Big East - In The News

Going to ask Navy to join sooner vs waiting until 2015. Negotiating new TV deal with ESPN. If no deal - open it to Fox, etc.



Addition of another marquee Bowl that will match highest ranked Big East or C-USA or MWC vs PAC 12 or Big 12 team. No details . Going to invite a 14th team to match with Navy. Said not to assume it will be a team currently playing as an Independent.



AFA?



Posturing to push BYU?



Bowl Game sounds interesting - but helps everyone but BYU.



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:lol: bad sign when you need Navy to join early to save your conference. #SinkingShip

Such a black and white world. Can't blame you for being Bullish on status quo cheerleading and HAWKish on anything different. Find the middle - your world will find more BLUE - truth.



Independence is fine. Good and bad comes with it. Good is exposure to outside fan base, access to TV coverage by fans, money, control, flexibility, freedom to be who we are. Maybe something else I am forgetting.

Bad is pressure to overschedule, need to give up home field advantage, bowl tie ins being subpar even to Las Vegas Bowl, and for some - not me - lack of a conference championship to play for. Maybe tougher to maintain rivalries since you do not play the same teams every year.



Big East is not like the Big 5 conferences. Neither is independence. Money - remains to be seen but probably comparable. Scheduling decent games home and away. Better bowls. Conference championship. Give up some freedom and maybe fan access and exposure on TV. Maybe. Add a few games like PAC, USU, and Big 12, ND, MWC focusing on our region. Decent enough.



Not clear which trade-offs win out. Neither is SIMPLY HORRIBLE. Because things are rarely that simple.



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Sagrain has the Indy conference moving up from #7 to #5 this week passing the Big East and ACC.ND leads the group at 5-0 but we get to play them in 2 weeks.

Big East has 3 teams in the AP top 25 today.

And their 2 worst teams are leaving for the ACC next year.