I know this probably a dead horse in this blog, but I thought I'd tip my hand on how I feel the New Big East divisions should look. First, since this is a nationwide conference I feel something along the lines of Stars and Stripes are appropriate (As long as its not anything like Leaders and Legends, right?). Here is what I feel they should be, and I'll comment on why (Cross Division rival in parenthesis) :

STARS:

Boise State (San Diego State)

Connecticut (Cincinnati)

Navy* (we'll find out in 2015, but Midshipmen vs. Falcons or Pirates does sound tempting)

Rutgers (Louisville)

South Florida (Central Florida)

Southern Methodist (Houston)

Temple (Memphis)

STRIPES:

Central Florida (South Florida)

Cincinnati (Connecticut)

Houston (Southern Methodist)

Louisville (Rutgers)

Memphis (Temple)

San Diego State (Boise State)

*Navy doesn't start Big East play until 2015.

• All teams can now recruit both Florida and Texas easier than if it was east-west.
• All Rivalries are maintained (few examples below), and so are the potential for new ones.
• Cinci, Houston, U of L, and Memphis have a long track record of playing each other.
• Navy has played Rutgers 23 times, and SMU 16 (They also have a trophy).
• Rutgers has played Temple 34 times.
• Avoids any Temple, Memphis, Louisville, etc. to the Western Division talk.
• Makes things OK if the conference wishes to add another east coast team to be the cross division rival to Navy.
• UCF has played Memphis for almost 8 years straight.... why stop now?
• Boise State and San Diego State have not really played any of the New Big East so finding a division for them can be interchangeable, but i like this configuration.

So Big East fans new and old.... What do you think?