What of the Big East?

[BeauBenken]

So I can't seem to figure out what is going to happen to the Big East as a football conference.

WVU and TCU are Big 12 bound. Pitt and Syracuse are ACC bound. What happens to the 5 teams remaining (UConn, USF, Rutgers, Louisville, and Cincinnati)? What happens to the Big East conference as a whole?

I really ask because I'm trying to properly set up conferences in my second season of NCAA 12.

Also with Big East fallout, who receives the conference's automatic BCS bid?

 

[4irishnation]

So I can't seem to figure out what is going to happen to the Big East as a football conference.

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[Andy in Sactown]

I'm pretty sure they still get that automatic bid until the next BCS meeting, at which point they most certainly would not get that status renewed with the Big East as presently is. I want to say I read that it would be sometime next year, but I do not recall for sure so TIFWIW.

 

[irishff1014]

Its all going to depend on who they can get signed. I think it would help them and Navy to have a chance.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Navy wouldn't help their automatic qualifier status. They need ranked teams.

Mute point really since Navy is not joining the Big East. The Naval Academy wants stability. The Big East has none.

 

[TerryTate]

Good riddance Big East.

They moved too slow.

I grew up in NJ, and I still think that conference is a football joke

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

It's basically CUSA 2 and it's falling apart... I consider it a dead conference walking.

Like TTs point, I'm from NY and they just don't care about Big East Football up here.

 

[phork]

I believe the MountainWest and ConferenceUSA merger might get the Autobid if it came to that.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

The addition of Boise St., SMU, Houston, and UCF will help a lot. The Big East will be juuuust fine as a basketball conference.

Fixed it for you.

Edit: Jules.. err, I mean Beau-- here's some reading material you might find interesting regarding the governing of the BCS in regards to automatic qualifier status BCS: News, highlights and insights into the Bowl Championship Series