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Big East BCS Bid Secure Until 2016, Boston Globe Today

  • Big East BCS bid secure

    Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff October 13, 2011 12:58 PM

    While the future configuration of the Big East football conference had been an ongoing debate since the announcement last month that Syracuse and Pittsburgh were leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East's spot as a conference with an automatic bid is secure through at least the 2013 season and probably through the 2015 season.
    ""There's been a lot of talk about the Big East losing its bid,'' said one highly placed college official with knowledge of the BCS requirements."But as long as the conference maintains at least an 8 team membership for football the contract is iron clad for two years and there is also a two-year grace period which extends it through the 2015 season. If the Big East can field an 8 team league it's secure with its BCS bid until at least 2016.''
    During that period, the Big East must meet the minimum performance requirements like the other BCS conferences which have automatic BCS bids (Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference), but if a school such as Boise State which has been in the Top 10 the past several years can be added to current members such as Cincinnati and West Virginia who have finished in the Top 25 in the BCS ranking the past few years, meeting the minimum standards should not be an overwhelming obstacle.
    The other key to the Big East security is the 27 month transition period which the Big East requires for any team wishing to leave. Big East officials have said that it will hold all schools to the agreement, meaning that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh and any other teams that might want to leave can not do so before the 2014 season.
    Such security might be enough to assure teams under consideration such as Boise State, Central Florida, Air Force, Navy and Houston that the Big East will still be able to offer the carrot of a BCS bid for the immediate future.

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  • Makes alot of sense, the BE can be ok, i just dont understand why the leftover BE teams aren't making the bylaw change for higher buyouts ect.. for leaving, that move will help the incomming members as well as the members who are still in the conference comfy. We all just witnessed the MWC go from looking really solid to junk with TCU,Utah, and BYU bolting and leaving Boise holding the bag (not unlike sPitt/SU have done to us). I don't blame the newbies at all for wanting a show of solidarity and unless the other teams in conference have something we are not seeing/hearing about other than rumors they are just setting the conference up to fail again.

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  • goeers said...

    Big East BCS bid secure

    Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff October 13, 2011 12:58 PM

    While the future configuration of the Big East football conference had been an ongoing debate since the announcement last month that Syracuse and Pittsburgh were leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East's spot as a conference with an automatic bid is secure through at least the 2013 season and probably through the 2015 season. ""There's been a lot of talk about the Big East losing its bid,'' said one highly placed college official with knowledge of the BCS requirements."But as long as the conference maintains at least an 8 team membership for football the contract is iron clad for two years and there is also a two-year grace period which extends it through the 2015 season. If the Big East can field an 8 team league it's secure with its BCS bid until at least 2016.'' During that period, the Big East must meet the minimum performance requirements like the other BCS conferences which have automatic BCS bids (Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, Pac-12, Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference), but if a school such as Boise State which has been in the Top 10 the past several years can be added to current members such as Cincinnati and West Virginia who have finished in the Top 25 in the BCS ranking the past few years, meeting the minimum standards should not be an overwhelming obstacle. The other key to the Big East security is the 27 month transition period which the Big East requires for any team wishing to leave. Big East officials have said that it will hold all schools to the agreement, meaning that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh and any other teams that might want to leave can not do so before the 2014 season. Such security might be enough to assure teams under consideration such as Boise State, Central Florida, Air Force, Navy and Houston that the Big East will still be able to offer the carrot of a BCS bid for the immediate future.

    Yes this is a more accurate picture of the BCS reality. The only caveat to what was mentioned is that the BCS may make some expeditious moves regarding many issues concerning total number of conference participants. Who knows what else they would put on the table for consideration. But yes the Big East can maintain its bid if it can have its original 6 plus 2 more by seasons beginning.

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  • Well we will have to see where the realignment "rumors" end up, however until Mizzou or the SEC make a decision no one is doing anything. I still can't understand why all of NCAA football is being held hostage by a school who has absolutely no relevance in the landscape. They are nothing more than a middle of the pack team in a very top heavy conference, one can only imagine that they would be a perennial bottom dweller in a real conference. Can you say Kentucky.

    As for the Big East, if they want to remain relevant, then they need to get aggressive and form a west division at all costs.Target SMU, Houston, Air Force, Tulane and maybe plead for Boise to come for a few years. Add Navy, UCF from the east and this would make the league better, and add way more TV sets/major markets (New Orleans, Baltimore/Annapolis, Houston, Orlando, Dallas,) which is what seems to matter. Also pushes the Big East into these areas which will help recruiting for the top teams in the league, as they will get a heavy dose of BE football after the new tv contracts are worked out.

    Set it up in 2 divisions as follows:

    East:
    Louisville, Rutgers, U Conn, WVU, Navy, South Fla.

    West
    Boise, Air Force, Tulane, SMU, Houston,UCF

    Gives 6 teams for each divisions, makes travel easier, and gives some good rivals in division. Play a couple of crossovers for more rivals and there you will a better conference then what we currently have. SMU and Houston are going to be good moving forward, Boise should stay competitive and they would/should at least have 3 teams in top 25 every year.

    I am definitely not saying this is what I want from WVU, but even if UL and WVU leave they would still have 10 teams not a terrible conference.Don't see how this helps anyone get out of the 27 month exit period though, but they wouldn't be labeled as conference killers for leaving then.

    Just my 2 cents which isn't worth much.

    This post was edited by orionbigdog on 10/14/2011 at 10:49 AM

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