[jbock13]

http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/story/_/i ... -5-million

The Big East is beyond desperate to remain relevant. Although yes I'm extremely biased.

[NotAJerry]

It's too bad that the basketball only schools, led by Providence, have ruined the Big East in football. The conference has actually done well in BCS bowl games but the complete lack of leadership has all but killed them off. If not for the AQ status, the Big East would be the WAC at this point.

[TH Spangler]

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20 ... =123707844

[Rooster Cogburn]

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/20 ... =123707844

What on earth does THIS mean:

Moreover, the WAC needs enough existing FBS schools for its Football Championship Subdivision teams to raise their status. And, so far, that search has apparently deadended.

[Sly Fox]

That is what many were saying several months ago when the league dropped down to just two remaining football programs. But every indication is that the NCAA is willing to work with the league to allow them to save the conference by offering some waivers.

PS - That Honolulu article is a year old.

[Rooster Cogburn]

HAHA, that article is from last year.

[logic]

Thoughts as to why we're not hearing anything on the WAC meetings -

1. Nothing is actually happening worth reporting
2. No one cares enough to talk about it on the net


Not sure which is worse. Will the WAC be releasing some kind of official statement today, similar to CUSA?

[Humble_Opinion]

http://denver.sbnation.com/2012/5/1/299 ... ealignment

[Rooster Cogburn]

Um, that's from May 1st

[Humble_Opinion]

Um, that's from May 1st

At least it's from this year...

[Rooster Cogburn]

I think we are all a little eager for some news. I still feel that there may still be several irons in the fire and not just this one.

[Purple Haize]

It's too bad that the basketball only schools, led by Providence, have ruined the Big East in football. The conference has actually done well in BCS bowl games but the complete lack of leadership has all but killed them off. If not for the AQ status, the Big East would be the WAC at this point.

Probably because is started out as a basketball conference and a pretty darn good one at that.

[logic]

I think we are all a little eager for some news. I still feel that there may still be several irons in the fire and not just this one.

CUSA would be the big prize...they're still looking to expand. MTSU, Delware, FAU, or another SunBelt school are all possibilities. It's a .000001% chance, but here's to CUSA!

[Purple Haize]

I think we are all a little eager for some news. I still feel that there may still be several irons in the fire and not just this one.

CUSA would be the big prize...they're still looking to expand. MTSU, Delware, FAU, or another SunBelt school are all possibilities. It's a .000001% chance, but here's to CUSA!

Nice job Jim Carrey. Want to hear the most annoying sound ever? Plus the fee won't be a problem because we filled out IOU's

[TH Spangler]

HAHA, that article is from last year.

Sorry about that ... I did a Google search for "the past 24 hours" and it popped up. I didn't think the powerful search giant could make a mistake ...

[logic]

I think we are all a little eager for some news. I still feel that there may still be several irons in the fire and not just this one.

CUSA would be the big prize...they're still looking to expand. MTSU, Delware, FAU, or another SunBelt school are all possibilities. It's a .000001% chance, but here's to CUSA!

Nice job Jim Carrey. Want to hear the most annoying sound ever? Plus the fee won't be a problem because we filled out IOU's

I hate hijacking a thread but since you brought it up Haize, this is for you, just this once -

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[jimflamesfan]

I think Conference USA made the statement that they are still looking to expand to hurt the WAC's chances of getting commitments from 6 football schools. Some schools may be hesitant to join the WAC if they think that a Conference USA invite may be in their future. However, I think if the WAC administrators and school administrators think this through, they should simply ignore Conference USA's statement. There is no guarantee that they will be one of the chosen schools. The Wac should invite 6 more schools for football only this year. Then they should immediately annouce intentions to try to expand basketball and olympic sports to two eight team divisions to cut down on travel. By 2015 the wac could be on stable footing with eastern and western olympic conferences and a combined football conference...it would be competitive compared with with the mac and sunbelt, with better travel costs than confUSA.

[Cider Jim]

Since LU has no club sports going on in the summer, can't someone send BJ out there on assignment? He's our only hope for breaking news!

[TallyW]

You guys are smarter than me and faster than google... so... What is Liberty's total athletic budget? Projected?

I'm just reading articles and seeing budget numbers but have no idea what to compare it to. Thanks in advance to the speedy response below.

[logic]

You guys are smarter than me and faster than google... so... What is Liberty's total athletic budget? Projected?

I'm just reading articles and seeing budget numbers but have no idea what to compare it to. Thanks in advance to the speedy response below.

Every school in the country -

http://www.bbstate.com/info/schools-budget


Not sure how accurate this is though as in 2010 we spent 26 million.

[TallyW]

Thank you sir.

[Blessed1]

WAC update....

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyCBS
Commish Jeff Hurd tells @CBSSports WAC aggressively evaluating all options; no decision reached if it will be football league in '13

[LUaddict]

WAC update....

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyCBS
Commish Jeff Hurd tells @CBSSports WAC aggressively evaluating all options; no decision reached if it will be football league in '13

Thank you!

[Sly Fox]

I'm not sure what to make of that tweet. I hesitate to read too much into the wording. But my first reaction is that football & non-football schools may no tbe on the same page. That is bad news if true.

[ballah09]

according to the publisher on landtheives

Liberty was at the meetings...

LandThieves @CC_Jared @WACJack I think Lamar will be FBS soon. Hear about the "Eastern WAC rumors? Liberty is going to be at WAC meetings maybe more

he's been pretty good breaking info regarding the realignments

https://twitter.com/#!/LandThieves