Re: Big East or BCS?

[Brett Pappas]

I personally get tired of all the BCS talk. Bottom line for me is that I
would get more enjoyment out of football games versus Pitt and WVA than with
ANY current member of CUSA outside of Louisville. Since I am probably not
the only one who feels this way, this probably equates to larger crowds at
Nippert which is good for the program.

--Brett

----- Original Message -----
From: "Panth" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 4:16 PM
Subject: [UC Basketball] Big East or BCS?


> After all this talk about UC joining the Big East and how it would help
> the football program, my only concern is:
>
> Does the Big East (with only 8 teams) keep its BCS status?
>
> If the 8 basketball schools leave, will an 8 team league have the power
> (i.e. votes) to keep its BCS berth? Is there any doubt that the other 5
> conferences will be licking their chops to kick the BE out of the BCS
> and divide the pot by 5 instead of 6? Unless the Big East keeps 16
> schools (i.e 16 votes), the Big East might lose its bargaining power
> with the BCS and may not retain its automatic berth. If that happens,
> the Big East is no better than C-USA or the MAC or the WAC.
>
> I frankly don't care if we stay in C-USA or move to the Big East - the
> most important thing is for UC to get into a BCS conference. The Big
> East without a BCS spot is totally useless for UC.
>
> Food for thought - suppose the Big East does come down to 8 teams. If
> the other 5 conferences try to cut off the Big East from the BCS (or a
> playoff system), is there any doubt that the rest of the football
> playing schools will gang up on the other BCS conferences and absolutely
> change college football as we know it today? Keep in mind that without
> the Big East, the BCS will no longer hold a majority among Division 1-A
> schools.
>
> Panth