The Legends and Leaders thing is vomit-inducing.

Gotta laugh at the "shitty football conference" comment though.

You don't much about football, do you?

How about this:

East
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue

West
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Wisconsin

Much better and no ****ing Ohio St/Michigan rematch bullshit that they want.

Well I'm not like a professional football coach or anything.

But I sure do enjoy the game.

lol, KU was playing in the BCS the last time a BIG team played for the NC.

Yes...it has been that long.

ROFL

Charlie Weis hasn't coached one game and I'd rather have him than the POS that is your coach, lol.

I'm cool with the divisions as they are right now. 3 team race on one side 4 team race on the other.

Actually he's coached plenty and was fired lol.

Good news for Memphis. They have a very good fanbase and I think the Big East will help them increase their revenue and exposure.

New Big East (all-sports members):

Memphis
SMU
San Diego State
Navy
Boise State
Houston
Central Florida
Cincinnati
Louisville
UConn
Rutgers
South Florida

Memphis owes Rick Pitino a nice Christmas card this year. He made numerous public comments suggesting that the Big East would be crazy to not go hard after Memphis.

Basketball tickets probably just went up though. That tends to happen when you replace C-USA schleps with the likes of UConn, Georgetown, Villanova, Marquette, etc.

Basically the two most glaring negatives for Memphis men's basketball (non-power conference + C-USA's TV contract) just got erased. Flipped on their heads, even. I haven't even come close to fully grasping how crazy it's going to be.

Plus football's actually gotten a lot of new injections of money for facility/infrastructure improvements over the past few years, it's just all been masked by the terrible teams Tommy West and Larry Porter fielded (and to be fair to Porter, he was dealing with a pretty bare cupboard talent-wise). I can't help but wonder if the boosters basically mutinying and ousting Porter and RC Johnson to up the emphasis on football even more wasn't a huge part of why this is finally happening now when it should have happened a long time ago.

It's really weird to have something you've been waiting for and disappointed about multiple times for almost a decade finally happen.

KevB, Banyon, WE DID ITTTTTTT

Press Conference Set For Noon To Detail Future Of Tiger Athletics
Feb. 7, 2012

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 12 p.m. CT, in the Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame Assembly Room located in the Athletic Office Building to discuss the future of University of Memphis Tiger Athletics.

The Athletic Office Building is located at 570 Normal Street on the U of M campus. The press conference will also be carried live on GoTigersGo.com. A link to the live streaming will be provided when available.

It is a great move for Memphis. Basketball will be tougher for them in the Big East, but the rewards will be worth it. Better TV exposure, better NCCA seedings, etc.

San Diego State, Boise State and Navy will only play football in the Big East. They are not all-sports members.