Filed under: Boise State, Idaho, TCU, ACC, Big 10, Big East
Texas Christian joining the Big East Conference makes as much sense as ... well, it doesn't make any sense.
A small, private university in Fort Worth, TCU has pretty much nothing in common with the Big East's eight current football members. TCU is located at least 1,000 miles from five of the Big East football members and a whopping 1,551 miles from league headquarters in Providence, R.I. About the only similarity between the Horned Frogs and the Big East schools is they play football.
But again, there's another major difference: TCU actually is very, very good. The Big East's football teams ain't so hot right now.
Yet despite everything they don't have in common, this is still a long-distance affair that could work. In fact, TCU and the Big East are perfect for each other because they each desperately need each other.
And if last summer's conference musical chairs taught us one thing, it's that these are desperate times in college athletics. And the Big East is prepared to take desperate measures: such as invite a small Texas university.
Two weeks ago, the Big East announced it would expand its football membership from eight schools to 10. Big East Commissioner John Marinatto told FanHouse last week the league is waiting for Villanova, a Big East member in all sports but football, to decide if it wants its football program to make the leap from FCS to the FBS as a Big East member.
If Villanova learned anything from what nearly happened to Kansas last summer, the Wildcats will make the jump. And immediately.
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