It's Official: Memphis to the Big East

And we would make the snarky comment that the Big East is saddled with the Tigers god-awful football team...except they are going to the Big East, a conference not known for its depth of quality football.

There is an official announcement scheduled for Noon on Wednesday on campus for what the Tigers website says is: "A huge announcement on the Future of Memphis athletics."


Congratulations Memphis and Big East. This makes the Big East very comparable with the ACC in Basketball and arguably better. And it makes up for the eventual departure of Syracuse and Pitt.

Are the folks in Memphis exicted? Yeah, you can say that.

Read this column from Geoff Calkins of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal RIGHT HERE

Okay, now that we are past the excitement thing, let's take a practical look at this.

It gets Memphis to a BCS Football conference. Congrats. However....the Memphis football team is years, if not a decade away from being able to compete on that level.

It gets the Tigers to a prestige basketball conference. True. And the Big East with Georgetown, Louisville, UConn and others is only better in that respect.

We would say this is a solid move that really, has benefits for both parties. And it can be done by the 2013 season (next year). Unlike West Virginia's move, which is being held up in court or the Syracuse and Pitt defections to the ACC which don't appear to be happening for another 2-years, this will happen during the next season. And though the move hurts Conference USA, it doesn't kill them either.

We say congrats to the Memphis Tigers, just be careful what you wish for, your basketball team will be competitive, even at this level, your football team...well....good luck with that.