WVU and BE are close to a settlement that would allow that school to join the Big 12 for 2012.Link at http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.c ... a_txt_0001

Article out of WV with update on reported BE/WVU lawsuit settlement negotiations at http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/WVUSports/201202080132

Tulsa would be a great add for the divisional alignment, the relative success of the program (Their stadium might be an issue though). I don't know why they went with Navy over Tulsa (except to get a chunk of the Army/Navy game in their TV deal?).

Here's the thing, though. They're at 12 football teams and 17 basketball teams. Now, they can do one game vs everyone and two rivalry games in hoops; but adding two more all-sports members makes it 14 and 19. And the odd number of hoops teams can make scheduling difficult (since someone is off on every Saturday).

If they went with Charlotte, they'd be at 12 and 18 (Or Charlotte, Tulsa and Temple for 14 / 20; but Nova would flip out about Temple). And if Louisville, UConn, Rutgers or someone leaves, they have a pair of upgrades in house.

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Boise could still be in the Big East in 2012...

http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.c ... 2/34773204

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Article out of WV reporting that WVU/Big 12/BE have reached a conditional settlement agreement which will allow WVU to join the Big 12 for 2012.Once the deal is finalized it should be interesting to see if other dominos "like" further Big 12 expansion and early exits to the ACC by Pitt and Syracuse now fall in place.Time will tell.Link at http://www.dailymail.com/News/breakingnews/201202090205

Article out of Boise suggesting that BSU join the BE in 2012 at http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/02/1 ... o-the.html

Chip Brown blog article(previously posted in another thread) with Big 12 version of WVU/Big 12/BE settlement deal at http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1329729

Article out of Philly(previously posted in another thread)discussing how Temple "may eventually" fit into the fluid BE realignment situation at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/col ... rence.html

ProJo article reporting that BE/WVU lawsuits have been settled with an announcement expected later today.Link at http://news.providencejournal.com/break ... est-v.html