With West Virginia headed to the Big 12, each of the seven remaining Big East Schools now have yet another hole to fill. In addition, WVU had to cancel its out-of-conference game at Florida State in order to make room for their Big 12 schedule.
Now, I'm sure the Big East is in talks with Boise State to come on over a year early; so far, it appears that Boise is content staying in the Mountain West for one more year.
If, in fact, the Big East is left with just the 7 teams for 2012, one non-obvious possibility for a schedule filler could be: each other!
Each of the 6 northern Big East schools could pair up for a non-conference game. Conference play usually doesn't start until October, which means the September matchups can all be the ones not counted in the conference standings.
In addition, USF could pair up with FSU for a second non-conference game. The Bulls and Seminoles are already scheduled for a game in Tampa, why not add one more in Tallahassee (or even Jacksonville to get a home-away-neutral)? The Bulls would have had to travel to Morgantown anyway.
I doubt the Big East will take this approach. It's a shame the 7 schools might be in this bind, and as an ACC fan, I wish FSU could land a decent game so that I can finally get the ACC schedule. Hopefully we get our answers...and in good time!
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