Despite speculation surrounding a potential move to fullback for Texas running back Joe Bergeron in 2012, co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin shot that down. Who is likely to take over that role with the departures of Cody Johnson and Jamison Berryhill?
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Harsin: Joe Bergeron Won’t Be Moving To Fullback in 2012
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With the Big East on the brink of survival with the departures of Syracuse and Pittsburgh, it is no secret that the seven remaining football-playing league schools have begun evaluating their futures. UConn, Rutgers and West Virginia have all reportedly reached out to several different conferences as part of that evaluation. ESPN.com reports that UConn president Susan Herbst is aggressively pursuing membership to the ACC . Rutgers has reached out to the ACC and Big Ten , according to the Newark Star-Ledger. West Virginia also reached out to the ACC and SEC , according to the Charleston Daily Mail. But it appears the ACC is not an option moving forward. It comes as no surprise that schools are reaching out and trying to be proactive about their futures. While conference athletic directors have said in various statements that their preference is to remain a part of the Big East, they also have to do what is in their best self-interest. West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck sought to ease fans’ concerns when he said in a statement: “We will continue working to do what’s best for our university and its athletic teams. No matter how the college athletic landscape changes, there is no doubt WVU is and will remain a national player.” Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti told the Star-Ledger: “With what we’re doing, I would just say this: We’re continuing to be engaged in talks with several parties, and I think that’s been the case for a long time more than the last 36 hours. It’s always been our practice to keep those types of talks private. I’ve always kept that stuff in the family and I think it’s important that we continue to do that.” ACC commissioner John Swofford said on a conference call Sunday that the league was happy at 14, but not opposed to expanding to 16 teams. What really could determine the future of the Big East could larely hinge on what happens today in Oklahoma and Texas. Separate board meetings involving the schools will take place today, with conference realignment on the agenda. ESPN.com has reported the Pac-12 is involved in discussions about bringing Texas and Oklahoma into the fold — a move that nearly happened last year. If the Big 12 falls apart, the Big East would work to bring in some of the schools left out of expansion. Iowa State and Baylor have been discussed as options, as well as Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri.
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Remaining schools with wandering eyes?
Filed under Football by on Sep 19th, 2011. Comment.
1. Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, in his Wednesday blog , explained why the Aggies would leave the Big 12. The list didn’t vary from what we suspected — the departures of Nebraska and Colorado and the Longhorn Network. But here’s what struck me: Byrne reminded everyone that he had been part of the group that assembled the Big 12 in the mid-1990s. Byrne did so as athletic director of Nebraska, which never liked the league’s tilt toward Texas. Viewed from that perspective, it’s fair to believe that Byrne was predisposed to bolt. 2. The bad news for Miami is that Stephen Morris , who will start at quarterback Monday in place of the suspended Jacory Harris , had the highest interception percentage (5.9) among quarterbacks in AQ conferences with at least 100 attempts last season, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The equally bad news for the Hurricanes is that Morris won’t be much of a dropoff. Harris finished second (5.6 percent) to Morris last season. If offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch, can fix the quarterbacks, Miami’s turnaround will quicken. 3. Morris had the excuse last season of being a true freshman. Yet he was talented enough — and the Hurricanes depleted enough after Harris got hurt — that he started the final four games. That provides perspective of the stiff task awaiting the three true freshmen who will start openers this week: Brett Smith of Wyoming against Weber State, Nick Isham of Louisiana Tech against Southern Mississippi, and — God bless him, Rakeem Cato of Marshall, who debuts Sunday at in-state rival West Virginia.
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3-point stance: A&M’s reasons for leaving
Filed under Football, News by on Sep 1st, 2011. Comment.
It was only a couple of months ago, but it’s already easy to forget that two of the Big 12’s best current basketball programs — including its best program of all time, and one of the flagship programs in college hoops, Kansas — were almost left conference-less by the Big 12’s near-implosion. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. The Big 12 came to its senses, gave Texas approximately one gazillion dollars (give or take a few megabillions), and stayed intact despite the departures of Colorado and Nebraska. And all was right in the Sunflower State once again. At the time, most assumed Kansas would attempt to get into the Big Ten or the Mountain West, with a few rumors here and there about a geographically confusing move to the Big East. Apparently, those rumors had something to them, as the Big East considered adding Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Missouri if the Big 12 dissolved. From Adam Zagoria : “For the 24 hours where it looked like they were leaving [the Big 12], then this idea had legs,” the source said Tuesday at Big East football media day. Added Big East Commissioner John Marinatto: “I think all other conferences had, in the event that the whole Texas move to the Pac-10 occurred, plans in place as to what we were doing and planning that way….I think all of the conferences were prepared to react accordingly.” Can you imagine? Of course, the Big East’s football denizens would have had themselves a regular old time — that would have given the league 12 football programs, which isn’t unusual in the least. What would have been unusual is the birth of a basketball superconference. The Big East, now with 20 teams, would have added two with eyes on the Final Four this season (Kansas State, Kansas) and one that has experienced a competitive rebirth under new coach Mike Anderson (Missouri) to an already stacked core. Imagine that league: Syracuse, Georgetown, Villanova, Kansas, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Connecticut, Louisville, Marquette, Kansas State, Missouri … I’m going to list the entire conference, because you get the idea. It would have been insane . At the very least, it would have forever doomed the preseason and tournament-time arguments about which conference is best to the place where pointless arguments go to die. The answer would be clear, even with a 16-team Pac-10. There would have been no topping that (thankfully non-existent) conference, like, ever again.
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Bow before the 20-team Big East
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Despite the departures of Payne, Brandon Collins (arrested in January), Dan Buckner (transferred to Arizona after an arrest) and Jordan Shipley (graduated), the Longhorns aren’t really in trouble at this position. Thanks to Texas ‘ 2010 recruiting efforts,… Source: Dallas Morning News – Blogs
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Another wide receiver leaves Texas Longhorns
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