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[QUOTE="sufan, post: 41010, member: 262"]
[URL='http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2011/10/big_east_expansion_talks_cloud.html']New article [/URL][COLOR=#ff0000]confirming[/COLOR] the Big East is highly likely to split: from the "Star-Ledger at NJ.com:

This article adds a lot more detail and confirmation to the Boston.com article:

"Though Boise State is the Big East’s best chance to retain its automatic bid to the BCS when the next evaluation period comes up in 2014, Louisville, Cincinnati and South Florida are lukewarm to the idea. And Boise won’t commit to the league until the six holdover football schools do;

• [COLOR=#ff0000]The basketball schools proposed doubling the exit penalty to $10 million while also asking for a 15-year commitment[/COLOR]. The football schools have flatly rejected that, causing a bigger fissure between the two sides;

• Villanova spent part of yesterday’s conference call undermining Temple as an expansion candidate, saying it would accept the Owls as a football member only. The football schools want Temple as an all-sports addition;

• The football schools are trying to put together an expansion plan that meets with approval from the basketball schools, since DePaul’s vote on any proposal counts as much as West Virginia’s (or Rutgers’).

The next big threat to the Big East’s future could come from the Big 12, which reportedly has Louisville and West Virginia in its sights if it goes to 12 schools — whether Missouri stays or bolts for the SEC."
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