big-east Stories - Team Speed Kills
Executive Director Sorry That The BCS Played Role In Conference Realignment
BCS executive director Bill Hancock is sorry that chasing membership in automatic qualifying conferences was a concern driving conference realignment. He says that a goal of the next BCS agreement (the current one runs out after the 2013 season) will be to provide conference stability. I would...
Reports: West Virginia Mountaineers Headed to Big 12, Missouri Tigers to SEC
The New York Post first reported at 2:39 this morning that West Virginia is set to leave the Big East and join the Big 12. I am honestly not sure about the Post's reporting bona fides (given its tabloid-y nature), which is why I didn't post anything earlier. However, CBS now has a source and Teddy...
TCU Likely to Spurn Big East, Move to Big 12 in 2012
The Big 12 is going to survive as long as the Longhorn Network and Oklahoma have nowhere else they want to go. It will keep its BCS auto-bid as long as the Fiesta Bowl exists and agrees take its champion every year. It's not on completely stable ground, but it's at least stable-ish. The Big East is...
Realignment Evening Update: Conference Consolidation Might Include Not-So-Superconferences
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS The OU board of regents had a meeting today and authorized president David Boren to take action on realignment. That's the same action Texas A&M's board took with its president Bowen Loftin prior to it joining the SEC. Boren says he's has conversations with the Pac-12 that were...
ACC Played Its Cards Correctly, but SEC Still Looms
I don't often compliment the ACC about much other than basketball. It's fun to look down on the conference as the SEC's little brother and relentlessly tease fans of its teams for the conference's perpetual football mediocrity. However, I have nothing but compliments for the way that the ACC...
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