BE looking for 14th football team

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I'll post article later.

[deadawg]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ootball-member

[champion110]

We should be knocking their door down for all sports membership. We could definitely use the tv contract they will get and could be with Houston and SMU. Talk about immediate prestige and recruiting boost for bball!

[inudesu]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ootball-member

"You have a pretty huge divide now between our conference and anything below us, and almost no gap between us and what they are calling the Big Five," Aresco said. "We say it's the Big Six. I'm not going to yield on that at all."

So who are they bringing in again?

Baylor 59 SMU 24
Washington 21 SDSU 12
Texas St 30 Houston 13
Tenn-Martin 20 Memphis 17!
Notre Dame 50 Navy 10

Yep, not missing a beat.

Heck, even Boise State lost (although they're still really good - no shame losing to a top team on the road in a rebuilding year). At least UCF managed to beat one of the worst teams in FBS.

Of current members, everybody but Rutgers played FCS teams (which Pitt managed to lose).

Tough weekend for the "Big" East.

[dawg80]

Who is currently in the BE and who will be left as the 13, for which they want to add one? I honestly don't know since I have always figured the BE would change several more times, so why bother to learn the membership?

[champion110]

Who is currently in the BE and who will be left as the 13, for which they want to add one? I honestly don't know since I have always figured the BE would change several more times, so why bother to learn the membership?

I don't know all of them either. They change weekly, don't they? LOL

[Tech77]

I think it will be this, as of now: Louisville, Cincinatti, South Florida, Uconn, Boise, UCF, Temple, San Diego State, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Rutgers and Syracuse.

The next member will need to fall within the footprint... no farther west and south than San Diego, no farther west and north than Boise, no farther east and north than Connecticut, and no farther east and south than Tampa.

[techboy09]

I think it will be this, as of now: Louisville, Cincinatti, South Florida, Uconn, Boise, UCF, Temple, San Diego State, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Rutgers and Syracuse.

The next member will need to fall within the footprint... no farther west and south than San Diego, no farther west and north than Boise, no farther east and north than Connecticut, and no farther east and south than Tampa.

Swap Syracuse with Navy, and then ya got it.

[TechAlum05]

I think it will be this, as of now: Louisville, Cincinatti, South Florida, Uconn, Boise, UCF, Temple, San Diego State, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Rutgers and Syracuse.

The next member will need to fall within the footprint... no farther west and south than San Diego, no farther west and north than Boise, no farther east and north than Connecticut, and no farther east and south than Tampa.

So Hawaii is out of the running?

[LT]

I bet it will be Tulane or Rice. When UL leaves, the second of these two will enter.

[Dwayne From Minden]

They ought to adopt the name Sasquatch Conference in homage to thier large footprint

[Tech77]

If you take money out of the equation (and I know you can't) ... I'd say i much prefer being a member of the C-USA we are joining instead of that far-flung collection of schools.

[Champ967]

There are some obvious candidates, but we're not talking about raiding anyone and there are some independents that might potentially want to be a member

Available Independents = Army, BYU, ND, NMSU, Idaho

Army already turned them down once. ND would be a stunner. The Aggies & Vandals too. I'd wager they're talking to BYU ... it might help convince Boise & SDSU to stick around once the BC$ spiggot shuts off.

I just may lose my bet with parialex after all ...

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I bet it's byu too.

[parisdog]

I bet it will be Tulane or Rice. When UL leaves, the second of these two will enter.

Whys that?