Big East Divisions TBA this week

[RedRocker]

They're going to be awful anyway, might as well take the bullet having to travel constantly.

I'm sure they'll split the Boise/SDSU trips up so they don't do both in the same year. Same with Houston and SMU.

I wonder if they are going to do the 5-3 scheduling since there is no reason to do 5-1-2.

[#41]

No kidding. I wonder if they even have the budget for that amount of travel. I'm thinking they get kicked back to the East when Navy comes on board.

They're going to be awful anyway, might as well take the bullet having to travel constantly.

[swilsonsp4]

Championship game weather conditions could be interesting. Cold & blustery in most places; nice and comfortable in San Diego, Houston or Tampa Bay; and irrelevant in Memphis.

[Lobot]

Wow, poor Temple. Gonna be racking up the frequent flyer miles.

No kidding. I wonder if they even have the budget for that amount of travel. I'm thinking they get kicked back to the East when Navy comes on board.

[applegbt]

Wow, poor Temple. Gonna be racking up the frequent flyer miles.

[cpawstoney]

It's official

COMMISSIONER ARESCO ANNOUNCES FOOTBALL DIVISIONS, CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, STARTING IN 2013

The BIG EAST Football Championship Game will be played between the East and West champions at the home field of one of the participating teams, not at a neutral site, promising an exciting fan experience.

##### East Division
UCF
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Rutgers
USF

##### West Division
Boise State
Houston
Memphis
San Diego State
SMU
Temple

Aresco noted that this alignment will likely be revisited after the 2014 season, when the U.S. Naval Academy and possibly other schools begin play in the BIG EAST.

In this new structure, each team will play eight Conference games per season, of which five will be against divisional rivals.

http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/239119/COMMISSIONER-ARESCO-ANNOUNCES-FOOTBALL-DIVISIONS,-CHAMPIONSHIP-GAME,-STARTING-IN-2013-.aspx

[cpawstoney]

Big East to approve two-division format

Per ESPN 11.13.2012:

Sources told ESPN that for the purpose of football, the conference will be divided into a western division of
Boise State
Houston
Memphis
San Diego State
SMU
Temple

and an eastern division of
Central Florida
Cincinnati
UConn
Louisville
Rutgers
South Florida

These divisions could change drastically when the Big East grows to 14 teams in 2015 when the league adds Navy and another school yet to be determined.

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/71235/big-east-to-approve-two-division-format

[True Bearcat]

No I mean what I says.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansz_Trophy

[Lobot]

Navy is on record saying they would play in a western division. They have a rivalry trophy with SMU, and a huge naval base in San Diego.

OMG this makes sense. Except I think you meant SDSU not SMU. SMU is a landlocked private school with the GWB library going up on its' grounds in Dallas.

[True Bearcat]

Navy is on record saying they would play in a western division. They have a rivalry trophy with SMU, and a huge naval base in San Diego.

[RedRocker]

Whichever division we end up in for the next year or two will change (either for us or for L'ville in the next few years when we add teams.

Big East will either add a team in the east (which would then put UC/L'ville in West) or add a team in west (which would put UC/L'ville" in the East).

Navy will definitely be in the east. The only way we'll be together with UL is if another east team is added or the BE swells to 16 by adding AFA, BYU and UNLV. Then there is a true west division with:
Air Force
Boise State
BYU
Houston
Memphis
San Diego State
SMU
UNLV

East
Cincinnati
Louisville
Navy
Rutgers
Temple
UConn
UCF
USF

Although, I don't know how big you want to go if only one at-large bid is open in the football championship. There would likely be 9 league games in a 16 team league with 7 intra-division and 2 inter-division games.

[bearcat25]

Whichever division we end up in for the next year or two will change (either for us or for L'ville in the next few years when we add teams.

Big East will either add a team in the east (which would then put UC/L'ville in West) or add a team in west (which would put UC/L'ville" in the East).

[OCASCM07]

Any which way we will play Louisville every year as a crossover game. I'd rather be in the east for travel purposes.

Plus we're to the East of Louisville so it only makes sense to put us in the East. The SOS of playing in the West might be worthwhile though.

[RedRocker]

Any which way we will play Louisville every year as a crossover game. I'd rather be in the east for travel purposes.

[richard k.]

Here's their suggested alignment:


Personally, I prefer to be in the division with Louisville, e.g. put Memphis in the east. The down side to that is the East games would be easier for travel.

Personally I'd rather they put C. Fla in the west and keep both UC and UofL in the east.