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[Jon Macomber]

Hey look, Wetzel makes sense: 

Assuming Miami, BC, and Syracuse bolts for the ACC, the rest could fall like this:

New Conference USA (or newly named league) 
  a.. Cincinnati 
  b.. Connecticut 
  c.. Louisville 
  d.. Houston 
  e.. Memphis 
  f.. Pittsburgh 
  g.. Rutgers 
  h.. Southern Miss 
  i.. South Florida 
  j.. Texas Christian 
  k.. Virginia Tech 
  l.. West Virginia 
12 schools that offer good teams or ideal markets.  This would get the BCS slot that the Big East had.  Having 12 teams could qualify for a championship game.  And, 5 of the 12 are elite teams BB (UC, UL, Memphis, UConn, Pitt) - good enough to cancel out the weak and make it a decent BB league.

New Big East 

  a.. Dayton 
  b.. DePaul 
  c.. Georgetown 
  d.. Marquette 
  e.. Massachusetts 
  f.. Notre Dame 
  g.. Providence 
  h.. St. John's 
  i.. Seton Hall 
  j.. Villanova 
  k.. Xavier 
All BB teams (except for ND independent) - all the catholic schools together - midwest/NW based


New Atlantic 10 

  a.. Charlotte 
  b.. Fordham 
  c.. Duquesne 
  d.. George Washington 
  e.. LaSalle 
  f.. Rhode Island 
  g.. Richmond 
  h.. Siena 
  i.. St. Bonaventure 
  j.. Saint Joseph's 
  k.. Temple 
All BB teams (except Temple's "FB" team).  East coast.  Continues Atlantic 10's tradition of mediocrity (sorry, couldn't resist).


Since UC is midwest - unless we get in the Big 10, we'll never get a seat at the big table of:

Big10
SEC
ACC
Big12
Pac10

Those 5 conferences represent the top 60 or so BCS schools, and the only chance at a FB title.

Our only chance is to scrap together what's left into the best 6th conference available.  Which means reach far (like CUSA), or reach deep (take only FB/BB schools).

TV money has created a top-heavy heirarchy that favors a few dozen elite teams and a handful of elite conferences.  None of which are willing to share their lucrative tv money and ample athletic budgets.  Would a table-scrap 6th conference (which UC would be a part of) be able to develop, compete, get comparable TV money and resources, national competition, and finally get a seat at the big table?


Jon M