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From Bonesville Staff and
Electronic Reports
(Most Recent Item Published Monday, Oct. 31, 2011) |
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Big East's methodology a
curious mystery |
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The Big East Conference
must have an affinity
for universities from
large television markets
that barely register on
the radar in their own
backyards. How else can
you explain the league’s
infatuation with Central
Florida, Houston,
Southern Methodist, and
now reportedly Memphis? ...
More from Denny
O'Brien... |
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Big East fighting for AQ
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The Big 12 Conference
reached hundreds of
miles outside its
geographical
 footprint
on Friday to bolster its
ranks, dealing a forearm
shiver in the process to
the already-reeling Big
East Conference. West
Virginia, a Big East
charter member and the
league's flagship
football program,
accepted a formal
invitation to join the
Big 12. ...
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Time to play political football again |
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Out of
necessity, East Carolina has on occasion made real
progress as an institution or an athletic program
through political channels. ECU had to battle
through legislative processes to obtain university
status and to establish its medical school. ...
More from Al Myatt... |
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Embattled Big East takes
another blow |
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Barely two weeks after
after announcing an
aggressive push to not
only replace departing
members, but to also
expand to a 12-team
football alignment, the
Big East Conference is
losing more ground
before it can convince
new enlistees to join
up. ...
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Realignment game gets
new dynamic |
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About the only constants
remaining in college
athletics are the
changing tides of
conference affiliation.
It’s become so much a
part of intercollegiate
athletics that “musical
chairs” isn’t just some
catchy cliché, it’s a
part of everyday
rhetoric in NCAA sports
circles. ...
More from Denny
O'Brien... |
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Alliance engages Big
East in chess match |
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The next chapter in the
realignment saga began
to unfold Friday as the
Big East Conference
sought to address
turbulence in its
depleted ranks by
putting in 9-1-1 calls
to Air Force and Boise
State of the Mountain
West Conference and
Central Florida of
Conference USA — a move
that was countered hours
later by the
consummation of a
long-discussed football
marriage between the MWC
and C-USA. ...
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Big East thinks big; UCF first in line? |
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After seeing
its football-playing membership ranks
dwindle to six — and mindful of the
potential for additional defections —
Big East Conference leaders have decided
to consider expanding the league's
gridiron lineup to 12 teams. ...
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Big East saga continues; Military
academies in play |
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As the Big East
Conference continues its attempts to
shape an approach to stabilizing itself
in the wake of the defections of
Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Texas
Christian, league presidents and
athletic directors will participate in
another teleconference this morning ...
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Big East ponders
next move |
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Friday came and
went without an announcement from the
Big East Conference on a plan of action
to reinforce its ranks in the wake of
the defections of Texas Christian,
Pittsburgh and Syracuse to other leagues. ...
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Big East expansion
pending? |
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Texas Christian's apparent about-face in
its commitment to
membership in the
fractured Big East Conference, The New
York Times reported Thursday night that
Big East school presidents would convene
a telephone conference Friday morning to
discuss expansion. ...
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Opportunity finally
there for ECU? |
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Maybe the weekend wasn’t
a complete wash for East
Carolina. According to a
statement from the Big
East, school presidents
voted unanimously Sunday
to allow commissioner
John Marinatto to pursue
discussions with
potential candidates to
add to the league’s
football membership. ...
More from Denny
O'Brien... |
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