re: Big East considering merging with MWC and CUSA

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You really think Reneau and Oakes did all they could do to get in CUSA years back? Dan doesn't care about athletics. It's only until a few big donors (Davison) and a couple of others saw that things needed to change - upgrading facilities and thinking outside the box - for LA Tech to get moving in the right direction. I would love for Tech to get in CUSA because they have more in common with many of those schools than the WAC or the Belt. It may take a while for them to become more 'attractive' to CUSA. I'm afraid that if UH and SMU head east, if CUSA exapnds Tech won't get that invite. UNT stands a better chance to get invited by location alone. I'm not saying UNT is better than Tech at all - it's about the benjamins and potential TV sets.

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Well there's a lot of truth to that......when there was the CUSA opening and UTEP was chosen over Tech, it was simply due to the EL Paso market & the BOWL location....that's it, unfortunately for Tech. OAKs is gone but Reneau has done a commendable job getting Tech to Tier One status & that speaks volumes......hey wait a minute!!!! You know your Tech To Well......are you a closet Tech Alum who gives money to LSU now? UNT getting picked over Tech would be a true atrocity!!! Even with brand new stadium they average well under 10,000 a game

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Although no details of how the divisions would be worked out, the prevailing wisdom suggests that the four divisions play a round robin schedule of 7 games to determine a champion and then have the four division winners meet to determine a conference champion which would get the automatic BCS spot currently held by the Big East.

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A conference tournament? Will the NCAA allow that?