Today is the day! 12.7.2011

[cpawstoney]

Big East set to add Boise State, four others in 2013
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....ap/index.html

Sans basketball schools, Pitino praises Big East Expansion
http://www.wdrb.com/story/16204722/s...east-expansion

Conference Realignment: Big East (Finally) Expanding, Timing Of Pitt And Syracuse To ACC
http://www.bcinterruption.com/2011/1...use-pittsburgh

[cpawstoney]

Offical announcement is scheduled for 5:00PM. It will probably be on all the news/sports stations. Here is a link to listen online throgh BigEast.org:
http://bigeast.org/

[cpawstoney]

According to Ms Adelson of ESPN, today is NOT the day:

One scheduling note: The Big East has pushed back the announcement of its all-conference team until Thursday, given the news expected later today about expansion. A 5 p.m. call has been set with commissioner John Marinatto and the presidents of Boise State, Houston, UCF, SMU and San Diego State.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post...time-links-586

[cafemerald]

According to Ms Adelson of ESPN, today is NOT the day:


http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post...time-links-586

Did you even read that? They are pushing back their announcement of their All-Conference football team (i.e. the best players at their respective positions in the Big East... similar to All American honors). It reads to me that the expansion will still be released today.

[cpawstoney]

cafemerald:
Did you even read that? They are pushing back their announcement of their All-Conference football team (i.e. the best players at their respective positions in the Big East... similar to All American honors). It reads to me that the expansion will still be released today.

oops. No ... I saw the words conference and Thursday and filled in the (wrong) blanks.

Oh well, you got it right. Thanks for catching that.

[Lobot]

SMU loses June Jones to ASU. There went their relevance.

[True Bearcat]

SMU will be fine. JJ got them here it is time for the next coach to put them on top. SMU has plenty of money to hire a good coach.

[smcdonald5]

I'm seeing on Twitter from ASUDevilscom, Multiple sources saying June Jones will not be the head football coach at ASU.

Also, it's finally official. Welcome Boise St, Houston, SMU, SDSU and UCF

[jkwuc89]

SMU will be fine. JJ got them here it is time for the next coach to put them on top. SMU has plenty of money to hire a good coach.

Just don't use that money to recruit players

[CincyBeerCo]

Continental Athletic Conference

Bearcats as The Continental champions has a nice ring to it.

[BearCatMarcher]

Bearcats as The Continental champions has a nice ring to it.

And the media types can go to The Continental Breakfast for all news updates.

All joking aside, you'd be in a hole when you add Hawaii.

[waterhead]

If Air Force is out...I think it would make sense to add two more schools in the central to pacific time zones for the western division. If we add Temple and Memphis...memphis can go to the west (5 teams) but Temple is going to create 7 teams in the East. Some team is going to have to travel quite a bit more than that rest...right now the speculation is Louisville...but I think it should be a new member that has to travel.

[DBSUC1982]

If Air Force is out...I think it would make sense to add two more schools in the central to pacific time zones for the western division. If we add Temple and Memphis...memphis can go to the west (5 teams) but Temple is going to create 7 teams in the East. Some team is going to have to travel quite a bit more than that rest...right now the speculation is Louisville...but I think it should be a new member that has to travel.

I have seen it written that UCF would go west.

[DBSUC1982]

SMU loses June Jones to ASU. There went their relevance.

OOPS! JJ back to SMU

[swilsonsp4]

If Air Force is out...I think it would make sense to add two more schools in the central to pacific time zones for the western division. If we add Temple and Memphis...memphis can go to the west (5 teams) but Temple is going to create 7 teams in the East. Some team is going to have to travel quite a bit more than that rest...right now the speculation is Louisville...but I think it should be a new member that has to travel.

Air Force is definitely staying put in the MWC. I'm not sure how that affects Navy, at this point. There had been some talk out of Annapolis that the Midshipmen were waiting for the flyboys.

http://www.gazette.com/articles/expa...marinatto.html