The Big East took it's blow in the everchanging view of college football Sunday, when Pitt and Syracuse were accepted into the ACC. The news came as a surprise to everyone especially the schools being Syracuse and Pitt to leave. Syracuse a founding father of the Big East conference and Pitt a member of 29 years.
Reports are out that UConn is aggressively making strides to join the ACC as well and Rutgers could be a possible member to join the ACC also. Florida State has been linked to leaving for the SEC but reports are not concrete. With the Texas A&M Aggies joining the SEC, Florida State is not needed to greatly.
So, where does this leave the leftover teams from the Big East? Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, West Virginia. Representives of the Big 12 and Big East have been in contact for what could be a merger conference between the two minus Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas Tech. If the Big 12 and Big East merge into one conference, with the joining of TCU to the Big East next season you could see schools like Boise State, Houston and Central Florida replace those teams. Don't look past the Temple Owls or ECU Pirates as replacements as well.
We won't know what really goes down until it all happens and we can only speculate what may happen. However, Cincinnati fans are holding their breathe hoping and praying that when the college football carousel is over that the Bearcats, are not on the outside looking into the BCS.
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