Tuesday, February 7, 2012

DEVELOPING: Memphis To Big East...???

((HT: CBSSports/WMC-TV/WREG-TV/MyFoxMemphis))

It looks like outgoing Memphis AD RC Johnson may get his wish- sorta...

And he's been wanted to not have the door hit him on the way out...
Remember this...???

Fans Fed Up with Tiger Football: MyFoxMEMPHIS.com


Memphis has been aware of the discussions of the Big East to expand as far back as November of 2010, and has been somewhat non-committal...

Or is it more of a non-denial denial...

Now, it appears that they're moving to the Big East in all sports- perhaps as early as 2013. The exit fee from Conference USA for 2013-14 is $500,000 plus Memphis' share of television rights revenue, which is a little over US$6-million, according to a league spokeswoman through ESPN.

The first word on this comes from CBS Sports' Brett McMurphy...

"The Tigers would join the Big East with three other Conference USA members – Houston, SMU and UCF – for the 2013-14 school year. The Big East also will add Boise State and San Diego State as football-only members in 2013 and Navy in 2015."

More when we know more...

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