Some headlines from around the web about the Big East and changes ahead...

BIG EAST EYES TO ADD SIX FOOTBALL SCHOOLS (ESPN.com)
The Big East will consider adding six more football-playing schools to get to 12 members in the wake of three departures in the last month, the league said in a statement Monday. Following a teleconference Monday morning, Big East presidents and chancellors authorized commissioner John Marinatto to engage in formal discussions with institutions it has targeted in expansion, and are considering expanding to 12...COMPLETE STORY

BIG EAST READY TO GO AFTER BOISE STATE (Boston Globe)
The Big East is apparently ready to make one final push to keep its embattled football league together. With the defections of Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the Atlantic Coast Conference, with TCU, who had been scheduled to join the league next season as a full member moving to the Big 12,and with Louisville apparently ready to join the Horned Frogs in moving to the Big 12, the Big East options seemed limited...COMPLETE STORY

AIR FORCE PREPARING FOR MOVE TO BIG EAST (Denver Post)
Get ready to kiss Air Force goodbye. The Mountain West Conference is on the verge of losing a charter member. The Falcons are looking to fly far away to save the Big East from disintegration, with the hope that fellow military academies Navy and Army will join them in the league. "Our interest is high in the Big East. That's fair to say," Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh told me Saturday. "This stuff is moving fast." He expects that the future of Air Force athletics will be decided by the end of October. The plan would have the Falcons joining the Big East only in football, while moving teams in other sports to the Missouri Valley Conference...COMPLETE STORY

NEW SCENARIOS FOR BIG EAST (Philadelphia Inquirer)
In one scenario, maybe even the leading/most sensible scenario right now, it could be good news for Temple and Villanova. Bear in mind that the scenarios can fluctuate faster than an Eagles' fourth-quarter lead...COMPLETE STORY

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