Good catch. That is actually a better set-up since Boise and Navy bring nothing in basketball.

Even after losing Syracuse, Pitt, and WVU, the Big East is going to be salty in basketball:

Top level teams:
Memphis
UConn
Georgetown
St. John's
Villanova
Notre Dame
Louisville
Cincinnati
Marquette

Mid/lower level teams:
Providence
Rutgers
Seton Hall
Depaul
South Florida
Houston
SMU
UCF


FOOTBALL:

East Division?:
UConn
Rutgers
South Florida
UCF
Navy
Cincinnati

West Division?:
Louisville
Houston
SMU
Memphis
Boise
San Diego State

Looks like a shit football conference hopefully they won't get an automatic BCS bid.

They shouldn't. It would be a little funny if Boise St went to the Big Least only to see them get their BCS status taken from them.

Big XII to help West Virginia pay its exit fees? That would be a new devlopment, no?

http://wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func...&storyid=50865

Let me ask this again: Why do conferences need exit fees? It would seem that if your conference didn't suck, people wouldn't be looking to leave. See: SEC

I would agree with this assessment...but apparently that is how it is done. I think the Big XII helping out WVU is a great sign for Mizzou that this will be taken care of, and everything will be settled for Mizzou going into next season.

I still can't believe West Virginia's going to the Big Texas League. They are going to get destroyed in football. I figure the only team in the conference they'll be able to pound is Kansas, and they should be competitive with ISU and Tech. Everybody else is going to beat them like a rented mule.

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Does not make a whole lot of sense to me from a football perspective, since they were very successful in the Big East and many years were able to make BCS bowls despite not having a BCS bowl quality team.

West Virginia will be almost exactly what Mizzou was.

In terms of hillbilliness?

Yesh, sure.

No its not, MU and TA&M are going to finance the payout.

I doubt that. Mizzou's exit fees are not going to be anywhere near the 20 million dollar settlement that the article talks about it. Would be surprised if each school wound up paying 6 million. Nebraska paid what, 6.3 million or something like that?

so they will be a good replacement for both the aggies and mizzou? No Big xII championships.

Last word was 12 mil would get WVA out of the Big East. So 6 mil from both schools would do it. Losing the 3rd tier for the remaining big xii schools would be costly. Regardless what it costs, WVA will be in the conference next year.