Re: Re: Conference Affiliations

[Brian Johnson]

Me too.  There are several ways in which it would
help, a few:

- Football is definitely aided.  Being in the same
conference as the likes of WVU, Pittsburgh, and Va
Tech, you know there'll be plenty of fans at Nippert,
albiet, unfortunately, many visiting ones.

- Basketball doesn't take a hit.  We'd lose Charlotte
and Marquette as rivals, but pick up UConn and Notre
Dame.

- Big East likely retains BCS status, and isn't that
the primary motivation for the move.  Va Tech is still
a solid enough football program to maintain BCS status
for the Big East, although that's open to debate.

Only negative I see is the continued inclusion of
Rutgers and Temple.  Do those programs do well enough
to turn a profit?  Still, playing them would beat
having to play Tulane, Houston and USM.  Did anyone
see that discrace of a home crowd when Memphis came to
Houston this season?

--- "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden>
wrote:
> Even with those 3
> schools leaving the Big East,
> I'd leave C-USA and join the BE, especially if UofL
> and Memphis are
> included, in a New York minute.
>
> Richard K.


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