(REPORT) Boise state, Houston, UCF, SMU, and San Diego State to join Big East im 2013

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SMU might win a conference title within the next five years.
 
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Boise's condition for joining was that there be a west division, so i presume divisional play has to be planned going iton place somehow now...



Actually SDST is the new one here (all the others were expected additions), I guess after the Big East talks with BYU broke down two weeks ago (they wanted to keep and not share their independent network deal money -- think why the Pac12-Texas talks broke down) the Big East had to rush and pick someone else - San Diego St appears to have been that move - before boise or anyone else considered pulling out.



So SMU, UCF, and Houston for all sports. Boise and SD St for football only



BTW (in case someone needs it):

articles about the Big East's courting of BYU (and BYU's walking away from the talks)

http://www.volnation.com/forum/around-ncaa/144915-big-east-might-also-courting-byu.html
 
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LSU-SIU said:
Man... those are some long trips. Seems insane to me.
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Boise and SD are at least FB only.


Boise's stipulation for joining though was a Western division to the conference...so I'd think there has to be someone else here in play...
 
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ESPN's report...looks like it answers my questions for Navy, they're waiting for some loose ends


The Big East is set to add Boise State, San Diego State, SMU, UCF and Houston as it begins to rebuild its league, with an announcement expected as early as Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN.com.

Boise State and San Diego State of the Mountain West will enter the league as football-only members, while Houston, SMU and UCF, all of Conference USA, will join the Big East for all sports, sources told ESPN.com.

The five schools have been long rumored as candidates to join a battered league that has seen the defections of Pittsburgh, Syracuse, TCU and West Virginia in the last few months, leaving it with five football-playing members.

The addition of those five schools would come in time for the 2013 season, not only keeping the Big East a viable FBS conference, but also raising hopes it can hold onto its all-important automatic qualifying status for the Bowl Championship Series

Navy, a football indepedent, is also expected to join as a football-only member once some "loose ends" are ironed out, a source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz.

Boise State is the key to those hopes, as the Broncos have had great success over the past decade as members of the WAC and Mountain West. They have finished in the top 10 of the BCS standings for four straight seasons, better than any other Big East team currently in the fold.

The big reason for Boise State to join a league nearly 3,000 miles away from its location is the Big East's automatic qualifier status. Though the Broncos do have top-10 finishes to their credit, they have only been selected for one BCS game, and have been passed over as an at-large selection as an undefeated team (2008) and as one-loss team (2010, 2011).

San Diego State's program has been on an upswing, with back-to-back bowl appearances for the first time since the 1960s. The Aztecs, who entered into the mix once talks between the Big East and BYU broke down, would serve as a travel partner for the Broncos.

"If something like that happens for any football program in this time in college football, if you're able to get into a BCS league, it gives your football program an advantage, but it also gives your whole athletic department an advantage," San Diego State coach Rocky Long said Tuesday.

"There's obviously benefits to everybody in the athletic department, there's all kinds of benefits to doing something like that. We would be OK with anything that allows us to get into a BCS conference," Long said.

UCF finished in the top 25 of the BCS standings last season and would be an immediate rival for USF, while also giving the Big East a second market in Florida for recruiting as well as television.

Houston nearly made a BCS game this season and should finish ranked in the Top 25. SMU also has done well with June Jones in charge. Those two schools add big media markets and recruiting areas in Texas, making up for the loss of TCU, which decided to bolt for the Big 12 once the Big East's future appeared shaky.

Syracuse and Pitt started the defections in September, announcing they were moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference. TCU then announced it would join the Big 12 instead and West Virginia followed.

The Mountaineers are hoping to join the Big 12 in time for the 2012 season but are currently embroiled in multiple lawsuits with the Big East over those plans. The conference has sued West Virginia, demanding it stay in the league for the 27-month waiting period as required by conference bylaws. And West Virginia has sued the Big East, arguing those laws were invalidated when the league began losing members.

The expansion announcement should come as welcome relief to the football-playing members still on board -- Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers and USF. But questions still remain about the league's long-term football prospects should another round of conference moves take place, as UConn, Louisville and Rutgers have made overtures to other conferences.

Outside of football, the issue for Boise State and San Diego State remains where to put the rest of their sports, mainly men's basketball. The Aztecs were highly ranked in the men's Top 25 much of last season and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Multiple sources said that the Big West and the WAC are the most likely suitors for Boise State and San Diego State, instead of the WCC or the Big Sky. The MWC won't allow schools to join without football.

But there is a strong chance that Boise and SDSU could be in different leagues, with the WAC possibly more viable for Boise State -- where in-state rival Idaho plays -- and the Big West more likely for the Aztecs.
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Sources -- Big East to announce Boise State, four others joining conference - ESPN

surprised to not see anything on Air Force in that though
 
#17
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Also note the 2013 date...still plan on holding WVU in at least a year it seems


...hm, I want to guess that since the numbers only add up to 11 teams in football with Navy that either Air Force or someone else is still in play
 
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TrueOrange said:
Also note the 2013 date...still plan on holding WVU in at least a year it seems


...hm, I want to guess that since the numbers only add up to 11 teams in football with Navy that either Air Force or someone else is still in play
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Yeah. I think they're looking at two divisions.

East = UCF, USF, Cincy, Rutgers, UConn, Navy
West = Louisville, Boise St, Air Force, SMU, Houston, SDSU

The West still requires a ton of travel.
 
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Louisville's not going to enjoy the travel for that set up, especially if the Big 12 considers them as an 11th or 12th team later on
 
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Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig East
 
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I'm okay with this..if...and only if...they change the name of the conference.
 
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So how close are Air Force and Navy to being done deals in this?

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the MWC will be needing an 8th team. They'll be down to Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV and Wyoming with Fresno State, Hawaii and Nevada coming in for next season.
 
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