TCU to Join the Big East in all sports

[Chrispy]

Texas Christian University, located in Fort Worth, Texas, has accepted an invitation to become the 17th member school of the Big East Conference, according to an AOL Fanhouse report.

The Horned Frogs will join the conference for all sports, not just football as had previously been speculated.

TCU will join the conference on July 1, 2012, according to the report, and will begin play in the conference for the 2012-13 school year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5862368

 

[JeremyHight]

I don't see this reported anywhere else, so I'll hold off until I see an ESPN/CBS article on it. If true, it is good for the Big East and another blow to the MWC.

 

[Mogriffjr]

ESPN has picked this up as well.

 

[Chrispy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5862368

 

[Hasselbeck]

You kind of saw the writing on the wall since the "Hawaii to MWC for football" rumor surfaced the other week. And I fully expect Hawaii to join the conference now.

It's a shame to see a quality conference like the Mountain West go up in flames like this. But the BCS created this mess but constantly slighting the mid major schools.. so now the Utah's and TCU's of the world took it upon themselves to join the bigger conferences in order to get a fair shake.

I feel terrible for Boise State - basically they escaped the WAC to do their part in joining a conference on the verge of AQ status.. then the Pac 10 shook up the college football world and all of a sudden the Mountain West is basically just the bottom feeders of the conference merged with the "top" of the WAC.

 

[padman59]

The rich get richer. Too bad. The MWC might have shaken things up a bit if some of their teams didn't bail.

 

[NAHSTE]

You kind of saw the writing on the wall since the "Hawaii to MWC for football" rumor surfaced the other week. And I fully expect Hawaii to join the conference now.

It's a shame to see a quality conference like the Mountain West go up in flames like this. But the BCS created this mess but constantly slighting the mid major schools.. so now the Utah's and TCU's of the world took it upon themselves to join the bigger conferences in order to get a fair shake.

I feel terrible for Boise State - basically they escaped the WAC to do their part in joining a conference on the verge of AQ status.. then the Pac 10 shook up the college football world and all of a sudden the Mountain West is basically just the bottom feeders of the conference merged with the "top" of the WAC.

You mean the WAC is the WAC again? You forget that the MWC is just 8 teams from the original WAC who seceded.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

You mean the WAC is the WAC again? You forget that the MWC is just 8 teams from the original WAC who seceded.

Yes, the MWC is just basically a renamed old WAC.

This is all very confusing.

 

[ralaw]

Boise just can't get a break....maybe the should just join the Pac-10.

 

[Senser81]

I think this is somewhat retarded by TCU. If they held out another year or two, the MWC conference might have gotten a BCS bid of their own (doubtful), or TCU might have been asked to join the Big12 to replace a departing team (possible). As it stands, all of their sports teams now have to play East Coast teams two time zones away. Good luck selling that to potential recruits.

 

[SHOGUN]

Stupid. :smh:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

SHOGUN hates geographically incorrect leagues.

 

[Woy]

Boise just can't get a break....maybe the should just join the Pac-10.

Boise has no where near the academic standards required for a Pac-10 team, iirc.

 

[Golden Taters]

Boise has no where near the academic standards required for a Pac-10 team, iirc.

Or are even competitive outside of football.

 

[SHOGUN]

SHOGUN hates geographically incorrect leagues.

Absolutely.

 

[G-men]

yeah like Shogun, this bothers me. i root for a Big East team and while adding a team like TCu may be good for the conference's prestige, it just doesnt fit.

 

[kmanharris]

I think this is somewhat retarded by TCU. If they held out another year or two, the MWC conference might have gotten a BCS bid of their own (doubtful), or TCU might have been asked to join the Big12 to replace a departing team (possible). As it stands, all of their sports teams now have to play East Coast teams two time zones away. Good luck selling that to potential recruits.

Both scenarios that you mentioned were unlikely to happen. And how does this not help with recruiting? Now they can say that they will without a doubt get to play in a BCS bowl if they win the Big East. I don't think recruits won't go to a school because they will have to travel two time zones away.

 

[Bear Pand]

yeah like Shogun, this bothers me. i root for a Big East team and while adding a team like TCu may be good for the conference's prestige, it just doesnt fit.

It's not like the Big East is geographically correct now. Lol at having a school in Tampa, Connecticut and Kentucky. It's like me getting mad about the Big 10 adding Nebraska because they'll have more than 10 teams...even though that was already true.

Also as far as I know there are some barriers stopping TCU from getting into the Big 12 because of Baylor. Good for them joining the BE.

 

[SuperKevin]

As the 2 time representative from Maryland in the Geography Bee in 7th and 8th grade I cry when stuff like this happens.

I just realized that I was a huge nerd growing up

 

[packersfan4eva]

TCU basketball is eternally fucked...lol...

I'm not sure how this is going to work out for TCU. They have to travel cross-country practically every other week to play games. They should be in the Big 12 if they want to move up.