... past few days by a recently uncovered 2005 newspaper report regarding the rules governing how schools may leave the former conference: http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20050224_24beast.23704bb.html 

The fact regarding possible Big Ten expansion at the expense of the Big East that has certain fans salivating is: "The group has amended the conference's constitution and agreed to withdrawal and dissolution clauses that allow the group to break up with no penalty after five years."

July 2010 is the culmination of that five-year period. In less than one month, any Big East school m...

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