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FWST: Big East sticking together, giving TCU cause for hope
By Gil LeBreton
glebreton@star-telegram.com
Instead of a wake, the presidents and athletic directors of the Big East Conference held a virtual solidarity rally Tuesday in New York.And while no reported blood oaths were taken, the leaders of the league's football-playing schools appear prepared to reaffirm their commitments.
How prepared?
Prepared enough, sources say, to pledge to abide by the conference's 27-month advance notice requirement for teams wishing to withdraw.
The six remaining Big East football-playing schools, plus TCU, which joins the conference in 2012, met Tuesday evening at the Grand Hyatt hotel in midtown Manhattan. That, in itself, has to be considered a positive sign.
Consider some of the other recent moves on the nation's conference realignment landscape -- threatened lawsuits (Baylor), shameless poaching (ACC) and just Tuesday a university president (OU's David Boren) publicly excoriating commissioner Dan Beebe for his role in the Big 12's troubles. ...
By Gil LeBreton
glebreton@star-telegram.com
Instead of a wake, the presidents and athletic directors of the Big East Conference held a virtual solidarity rally Tuesday in New York.And while no reported blood oaths were taken, the leaders of the league's football-playing schools appear prepared to reaffirm their commitments.
How prepared?
Prepared enough, sources say, to pledge to abide by the conference's 27-month advance notice requirement for teams wishing to withdraw.
The six remaining Big East football-playing schools, plus TCU, which joins the conference in 2012, met Tuesday evening at the Grand Hyatt hotel in midtown Manhattan. That, in itself, has to be considered a positive sign.
Consider some of the other recent moves on the nation's conference realignment landscape -- threatened lawsuits (Baylor), shameless poaching (ACC) and just Tuesday a university president (OU's David Boren) publicly excoriating commissioner Dan Beebe for his role in the Big 12's troubles. ...