Big East Want Pitt/Cuse Gone Soon?

[UCDaveD]

McMurphyCBS Brett McMurphy

Big East members want gone too RT @tsnmike: Sources: Big East members want Pitt, Syracuse gone soon

http://twitter.com/#!/McMurphyCBS/status/116897490128736256

Funny, I thought they just made a big to-do about holding them to their 27 months?

 

[Santini35]

Interesting that some basketball schools want some breathing room, i.e., we can't look any good because you beat us all the time while you're around so get out...

 

[metsfan2323]

Interesting that some basketball schools want some breathing room, i.e., we can't look any good because you beat us all the time while you're around so get out...

Makes sense for the basketball schools. It's becoming more and more clear that the basketball only schools have the upperhand on the football schools. We need them more than they need us.

We are in the middle of a Catholic crunch. BC is blocking us, Notre Dame is playing with our heads, and the basketball only schools have us by the basketballs.

Holy crap!

 

[HuskyFan16]

maybe your onto something here mets, instead of Herbst leading the charge we should just have Archbishop Mansell talking to like the pope and .

 

[IMind]

What's so funny is you get these basketball people aghast that UConn would actually want to leave the Big East. This isn't 1979 anymore for !

 

[metsfan2323]

Jim Calhoun is a well known Catholic, he needs to be our ambassador. Send him to Rome.

 

[Scalito]

It seems to me that if the basketball only schools want out, they really might have an incentive to act against the conference's football interests. If they can force the football school's to voluntarily disband, they get the rights to the Big East name. I am not sure if the same holds true if the basketball schools are the ones to ask for a divorce.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Seems to me that we should keep them around. What's the harm to the Big East if we do?

I also think that some of the potential additions, such as Temple, could use a little time to upgrade their recruiting before playing in the Big East. 2005 was pretty ragged in the Big East because the new schools only had 1 full recruiting class from announcement before joining. If Temple could get 2 or 3 Big East recruiting classes, they could be pretty good.

 

[freescooter]

Seems to me that we should keep them around. What's the harm to the Big East if we do?

I also think that some of the potential additions, such as Temple, could use a little time to upgrade their recruiting before playing in the Big East. 2005 was pretty ragged in the Big East because the new schools only had 1 full recruiting class from announcement before joining. If Temple could get 2 or 3 Big East recruiting classes, they could be pretty good.

It isn't the football schools who want them gone apparently. they know they need the time, just as you say. But Providence, who has a goal of finsihing 10th in th ebig East every year...it is a whole lot easier if two top programs are gone.