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TCU abandons the ship as Boise State comes in.

TCU kills me....LOL!

They want a better conference and leave theirs for the Big East as a good football program comes in.


Sources: TCU to join Big East

By Richard Durrett
ESPNDallas.com


DALLAS -- TCU has accepted a bid to the Big East Conference, which will take effect July 1, 2012, according to sources familiar with the deal. The school has set a news conference for 1 p.m. CT on campus to make "a major announcement involving the TCU athletics program."

A source confirmed the move to ESPN.com's Joe Schad Monday as well.

The school's release said athletic director Chris Del Conte would be present at the news conference along with school chancellor Victor Boschini.

The conference change allows TCU to play in an automatic BCS-qualifying league beginning in the 2012-13 school year. TCU currently plays in the Mountain West Conference, which does not have an automatic bid to the BCS and is going through some changes of its own. BYU and Utah are leaving the conference just as Boise State enters.

TCU would become the Big East's ninth football team. The conference has extended an invitation to Villanova to become its 10th football member.

Sources: TCU accepts invitation to join Big East - ESPN Dallas
 
satjay said:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says he's not letting speculation about Rich Rodriguez's future change his timetable to evaluate the football coach.

Brandon reiterated Monday morning that he doesn't do performance reviews of coaches until their seasons are over.

Michigan Wolverines AD says he's sticking to timetable on evaluating Rich Rodriguez - ESPN

Intresting last paragraph!
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After running this statement through my Ovaltine secret decoder ring (aka. The Crap Corrector) it says, "Rich Rodriguez is out-of-here...we're getting rid of the yutz at our convenience as soon as we find a suitable replacement (Jim Harbaugh would be perfect, but Bonzo the chimpanzee would be an improvement)."
 
salsadancer7 said:
TCU kills me....LOL!

They want a better conference and leave theirs for the Big East as a good football program comes in.
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The Big East has done well in the past....it's obviously had its down years so this is a very good move for TCU, but it was hinted around for a long time now that they wanted to expand and TCU was on the list. Mark my word, the Big East and the ACC are going to really push some teams into the national stage in the next 3 years as many have building programs that have been at least been challenging some of these other big named teams...they may not have won but they have pushed them harder than even some other teams in their own conf.... Miami played good for a while there against Ohio St, I was pullin for them hard in that game.
 
dvrexpander said:
Sorry Alabama don't count.. I said this:


I can't argue about winning each game, however GT, Miami and UNC were all ranked to start the season and are very good teams regardless of how they have faired this year.. the ACC is just like other Conf's they beat up on each other and it showed... VT went undefeated in the ACC a stat that can't be ignored or mocked.
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Um for the record FLA was ranked #4 to start the season and they are not even ranked now. So to use preseason rankings is a bit pointless... And Miami was ranked in the top 10 at one point weren't they? Now they are not even ranked, What 2 ACC teams are left ranked this year so far? FSU and VTech. OF which both lost to there big OOC opponent.

Sorry but the ACC has been beat badly in almost every single OOC game this year. Specially against BCS schools. Your only real wins were FSU over FLA (A sucky FLA) and Wake over Vandy.
 
satjay said:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon says he's not letting speculation about Rich Rodriguez's future change his timetable to evaluate the football coach.

Brandon reiterated Monday morning that he doesn't do performance reviews of coaches until their seasons are over.

Michigan Wolverines AD says he's sticking to timetable on evaluating Rich Rodriguez - ESPN

Intresting last paragraph!
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I found this to be interesting as well....

He has three years remaining on his six-year contract that pays him about $2.5 million per season.

and

If Brandon and school officials decide to fire Rodriguez without cause before 2011, it would cost $4 million. On Jan. 1, the buyout drops to $2.5 million.
 
SabresRule said:
Not this year.

SEC is top-heavy- five strong teams (Bama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, South Carolina), but the rest are mediocre.
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Id say Miss State is better than mediocre.
Then are a few at below expectations (florida and georgia), both are still far from bad. Makes for a strong conference overall. Better than most, again, and probably still the best top to bottom.

A case could even be made for tenn. Look at the losses.
Oregon
Florida
LSU
Georgia
Bama
S. Carolina

Georgia and Florida aside (which I listed as decent), the teams they lost to are considered your top heavy teams in the SEC, and the other team that will most likely play for the NC.
 
SabresRule said:
Not this year.

SEC is top-heavy- five strong teams (Bama, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, South Carolina), but the rest are mediocre.
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Thats the way the SEC ALWAYS is, Top heavy and nothing the rest of the way, much like many other conferences.
The SEC shuffle the top teams around every few years with one coming and one other coming into the top.
 
salsadancer7 said:
DALLAS -- TCU has accepted a bid to the Big East Conference, which will take effect July 1, 2012, according to sources familiar with the deal. The school has set a news conference for 1 p.m. CT on campus to make "a major announcement involving the TCU athletics program."
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There goes their travel budget for non-football sports.

Miami had it bad enough, but it will be a killer for TCU. I'm surprised the Big East went after them, it doesn't really gain them anything (unless they're really worried about the round of BCS AQ qulifications and need a recent past highly ranked team for it), plus makes the current conference setup more unweildy. I wonder if a football/non-football split is in the nearer future.

As for Villanova, they've been trying to get them to move up from 1-AA for a while, but 'nova doesn't want to.
 
Jimbo said:
Thats the way the SEC ALWAYS is, Top heavy and nothing the rest of the way, much like many other conferences.
The SEC shuffle the top teams around every few years with one coming and one other coming into the top.
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5 Top 25 teams and Miss St, (Miss Sts only losses were to top 25 SEC teams) Thats 6 solid teams. Then you have Tenn, GA, FLA who are certainly not bottom dwellers

Kentucky, Vandy, Ole Miss are the only teams with losing records and poor OOC performance.

The Big Ten has 3 teams that are really good.


The Big 12 has 5 really good teams, and 2 that could be considered middle.

The PAC 10 has Oregon and Stanford, and Arizona the rest suck.

The ACC has FSU and Vtech. Thats about it.

The Big East has No one. The two top W. Virginia and UConn both have been beat by any OOC team they played from BCS schools. Hell one lost to Michigan..

So it looks like the power this year is in the Big 12 and SEC (as usual) And I am just going by OOC wins against BCS schools (as far as my rankings of the teams, conf etc)
 
Derwin0 said:
There goes their travel budget for non-football sports...
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Erm, no. It may likely DECREASE their travel costs, actually. How?

You're talking about flying to places like Laramie, Wyoming, or Ft Collins, CO. Compare that with flying to the major hubs in the BE. Pretty close on distance, too, believe it or not.
 
dvrexpander said:
beat badly? 33 - 30 by BSU from a fumble in the closing mins and a bad call on the final drive beat badly?? Ok your opinion.
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47-17 OU over FSU
36-24 OSU over Miami
42-34 UGA over Ga Tech
27-24 Auburn over Clemson
62-13 Bama over Duke
31-13 ND over BC
31-17 WV over maryland

Not sparkling OOC results against BCS schools.
There was a win or two in there, but they have not done that well OOC this season, against BCS schools specifically. I predict the bowls will show more of the same.
 
The Insider said:
5 Top 25 teams and Miss St, (Miss Sts only losses were to top 25 SEC teams) Thats 6 solid teams. Then you have Tenn, GA, FLA who are certainly not bottom dwellers

Kentucky, Vandy, Ole Miss are the only teams with losing records and poor OOC performance.

The Big Ten has 3 teams that are really good.


The Big 12 has 5 really good teams, and 2 that could be considered middle.

The PAC 10 has Oregon and Stanford, and Arizona the rest suck.

The ACC has FSU and Vtech. Thats about it.

The Big East has No one. The two top W. Virginia and UConn both have been beat by any OOC team they played from BCS schools. Hell one lost to Michigan..

So it looks like the power this year is in the Big 12 and SEC (as usual) And I am just going by OOC wins against BCS schools (as far as my rankings of the teams, conf etc)
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Kentucky is 6-6 Thank you very much.
 
msmith198025 said:
47-17 OU over FSU
36-24 OSU over Miami
42-34 UGA over Ga Tech
27-24 Auburn over Clemson
62-13 Bama over Duke
31-13 ND over BC
31-17 WV over maryland

Not sparkling OOC results against BCS schools.
There was a win or two in there, but they have not done that well OOC this season, against BCS schools specifically. I predict the bowls will show more of the same.
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Said "Beat Badly" I don't recall being beat by 3 points from a costly fumble in the closing mins and a bad call in the final drive of the game getting "beat badly" Lost yes... beat badly - no. Hell Clemson wasn't beating badly either...they nearly had that win over Auburn the now #1 team in the country. As for your predictions.. I'm hoping for a big turn around this year and that your wrong.
 

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