Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at
1:11 pm
There it was late last night in the scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN: “East Carolina applies to join Big East Conference.” Suddenly I felt a pain in my core like someone had just kicked me in the family jewels. I remember telling myself “sleep on it because maybe it’s unconfirmed.” Then…
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at
9:05 pm
More conference realignment stuff to follow … if you’re uninterested in “As the Conference Turns” soap opera, don’t read any further. Breaking News? Not so Much! The latest news I’ve heard is the Big 12 is set to add BYU but it is holding out on the other two programs for a bit (possibly January)….
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at
12:12 pm
More conference realignment news and opinion coming up … what else did you expect given the past week’s news? Emergency Meeting in NY The Big East’s football playing members, sans Pitt and Syracuse, called an emergency meeting in New York last night to discuss the future of the conference and various scenarios. I’m starting to…
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at
1:22 am
Another hour, another update on the conference alignment front. Thanks, But No Thanks The Pac-12 has determined that it’s not in their best interests to expand beyond 12 members. Supposedly Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott feared he couldn’t gather enough approval votes to add Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech. Missouri to the SEC? In…
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at
4:49 pm
As I type this post today, everything from here on may change within the next several hours, but here’s how the tea leaves are shaking out today. Earlier today, the SEC and ACC turned down West Virginia’s application to join their leagues. So it’s starting to look as though UofL will ultimately land in a…
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