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Today is the day we will find out if the Big East survives beyound 2013.
The Sporting News, citing a source close to the Big East, reported Thursday that a Friday conference call would include a vote on increasing the exit fees for universities that leave for other conferences.
Failure to increase exit fee’s will not meet with aproval by Boise State, and likely end any interest by Boise State in the Big East.
I find it Ironic that schools such as Louisville, Cincinnati, and USF are the ones fighting to keep Boise out of the Big East, cowardess is showing through as those schools know they are unable to compete with Boise State on any football level.
Big East and AQ status
By Andrea Adelson One of the biggest unknowns about the Big East moving forward is whether or not it will be able to retain its automatic qualifying status. The last time I reached out to BCS executive director Bill Hancock, he said it was too early to say what would happen.
So I reached out to ESPN BCS guru Brad Edwards for his take on what the future holds for the Big East as an automatic qualifying conference. Keep in mind that the Big East will retain its automatic bid through this cycle, which ends after the 2013 season. So there is no danger for the next two years.
In the current structure, there are certain criteria that conferences have to meet if they want to become automatic qualifiers going forward. Conferences like the Mountain West are subject to meeting this criteria if they want an AQ spot in 2012 and 2013. Negotiations for the next BCS contract, to begin in 2014, will start next year. One of the first things that will be taken into account is the makeup of the Big East.
If all 11 conferences are held to the the three criteria to get an automatic bid, Edwards believes the Big East would fall short no matter the teams that are added. In its current configuration, the Big East meets one of the standards — the cumulative ranking of all the teams in the conference. It falls short in the other two — average ranking of the highest-ranked team each year; and the number of teams ranked in the Top 25.
Edwards believes that outside of Boise State, there are no teams available that would boost the Big East numbers in the two criteria where it falls short.
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Big East BCS bid secure
Posted by Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff October 13, 2011 12:58 PM
While the future configuration of the Big East football conference had been an ongoing debate since the announcement last month that Syracuse and Pittsburgh were leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East’s spot as a conference with an automatic bid is secure through at least the 2013 season and probably through the 2015 season.
“”There’s been a lot of talk about the Big East losing its bid,” said one highly placed college official with knowledge of the BCS requirements.”But as long as the conference exsists in football l the contract is iron clad for two years and there is also a two-year grace period (an NCAA rule) which extends it through the 2015 season. .
The BCS will soon begin discussions of a new contract which would start in the 2014 season.
Yeah I guess they are happy sending crappy teams to play real ones in BCS bowl games while the unluck school like say Uconn carries the burden of losing money due to lack of travel and intrest in their teams BCS Bowl.
Arizona Wildcats football’s interest should not be mutual for Boise State’s Chris Petersen
Every wish list starts with Boise State coach Chris Petersen because of his reputation and a friendship with UA Athletic Director Greg Byrne that goes back to their years at Oregon in the mid-1990s.
Petersen has at least 10 reasons to pass on UA:
1. His predecessors: Boise State’s previous head coaches, Dan Hawkins and Dirk Koetter, left the Broncos for major conference jobs. Both were fired, with Hawkins going 19-39 at Colorado and Koetter going 40-34 at ASU. If they were honest, they’d probably regret ever leaving Boise.
2. 13-0, 10-3, 12-1, 14-0, 12-1, 5-0: Those are the records of Petersen’s Boise State teams thus far. If he enjoys winning at that rate, UA is not the place to go. Leave a school where you have won a BCS bowl twice in five years and are ranked No. 5 for a school that never made the Rose Bowl and has not won a FBS game since Oct. 30?
3. BMOC: In Boise, Petersen is the big man on campus. Heck, the state. That would not be the case in Tucson next to Sean Miller, who turned a second-year, 30-win basketball season into the nation’s top recruiting class. Petersen runs the risk of becoming a victim of his success but he can do no wrong. More than a BMOC, he can be a legend in the same way Joe Paterno took Penn State from independent to power.
4. Recruiting: Boise State has played three times on ESPN this season and made the Sports Illustrated cover twice last year. It is a name brand. He has a formula of who to recruit and how they fit the system. At UA, you get a tiny recruiting base in Tucson, have to scrap with ASU for a few in-state players and then try to sell looked-over California and Texas kids on upside over results.
5. Facilities: UA’s $72.3 million project for Arizona Stadium will include football facilities, but Boise State also has plans for a $20 million facility and expansion of Bronco Stadium, where it has won 34 consecutive games.
6. Greener pastures: If Petersen wanted to leave, the Stanford job he passed on this year and the UCLA job that might come open would seem to be better Pac-12 opportunities than UA. And what if Georgia fires Mark Richt?
7. No small window: Although Boise State could be Big 12-bound, there is a fear of being squeezed out of a mega-conference setup. Even then, Petersen could have his pick of jobs. He has been desired since his 2007 Fiesta Bowl trick plays.
8. Money: Petersen makes $1,525,000 this season, which makes him like a Saudi prince in Idaho. Maybe UA could double that (a stretch after Stoops made $1 million salary and Miller makes $1.7 million) but could Petersen, 47, coach 10 to 20 more years and retire like he could in Boise? How much is increased grief, expectations, pressure and boosters worth? As it is he is uneasy with Boise attention.
9. Glory: The theory is Petersen might have a clearer path to national glory in the Pac-12 South. But who would have expected Boise State to play in the Fiesta Bowl twice before he took it there? Who knows what unexpected door could open next?
10. Got it good: He will always win in Boise. His team is the only show in town. It is a beautiful, family-oriented city. He can walk home for lunch or be at his kids’ school in a flash. As his friend, Byrne can’t even ask him to leave all that for Tucson.
Special teams key for No. 5 Broncos
Posted: Friday, October 14, 2011 12:15 am
BOISE — When your team loses just one game, in overtime, and is ranked in the top 10 in just about every major statistical category, it’s hard to nitpick about areas for vast improvement.
If the Boise State Broncos had to find one thing they weren’t dominant during their 12-1 season in 2010, it lied in the realm of special teams. The Broncos were 60th in net punting and 68th in kick return defense.
This year, those areas are strengths — 14 of punter Brad Elkin’s 24 punts have been downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line (sixth-most in the nation), and the Broncos are 21st in kick return defense. Of the 20 teams ahead of them, only one his kicked off more than Boise State.
“I think our kickoff coverage has definitely improved, and it starts with (kickoff specialist) Trevor Harman,” Boise State coach Chris Petersen said. “One of the things that’s a little bit scary is that if you kick off a lot, it’s just more opportunities for someone to find a crease, but I think overall those guys have done a nice job.”
Boise State coaches will learn on the fly as they face new opponents in Mountain West
Offensive coordinator Brent Pease also took a brief look at the opponents, but the coaches say the early scouting doesn’t help much.
“You see what they do on tape, but until you play them you just don’t really know what you’re going to be going against, starting with the players,” Kwiatkowski said.
Said Pease: “We’re not going to overwhelm the kids or us. I don’t know about the rest of the teams right now. I know about Colorado State.”
If you all believe that well I have a bridge to sell you.
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