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jrazz12 said:
ESPN just confirmed only the FB schools
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Villanova has asked to attend the conference call and join the Big East for football. Are they kidding? The Big East will get Philly for all sports because it will invite Temple. Not Villanova.
 
Reading a bunch of tweets that Villanova has applied to the ACC.
 
Per Jeff Jacobs all presidents are also scheduled to meet October 2nd in D.C.
 
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Makes sense. Things will be defined for the BE in a matter of weeks.
 
businesslawyer said:
This meeting is about one thing and one thing only. The football schools need to know what the basketball schools would allow by way of new members so they know if staying in the Big East is a possibility or if they need to leave as a group?

Would the basketball schools allow the addition of the Big XII remnants (assuming Texas and Oklahoma are gone)? If so, that is a possibility. If not, then that alliance would have to be done in the Big XII.

Would the basketball schools allow replacements for Syracuse and Pitt from a list of Temple, UMass, ECU, Memphis and UCF? That's a closer call? I think if UConn is staying, the basketball schools would probably be o.k. with that. They don't worry about their status as a major basketball conference if UConn is still there. If UConn and RU are out, however, it's a closer call -- one that I could see going any way.

This is the purpose of the meeting -- to figure out if the flexibility that the Catholics would allow is sufficient for the football schools to stay, or whether the Big East as a football league is dead.
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Any thoughts now that it's being reported that its only the football schools meeting tonight?
 
jrazz12 said:
Any thoughts now that it's being reported that its only the football schools meeting tonight?
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I would assume they are deciding which of those questions to ask the basketball schools (i.e., what would they do if the basketball schools didn't have to clear it) under which scenarios.
 
Drumguy said:
She seems like a no-bulldarn person and probably thinks this is a terrible idea - Presidents sitting around pissing at Cuse and Pitt and putting pressure on RU ND and UConn to stay put. Seems like an ill fated meeting.
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You really think that's the purpose of the meeting? You don't think the schools want to talk about -- oh, I don't know -- how they are going to best get out of this mess? You don't think that, at the moment, it isn't our mess too?
 
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jacobscourant Jeff Jacobs
UConn prez Susan Herbst, sources said, not able to attend BE meeting tonight and chief of staff Rachel Rubin will be there in her place.

POWER MOVE!
 
Of course she can't make it. It's Reverse Happy Hour at Ted's tonight
 
Unless UConn is 100% sure their ACC invite is coming, they can't walk away from USF/Cinci/WVU/RU. Today they are in a better position than some of those schools, but they might not be tomorrow.
 
whaler11 said:
Unless UConn is 100% sure their ACC invite is coming, they can't walk away from USF/Cinci/WVU/RU. Today they are in a better position than some of those schools, but they might not be tomorrow.
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Totally agree here. Until ink is on the paper to the ACC, UConn needs to make sure the Big East will still be a viable conference.
 
whaler11 said:
Unless UConn is 100% sure their ACC invite is coming, they can't walk away from USF/Cinci/WVU/RU. Today they are in a better position than some of those schools, but they might not be tomorrow.
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+1
 
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whaler11 said:
Unless UConn is 100% sure their ACC invite is coming, they can't walk away from USF/Cinci/WVU/RU. Today they are in a better position than some of those schools, but they might not be tomorrow.
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With that tweet from Jacobs and the recent article from the NewsTimes - I'm starting to feel that UConn/Susan Herbst knows something no one else does.
 
NHUConnfan said:
With that tweet from Jacobs and the recent article from the NewsTimes - I'm starting to feel that UConn/Susan Herbst knows something no one else does.
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I hope she does, but there is only one out (ACC) and trying to pretend differently isn't going to fool anyone.
 
Actually, Susan is playing Hold-em with me in CT tonight. I spoke to her earlier today and I asked what she was holding, all she would tell me is that she had 7 outs.....
 
NHUConnfan said:
With that tweet from Jacobs and the recent article from the NewsTimes - I'm starting to feel that UConn/Susan Herbst knows something no one else does.
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you are not going out on a limb there. Our information comes from messages boards, twitter, our buddies cousin who's old roommate works in the athletic department at Kansas St or Wake Forest, etc.
 
businesslawyer said:
It's not symbolic. Where do you think the easiest place to get everyone together on short notice is due to flight availability?
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Newark.
 
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