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Long time lurker and season ticket holder, but first time poster.
There are two hypotheticals in this whole conference allingment situation that have be concerned/intrigued.
1. What if the Pac-10/12 doesn't have the votes to take in Texas or Oklahoma and the Big XII doesn't split apart. At this point, do any of the conferences make a move? Does ACC go to 16 just because? Does the SEC still add WVU? What if nothing comes out of the whole Syracuse/Pitt defection? Is this a "doomsday" scenario for UConn and the remaining Big East schools?
If this does happen - I think its imperative that the Big East hold Syracuse and Pitt to the 27-month exit. As the saying goes "Possession is 9/10s of the law." During this period, maybe its conceivable that an agreement can be reached among the football schools that might cause Pitt and Syracuse to reconsider.
Which brings me to a possible proactive move for UConn/WVU. Obviously Texas isn't happy with the current Big XII, but perhaps there is an opportunity to take the strongest schools from the football side of the BE and broker an agreement with the current crop of Big XII schools. Texas would obviously be the crown jewel, and some concessions would need to be made to make it worth their while. But, one could argue the same arguments leading the ACC to consider UConn might make this option attractive to the Texas/midwest schools aka access to NYC/affluent eastern markets.
Such a conference could include
South/West
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor
Kansas
Kansas St.
Baylor
North/East
UConn
Rutgers
West Virginia
Louisville
Cinncinatti
Missouri
South Florida
Depending on what kind of deal could be brokered, perhaps OK and OK state stay in the fold. If not, perhaps you bring in Air Force/Boise State to even off the divisions?
This may be completely off the wall and I don't mean to sound ignorant. But I wonder if an out of the box/agressive move by the remaining Big East football schools might be the answer to our problem.
There are two hypotheticals in this whole conference allingment situation that have be concerned/intrigued.
1. What if the Pac-10/12 doesn't have the votes to take in Texas or Oklahoma and the Big XII doesn't split apart. At this point, do any of the conferences make a move? Does ACC go to 16 just because? Does the SEC still add WVU? What if nothing comes out of the whole Syracuse/Pitt defection? Is this a "doomsday" scenario for UConn and the remaining Big East schools?
If this does happen - I think its imperative that the Big East hold Syracuse and Pitt to the 27-month exit. As the saying goes "Possession is 9/10s of the law." During this period, maybe its conceivable that an agreement can be reached among the football schools that might cause Pitt and Syracuse to reconsider.
Which brings me to a possible proactive move for UConn/WVU. Obviously Texas isn't happy with the current Big XII, but perhaps there is an opportunity to take the strongest schools from the football side of the BE and broker an agreement with the current crop of Big XII schools. Texas would obviously be the crown jewel, and some concessions would need to be made to make it worth their while. But, one could argue the same arguments leading the ACC to consider UConn might make this option attractive to the Texas/midwest schools aka access to NYC/affluent eastern markets.
Such a conference could include
South/West
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU
Baylor
Kansas
Kansas St.
Baylor
North/East
UConn
Rutgers
West Virginia
Louisville
Cinncinatti
Missouri
South Florida
Depending on what kind of deal could be brokered, perhaps OK and OK state stay in the fold. If not, perhaps you bring in Air Force/Boise State to even off the divisions?
This may be completely off the wall and I don't mean to sound ignorant. But I wonder if an out of the box/agressive move by the remaining Big East football schools might be the answer to our problem.