A Bigger Big East? Follow Up

Sport Hump...dry and harmless found this 5/16/2008 on www.syracuse.com [flag]

I wrote earlier today about reports out of Fox 13 in Memphis and the Hartford Courant concerning rumblings about expansion in the Big East. Here is the link to that. I talked with Big East Associate Commisioner John Paquette on... [link]

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One last plea to put East Carolina in the Big East
Published 5/16/2008 by Poncho Sinatra (noreply@blogger.com) at Sport Hump...dry and harmless
... After listening to Axe's radio show yesterday and hearing the Assistant Night Supervisor of the Big East John Paquette deny the rumors that the Big East will be adding any new members, I was a little glum to say the least. Well, as an ECU Alumn and lifelong Syracuse University fan I would of loved to see ECU get that big break and hop into a BCS conference for football. ...

Supersize me.
Published 5/18/2008 by Champ (noreply@blogger.com) at Three Idiots on Sports
... The Axeman has been all over the Big East expansion rumors that have been floated out in the past few days. The usual suspects, ECU and Memphis, have reappeared on some fans message boards. To the obese Big East I say this....packing on additional weight is not the answer. In fact, it's time to drop some pounds. ...

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