New Thread ... what the heck is ESPN doing?

er has been saying for months that ESPN has been trying to get the Big 12 to expand at the expense of the Big East, and a meaningful contingent of the Big 12 wants no part of it.

I'm hoping the BE has planted a mole in Bristol that his secretly collecting evidence for the eventual class action suit by any program affected by this nonsense.

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According to er, ESPN is now pushing very, very hard for the Big 12 to expand by 2-4 schools. We got to hope for 0 or 4. 2 would be disastrous.

Wouldn't they do that even more egregiously if the BE signed with NBC? If its going to happen anyway you take the

4 would absolutely work.

If Rutgers and Louisville go to the Big12 it absolutely causes the the basketball onlies to split from the Big East. In that scenario, I see the Mountain West reforming with Boise State and San Diego State leaving as football onlies and we would be looking at: UConn, Cincy, USF, UCF, Houston, Temple, Memphis, SMU in an all sports conference. I don't see how UConn ever recovers from that.

If the Big12 expands by 4 teams, Louisville and Rutgers are a given. It would be between UConn, USF and Cincy I would have to imagine.

I just don't see the Big 12 wanting anything to do with UConn or RU. If anything, they'll grab Louisville and BYU. I know the whole Sunday playing thing and BYU but I feel that if the money is right, they'd be willing to work something out so BYU doesn't have to play on Sunday. UConn adn RU are too far east for the Big 12 and I would imagine that Texas wants nothing to do with them as they would just dilute the money share. So really it's ACC or bust for us. Supposedly RU has a chance at the B1G but I don't see them have any need to move anytime soon. Plus, as soon as they catch wind that someone else might grab RU, they know that all they have to do is wink in that direction and RU will come running. So I think the Big 12 is an even bigger pipe dream than the B1G. Honestly, I wouldn't even be interested in the Big 12 except for the reality that it's NOT the BE.

UConn's overall basketball program is probably worth more than BYU's football program. UConn IS a HUGE part of the tri-state puzzle. Also serves New England, including Rhode Island and central and western Mass and all areas north, at least. We do also reach into the Hudson Valley. That is a huge area of land following a college's athletic programs.

Pudge is actually on to something here. If we had politicians with some stones, this would have already been done.

What you mean putting Memphis, Temple and Georgia State in the Big East won't magically transform them into big time programs? Say it ain't so.

Think about it. Unless the BE TV deal comes in pretty heavy, Boise and SDSU will split anyway. The BCS is over, so there is no auto bid. Add those to to the MWC teams and it could be a better football conference than the NBE. The NBE has been on life support all along.

This is far from over.

There might add a 7th bowl, which could mean good news for the BE if its champ is tied to it.

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Officials-may-add-7th-bowl-to-playoff-3879070.php

Also, Orange Bowl wants to have the option to select the best possible opponent for the ACC vs. being tied down to the selected conferences and ND. This could also mean good news for the BE champ if it has no tie-in and it is ranked high enough. I really don't want BE champ to play the ACC in any top tier bowl, but it is a possibility as of today.

http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=1633

Yeah, the only stones are the rocks in their heads.