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TCU Accepts Offer From Big East

Texas Christian University has accepted an invitation to become an all-sports member of the Big East Conference, FanHouse has learned. The Horned Frogs will join the league beginning on July 1, 2012 and begin play in the Big East in the 2012-13 school year. The school has called a 2 p.m. ET press conference to announce it...

Big East Coaches Want Notre Dame to 'Get In or Get Out'

With the specter of Big Ten expansion hanging over them, threatening to bring an end to their league, Big East football coaches have a simple message for Notre Dame: Get in to our league, or kindly get out. Connecticut coach Randy Edsall (right) confirmed this during his Wednesday press conference. He told the audience...

UCF Is Top Target for Big East

TAMPA, Fla. – Near the end of Thursday night's "The Knights Tour" function, Central Florida football coach George O'Leary was asked about all the speculation concerning conference expansion and how it would affect UCF. Much like the picturesque view overlooking Tampa Bay from inside the Rusty Pelican restaurant,...

Commish: Big East Not Dead Yet

The Big East is kaput. Done. Toast. Just last month, former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese said the Big East "is in trouble." On Sunday, former Syracuse athletic Jake Crouthamel, who helped form the league 30 years ago, said he doesn't believe the league will survive. A lot of people involved in college athletics...