Temple, Boise State could remain division rivals after 2014
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Temple, Boise State could remain division rivals after 2014
Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer
By now, we all know Temple's football team will play in the Big East's Western Division with Boise State, San Diego State, Houston, Memphis and SMU in 2013 and 2014.
But where will the Owls land when the league expands to 14 teams in 2015?
There's a thought that the Big East will introduce two seven-team divisions that will cross geographic lines.
The Houston Chronicle and ESPN.com are reporting that one proposal has Temple in a division with Houston, Rutgers, Boise State, Cincinnati, Central Florida, and a yet-to-be-added league member. The other division would have SMU, South Florida, Navy, Connecticut, Louisvile, San Diego State and Memphis.
Navy will join the Big East for football only in 2015. Brigham Young or Air Force is expected to join the Midshipmen that season, according to multiple sources.
The word on the street is that Temple will go to the NorthDivision, where they will have virtually no competition. It is becoming evident, even to Ray Charles, that Temple is an unstoppable force. Fear the Owls. Hoot, Hoot!!!— jakelbi- Now that Rurgers has announced it will go to the Big 10, I suspect that Temple will be allowed to stay in the Big East Eastern Division along with: Connecticut, Cincinnati, Louisville, Navy and South Florida. I further suspect that Massachusetts will move up to the Big East from the MAC and will become the seventh football team in the Eastern Division.— BobSG
- Are these football players student athletes ? Traveling half way cross the country on a weekly basis would have made it impossible for me to attend classes or study and I was an above average student. Rutgers is leaving and UCONN will soon follow. Only Navy will remain as a regional rivaling football. From the perspective of their basketball program, the Big East is and is likely to remain a notch above the A10.— Harvey Matloff
- Turmoil, the word of the day! This probably means a TU/Rutgers rivalry won't materialize now. Too bad. Go Owls.— joninohio
Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock. Reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.
