Any talk of Big East expansion and Villanova, always brings us back to UCF.
Inevitably in any post on the matter, there is the usual complaint that Villanova isn’t worth bringing into the Big East, and the Big East should just invite UCF into the Big East.
The reasons in favor of UCF are well known:
— Quality and new facilities including a sparkling 45,000 on-campus football stadium, and a new 10,000 seat arena for basketball.
— Located in Orlando, which is now a top-20 TV market (35th in radio) –links are PDFs.
— Located in Florida which is a fertile football recruiting state.
— Is the Number Two university nationally in enrollment when you include the 10 satellite campuses, and their community college partnerships.
— A rising program in C-USA under George O’Leary after winning their first bowl game ever in 2010 — a 45-44 record in the past 7 years.
