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TCU to the Big East

TCUdirtbag

Active Member
Why didn't the Pac 10 do that?


The Pac-10 expanded at a very turbulent moment when it looked like the Big XII's walls were crashing down. They were trying to make a play to create the most powerful conference in NCAA. Everyone thought the ground was radically shifting, but Texas halted the drastic shift by holding the B12 hostage as 10-team league. Time was of the essence, so the Pac had to move quickly.

Or the MWC for that matter?

The MWC has been engaged in all-out war with the WAC since realignment started last summer. Every move has been defensive. When Utah-Pac rumors built, MWC snagged Boise to try and keep hope of attaining AQ status. When BYU was ready to bail, the MWC took Fresno & Nevada to hold the league together and prevent the WAC from carrying any weight in the west. The Hawaii addition is either (1) preempting TCU's departure, or (2) a shot at the WAC's corpse and attempt to accumulate the most known non-AQ teams west of the Mississippi.


The Big East isn't in a hurry to hold their conference together or to make defensive acquisitions like the MWC as been., More importantly, though, time is not of the essence as it was for the Pac. It would've been a wise short-term move to announce TCU this week, but I have a feeling the yanks are looking much more long-term--further down the road to media deals, BCS numbers, dollars and cents, etc. They're thinking about how their two additions will affect future realignment and the stability of their basketball mega-conference. TCU is stuck waiting until the big wigs in Providence have the stage set just as they want it. Short-term, this week would've been a no-brainer, but if a TCU-BE union is a wise long-term choice for both parties, then waiting for a formal announcement with the other new member and a large press conference to straight-forwardly address the future direction of the Big East Conference will have the desired long-term effect for the Conference as a whole, even though it may not provide the best boost to TCU or BE football's short-term interest.
 
I didn't realize it was that hard to figure out. Who votes? Coaches and media. Where is the most media? In the BE footprint. Coaches, if their vote is swayed at all, would be more likely to vote conference mates or future conference mates higher if there would otherwise be some indecision. It sounds alot better to say you are adding a NCG-particpant or you just got beat by a team coming off a championship.

Does anyone think all the BE coaches with a vote would move us up to #1? Of course not, but it might not be a bad sub-conscious tie-breaker. We certainly wouldn't hurt ourselves by announcing an agreement before the final polls.

That's a hell of a stretch ...
 

WVUFan

New Member
If y'all haven't picked up on it by now, GDU is very big on the timing of announcements.... he thinks that aspect is SUPER important

Timing is very impotent. When you add teams you want alot of media coverage. You dont want people to only talk about it for 5 minutes for 2-3 days.

The BE will announce Mid December after the final week if they have agreed on all the teams that they want in.

And lets not forget this is about $$$ and markets not something you can just simply choose in five minutes
 

50FT FROG

Active Member
I didn't realize it was that hard to figure out. Who votes? Coaches and media. Where is the most media? In the BE footprint. Coaches, if their vote is swayed at all, would be more likely to vote conference mates or future conference mates higher if there would otherwise be some indecision. It sounds alot better to say you are adding a NCG-particpant or you just got beat by a team coming off a championship.

Does anyone think all the BE coaches with a vote would move us up to #1? Of course not, but it might not be a bad sub-conscious tie-breaker. We certainly wouldn't hurt ourselves by announcing an agreement before the final polls.

you're right, it can't hurt to get it out there
 

gdu

Active Member
Well, we see what waiting did to the stadium project....simply killed the buzz......
It sorta did. Even ESPN joked that it wasn't a major announcement when we built it up and called it that for so long. No one thought Washington's announcement last night was major. When we said we had a major announcement, many assumed it had to do with conference affiliation.
 

TCUFrogs

New Member
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LVfrog

New Member
An invite will be forthcoming and the Frogs will accept. Everyone needs to stop worrying when it will be announced and enjoy our last two games. We, as fans, have no say in the matter, so why worry about it.
 

NNM

I can eat 50 eggs
Personally, I won't believe it until Goo confirms it. Goo knows all. Goo is just one letter removed from the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipotent One.
 
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