Board gives Boise State clearance to join Big East

[madinmaryland]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Idaho State Board of Education has given Boise State its consent to join the Big East Conference.

The board voted 7-1 Thursday to give university president Bob Kustra authority to move Boise State out of the Mountain West Conference and into the Big East.

Kustra told trustees he has had ongoing discussions with Big East representatives, though the school has yet to receive a formal invitation to join the conference.

Kustra says being a Big East member means more revenue for athletics and puts the Broncos in a conference that automatically qualifies to send a team to the Bowl Championship Series - a feature lacking with membership in the MWC.

The Big East is interested only in Boise State's football team.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/11/03/big-east-boise-state.ap/index.html#ixzz1cgslLw33

So, El, when are you going to start coming east three or four times a year to see them??

[El Supremo]

1. Oh horseshit!

Air Force is about to join the Little East too.

TCU was smart and joined the Big 12 instead.

Watch all this fall apart when the BCS tells them they ain't AQs anymore.

[Auggie]

2. But all those teams are in the... East

:wtf:

[madinmaryland]

3. Donuts to dollars, El SuTebow will be bitching about the East Coast Bias next year

in the Big East!

[El Supremo]

5. "Donuts to dollars"?

Our State Fair is a great state fair
Don't Miss it don't even be late
(our state fair is great)
It's dollars to doughnuts at our state fair
It's the best state fair in the state

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5w9IwcHS64

[El Supremo]

4. They are going to have to rename all the conferences soon....

Get rid of all the regional names and name them based on their money grubbing ability.

[era veteran]

11. Already have one for the most powerful

Security Exchange Commission

Re National Championship game Saturday in Tuscaloosa.

[Capt. America]

6. So much for going to away games...

[Auggie]

7. +1,000,000

[Mudoria]

8. Wonder why they didn't get a Big 12 invite?

Location makes it seem ideal and Boise State is a high profile football team now.

[lazarus]

9. academics

:D

Kidding aside, it's likely money. They may be high profile because some members of the media love them, but Boise doesn't travel well. They have a small stadium, too.

[El Supremo]

10. Simple. OU doesn't want to be humiliated again. n/m