[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

at the 14 min mark of this podcast, a memphis guy claims that KU has talked to memphis about joining a reconstituted big 12....


http://memphisroar.com/2010/06/podca...nsion-rundown/

Another post from a memphis board -

I have a little more information on this! KU is not interested in joining a conference that has partial members, it must be 12, 14, 16 full time members. KU officials have / are going to meet with several Big East presidents. There is some interest in forming another conference featuring a merger of schools that remain in the Big 12, Big East schools, and several Conference USA schools in which there will be a western division and a eastern division. I found this information about the possible line up:

West
KU
KSU
Baylor
Iowa State
Houston
Mizzou
Memphis
South Florida

East
WVU
Cinci
Louisville
UConn
Pitt
East Carolina
Syracuse / Rutgers / Central Florida / Temple

Each division leader would get their own BCS spot. The value of the TV network revenues is still under evaluation as there would be a network in each state where a school is present.