Just as quickly as rumors of a Big East/Mountain West/Conference USA Mega-Merger surfaced, the Big East has squashed them.
Big East Denies Super Conference Plans With Mountain West, CUSA
“We are not part of any meeting with those two conferences,” Big East spokesman John Paquette told the Daily News, in no uncertain terms.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal had reported the commissioners of the Big East, Mountain West and Conference USA would be meeting on Wednesday to discuss a football arrangement of “28 to 32 teams.” Guess not.
The MWC and CUSA have already entered into an arrangement which combines their football programs.
The idea seemed a little less crazy than before on Tuesday due to the news that West Virginia was days away from leaving the conference for the Big 12. Still, for a conference that’s already considering adding Boise St., Air Force and SMU, a 32-team mega-conference might have been a bit much to swallow.
The good news? Dreams of The SUNBEAST live on!
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