... Monday, ESPN announced that Texas Christian University had accepted the invitation to join the Big East conference, starting on July 1, 2012. It will spread across all sports, most notably football, where TCU has had a somewhat easy schedule the last few seasons.

One of the main reasons involved in the decision was the fact that the Big East conference winner automatically receives a bid in one of the five major bowl games. It is a great reward for any school and now TCU gets to play with the big boys.

TCU will now become the ninth Big East football team and the conference has also extended an offer to Villanova to become the tenth member.

TCU currently plays in the Mountain West Conference, w...

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