TCU to Big East

[Surfah]

Set to join in 2012-13 in all sports according to multiple reports. Thought I'd post it since there hasn't been any other mention of it. Welcome to the WAC Boise, Fresno, and Nevada. With their departure I have to believe that this bodes well for Utah State. And the WAC is finished if Hawaii and USU bolt.

[oxcoug]

Set to join in 2012-13 in all sports according to multiple reports. Thought I'd post it since there hasn't been any other mention of it. Welcome to the WAC Boise, Fresno, and Nevada. With their departure I have to believe that this bodes well for Utah State. And the WAC is finished if Hawaii and USU bolt.

Yeah, good for them.

[LiveCoug]

All sports. That is a great deal for TCU. Congrats to them.

Sure hope BYU is next...

[Surfah]

Also, what the hell is the Big East going to do with basketball now? I have to imagine that there is going to be some sort of split now. There have been rumblings about contraction for awhile.

[LiveCoug]

What's your source? Or are you still going off the rumors that have been floating around for the last few weeks?

[BoylenOver]

This already has a thread.

http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showth...ight=expansion

(god I'm annoying, especially this morning)

[Surfah]

What's your source? Or are you still going off the rumors that have been floating around for the last few weeks?

ESPN, Orlando Sentinel (UCF waiting for an invite too), NY Daily News, and AOL Fanhouse.

[SeattleUte]

They should call themselves the WAC. It's a better name than MWC.

[cougjunkie]

Wow, according to ESPN the 10th team they invited was Villanova for football. They are not even D-1 are they?

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5862368"]Sources: TCU accepts invitation to join Big East - ESPN Dallas[/ame]

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

They should call themselves the WAC. It's a better name than MWC.

I always thought the MWC schools should have fought to keep the WAC name, it already had a branding associated with it and MWC never took.

Wow, according to ESPN the 10th team they invited was Villanova for football. They are not even D-1 are they?

This was rumored a while ago, Nova is a legit FCS team and I assume them seeing that UConn is a game away from the BCS with not much time in D1 has them thinking they can make the transition well themselves.

[LiveCoug]

MWC in process of extending invites to WVU, Pitt and Syracuse.

[BoylenOver]

From Stewart Mandel:

"For those getting worked up about TCU/geography. Forth Worth to Piscataway, NJ: 1,536 miles. Ft Worth to Boise: 1,583. to Fresno: 1,536."

[CJF]

Wow, according to ESPN the 10th team they invited was Villanova for football. They are not even D-1 are they?

Sources: TCU accepts invitation to join Big East - ESPN Dallas

This is what drives me crazy about the BCS. First UCONN and now Nova. Yeah, they both are BCS worthy football programs.

[LiveCoug]

This is what drives me crazy about the BCS. First UCONN and now Nova. Yeah, they both are BCS worthy football programs.

Don't forget USF. They were 1AA until 2001.

[SeattleUte]

From Stewart Mandel:

"For those getting worked up about TCU/geography. Forth Worth to Piscataway, NJ: 1,536 miles. Ft Worth to Boise: 1,583. to Fresno: 1,536."

Why can't BYU go to the Big East?