BE two divisional plans on table, one of which puts UConn in the Bug East West

[Rumrunner]

Makes sense to me! This is from Mark Blaudschun, Calhiun's bff:
Plan 2

Big East West

1. Boise

2. Houston

3. Cincinnati

4. UConn

5. Central Florida

6. San Diego State

Big East East

1. Louisville

2. Memphis

3. South Florida

4. Rutgers

5. Temple

6. SMU

This plan separates rivals–South Florida-Central Florida, Louisville-Cincinnati–but lets them play each year in cross over games and it also gets the old schools get into fertile recruiting areas such as Texas and Florida.

 

[UCFBfan]

I hope you're sarcastic with the making sense.....You can look for a major budget deficit by having to have to go to Boise and SDSU every other year.....Plus it would be horrible for traveling to away games.....This would be a stupid idea and make me want us out of the Big East even more.

 

[husky210]

Unless they're expecting to replace us with a western team. Just sayin'.

 

[Rumrunner]

Forgot the link.

http://ajerseyguy.com/

Yes, I was being sarcastic. In the category of it would be funny if it wasn't so bad, UConn would be in a division wholly of MWC and CUSA teams, plus Cincy.

 

[huskymedic]

http://ajerseyguy.com/


With new Big East commissioner Mike Aresco doing his meet and greet tour throughout the conference–he will be at Rutgers-South Florida on Thursday and North Carolina-Louisville on Saturday–the other business of the Big East is also starting to take shape.

The Big East has just started a two-month exclusive negotiating period with ESPN about a new football contract. NBC is expected to be a major player once that time frame expires (Oct. 31st). And then there is the business of expanding into a 12-team two division conference next season with a championship game.

The basic premise is that each team will play an eight game conference schedule, five within the division and three cross over games.

Aresco has said he wants to maximize rivalries, but also wants the best television exposure, with geography also a factor.

The one criteria that will be used in any plan is to keep the two perceived best teams in different divisions to set up the best championship game. Right now that looks like Boise State and Louisville

Here are two scenarios which might work.

Plan 1–based more on geography

Big East West
1. Boise
2.SD State
3. Houston
4. SMU
5. Cincinnati
6. Memphis

Big East East
1. UCF
2. USF
3. Rutgers
4 Temple
5. Louisville
6. UConn

Boise would be marketed heavily in this arrangement with its three cross over games in New York and Philadelphia (Rutgers or UConn and Temple and South Florida or Central Florida)

Then it moves to Plan 2 above.

 

[whaler11]

Yes setting up division based on who is good today is brilliant. Just change them every year based on the media poll- those guys have proved they can nail the standings.

 

[UCFBfan]

Plan one makes a lot more sense to me and it gives the perceived "power schools" in each conference, L'Ville and Boise plus the two worst teams, Memphis and Temple in separate divisions. Plus it keeps the Western teams out West where they want to be for traveling purposes. If you want to build rivalries you need opposing team fans to travel to away games and create that "rivalry" atmosphere. Having UConn, Boise, and SDSU be in the same division would be silly. Why not try and build th Temple, RU, UConn thing. I don't see it be too successful but it doesn't hurt to try. Finally, I feel this whole championship game is going to be a flop. If the ACC can't draw enough fans to their championship games, what makes the Big East think it will do any better, especially when they'll most likely be pulling a team from out West to come east? The BE is notorious for poor traveling fan bases, why would a championship game work??

 

[SAMCRO]

Unless they're expecting to replace us with a western team. Just sayin'.

I vote for this.

 

[mets1090]

If we want to sell tickets to a championship game it's gonna have to be held at the home field of the team with the better conference record. Have tiebreakers to figure it out if they have the same record. If the game is held in NY and USF plays Boise State we will be lucky to get 10,000 fans there. If the home teams regular stadium isn't big enough have them hold it at a larger nearby stadium.

 

[UConnDan97]

I like plan 1 infinitely more than I like plan 2, but I am still shaking my head as to why they would want to split the Ville from Cincy. Just swap the Ville for Memphis...

 

[junglehusky]

Plan 2:

 

[SAMCRO]

Where does Navy go and who is the 14th team?

Plan 3- keep as many current BE teams together as possible to maintain some semblance of continuity:

Div. 1: UConn, UR, Louisville, Cinci, USF, Temple.
Div 2: SDSU, Boise, Houston, SMU, Memphis, UCF.

Then put Navy in Div 1 and whoever 14 is in Div 2, purely for geographic fit. This combines the 4 Cusa's and 2 MWC schools in one league, and keeps the BE in the other. Easy-Peasy.

 

[Adios]

I like plan 1 infinitely more than I like plan 2, but I am still shaking my head as to why they would want to split the Ville from Cincy. Just swap the Ville for Memphis...

Pitino wanted Memphis. Put Louisville in the west along with Memphis instead of Cincinnati. Keep Cincinnati in the east.

 

[CodyJ.]

How about we play UMass, Fordham, Rhode Island, and Central Connecticut twice every year. That would be dope.

 

[Adios]

How about we play UMass, Fordham, Rhode Island, and Central Connecticut twice every year. That would be dope.

And Stony Brook and Albany. Imagine the rivalries we can build with those 12 games.

 

[SAMCRO]

Don't sleep on Stony Brook. They're actually putting together a solid FCS program out on the Island. I'm not saying they beat Cuse on Saturday, but I do believe it will be closer than Cuse fines will like.

 

[Adios]

Don't sleep on Stony Brook. They're actually putting together a solid FCS program out on the Island. I'm not saying they beat Cuse on Saturday, but I do believe it will be closer than Cuse fines will like.

Stony Brook has big-time potential. Might take a while.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

If we want to sell tickets to a championship game it's gonna have to be held at the home field of the team with the better conference record. Have tiebreakers to figure it out if they have the same record. If the game is held in NY and USF plays Boise State we will be lucky to get 10,000 fans there. If the home teams regular stadium isn't big enough have them hold it at a larger nearby stadium.

WTF! And fans wonder why the BE is so disrespected. This just isn't a thought in Big time conferences. Stop, please.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

I like plan 1 infinitely more than I like plan 2, but I am still shaking my head as to why they would want to split the Ville from Cincy. Just swap the Ville for Memphis...

Again, swapping Ville for Memphis would now make the Big East East inferior by far to the Big East West. How far down in UConn gonna sink. The is a house of cards built on a foundation of sand. So hope the ACC becomes an option for UConn, cuz this other crap is sol awful.

 

[huskypantz]

I just want to play RU, UL, USF and Cincy every year. Throw in Temple and Navy and that's our best case scenario.

 

[thatguyed]

And Stony Brook and Albany. Imagine the rivalries we can build with those 12 games.

And add Sacred Heart or BC to include a catholic school and appease the basketball guys. I think their football programs are interchangeable, no?

 

[junglehusky]

Again, swapping Ville for Memphis would now make the Big East East inferior by far to the Big East West. How far down in UConn gonna sink. The is a house of cards built on a foundation of sand. So hope the ACC becomes an option for UConn, cuz this other crap is sol awful.

Careful TDH, you'll wake up the #ClapHarder crew! NNBE = Tinkerbell conference...

 

[UConnDan97]

Again, swapping Ville for Memphis would now make the Big East East inferior by far to the Big East West. How far down in UConn gonna sink. The is a house of cards built on a foundation of sand. So hope the ACC becomes an option for UConn, cuz this other crap is sol awful.

Fine, then make it temporary until 2015, when Navy comes into the East and you ship Memphis out West. Then, our schedule is:

Navy, Rutgers, Temple, UCF, USF, and 3 crossover games that would include at least one of the Ville, Ciny, or Boise (perhaps two of them at any given year). Mix that up with an OOC that includes Tennessee and Virginia, and what is so crap awful about that schedule again??? That looks pretty good to me!

Also, if they can convince BYU to join, you ship both the Ville and Cincy back East so that the original BE members are all together. Then it is looking extremely attractive for UConn in my opinion...

Edit: I just realize that I did something stupid, since the addition of BYU will not allow both the Ville and Cincy to be shipped East. Only one would be able to come back over. I guess it would require to additionally join to get back all the originals in the same division. Either that, or ship UCF or Navy west, which makes less sense to me.

 

[pj]

Navy and UConn to the East, BYU and Air Force to the West. It would probably be just for one year.

 

[huskypantz]

Maybe we'll be more attractive to the PAC12 if we're in the Big East western division.