I don't get the Big East/ Boise St thing. Boise doesn't

[IthacaBarrel]

have a problem getting to a BCS game, they have a problem getting to the BCS Championship game, obvioulsy they have to run the table to get to the BCS bowl game right now, but running the table in the Big East will get you the same thing.. It's a lose lose for Boise

 

[Cusefan95]

The only way it makes sense is if they view it as an audition for the PAC-12 or Bevo Conference. I think if Boise keeps winning they'll be the litmus test for how important academics are - they're a great football team in a four-year community college. If they get included in a big boy conference, it means academics don't mean squat if you're good enough in athletics.

Although it's possible FSU to the ACC twenty years ago was already that litmus test...just one the college presidents don't want to acknowledge.

 

[orangenirvana]

Yep. And they know this.

Boise won't touch the BEast with a 2,663 mile pole.

 

[billorange44]

have a problem getting to a BCS game, they have a problem getting to the BCS Championship game, obvioulsy they have to run the table to get to the BCS bowl game right now, but running the table in the Big East will get you the same thing.. It's a lose lose for Boise

I hope their fans travel well.

 

[SaltineWarrior]

At some point, when the music stops and every opening in the major conferences is taken (ACC, SEC, Pac Whatever, Big 10 & probably the Big 12), all remaining teams that have a football program will try to join a national conference that has one guaranteed spot in the BCS bowls. Only the strongest will be able to convince on others they are worthy members. After that, the remaining teams that fail to get a spot in these leagues (Tulane, Middle Tennessee, etc.) will then probably drop to what was once called 1-AA. Then you will have 5 or 6 "power" conferences (and perhaps ND as an independent) fighting over the 10 or 12 BCS spots.

I don't love it but that is what I see in the future.

 

[tep624]

At some point, when the music stops and every opening in the major conferences is taken (ACC, SEC, Pac Whatever, Big 10 & probably the Big 12), all remaining teams that have a football program will try to join a national conference that has one guaranteed spot in the BCS bowls. Only the strongest will be able to convince on others they are worthy members. After that, the remaining teams that fail to get a spot in these leagues (Tulane, Middle Tennessee, etc.) will then probably drop to what was once called 1-AA. Then you will have 5 or 6 "power" conferences (and perhaps ND as an independent) fighting over the 10 or 12 BCS spots.

I don't love it but that is what I see in the future.

Logically what you say makes sense. The big question now is whether the latest Big East model is viable and if they will retain their BCS status long-term. That would push the total of teams in an AQ conference at around 90. If that happens, the have not's become a much smaller minority and the scenario you lay out I would think would gain even more traction. I'd be willing to bet that if it's 6 AQ conferences, that after the dust settles, the remainder will either be in the MAC, a similar conference out west, or will step down a level. I can't see how the Sun Belt schools or lower tier schools in the WAC/MWC/CUSA survive in that landscape. I've never looked into it but I'd be curious to see if the Sun Belt football programs are even profitable under the current landscape.

 

[Madbiker]

The only way Boise gets to a BCS bowl now is to go undefeated. In the BE (assuming they still have the AQ) they could lose a game or two and still win the conference. More importantly, the TV contract pay-out will still be considerably higher in the NBE than in the MWC.
For the NBE it brings in a ringer (to replace TCU) that brings lots of BCS points toward the calculation to keep the AQ in the next contract and hopefully a perennial top 10 program if they can maintain the level they have shown the last 5 years. Could be a win-win for both.

 

[BleedsOrange44]

The only way Boise gets to a BCS bowl now is to go undefeated. In the BE (assuming they still have the AQ) they could lose a game or two and still win the conference. More importantly, the TV contract pay-out will still be considerably higher in the NBE than in the MWC.
For the NBE it brings in a ringer (to replace TCU) that brings lots of BCS points toward the calculation to keep the AQ in the next contract and hopefully a perennial top 10 program if they can maintain the level they have shown the last 5 years. Could be a win-win for both.

I think it's the last chance the Big East has to make an impact move.

 

[Janner]

have a problem getting to a BCS game, they have a problem getting to the BCS Championship game, obvioulsy they have to run the table to get to the BCS bowl game right now, but running the table in the Big East will get you the same thing.. It's a lose lose for Boise

Its about the money, if the Big East brings on the teams they are talking about it still results in a bigger payday then they were previously looking at. Projections I have read put it at just under $10 million per team (all sports) which is 85% more than Bosie would be making otherwise.

 

[upperdeck]

Boise goes the in tank joining the BE.. They would have to travel east 4 times a year across multiple time zones

 

[SmilinBob]

I can just see the BE head man blindfolded and throwing a dart at a map of the US and then picking the closet available school to where the dart hit.