JasonS
Football Moderator
So it appears that Texas A&M will become a member of the SEC. The SEC will not stop there. Rumors have Florida St., Clemson, and Missouri interested as well. Let's assume that all 3 of these schools also go to the SEC. You know the Big 10 will have to follow suit and so will the Pac 12. We could really start to see a merger of the ACC and Big East schools along with a split of the Big East as we currently know it. The Big East could decide to add three more schools (Virginia Tech, Boston College, Kansas) and then have a 20 team mega conference for basketball and a 12 team football conference which would allow for a championship game. I don't think this is likely because the basketball schools won't want to be outnumbered by that many.
I look for the Big East to split and the 9 football playing schools to pick up three additional members (or two if Villanova ever gets off the pot and decides to join in football). The two most logical schools are BC and VT. They both have history with the conference and geographically, they easily fit. Did they burn their bridges when they left though? The next most likely options are Kansas, and Miami (FL).
The final option is a potential split of the Big East and a merger with the ACC. The 9 football playing Big East Schools would join the likes of Miami, Duke, UNC, NC State, VT, Virginia, and BC. This would probably be the best thing that could happen from and football and basketball standpoint assuming major changes are going to occur. This would give UC an opportunity to be a part of a top notch football and basketball conference. The TV contract for this super conference would be huge and would benefit UC athletics greatly.
The landscape is changing once again but I feel confident that things look good for UC moving forward.
I look for the Big East to split and the 9 football playing schools to pick up three additional members (or two if Villanova ever gets off the pot and decides to join in football). The two most logical schools are BC and VT. They both have history with the conference and geographically, they easily fit. Did they burn their bridges when they left though? The next most likely options are Kansas, and Miami (FL).
The final option is a potential split of the Big East and a merger with the ACC. The 9 football playing Big East Schools would join the likes of Miami, Duke, UNC, NC State, VT, Virginia, and BC. This would probably be the best thing that could happen from and football and basketball standpoint assuming major changes are going to occur. This would give UC an opportunity to be a part of a top notch football and basketball conference. The TV contract for this super conference would be huge and would benefit UC athletics greatly.
The landscape is changing once again but I feel confident that things look good for UC moving forward.