The University of Memphis received its updated Big East football schedule Friday, a re-worked version necessitated by the recent departures of Boise State and San Diego State.
Memphis, as a member of the league's newly formed west division, was scheduled to play Boise State and San Diego State in 2013, but instead will play at UConn and at home against UCF. UCF, like Memphis, is a new Big East member joining the league officially in July from Conference USA.
All Big East teams will play an eight-game league schedule. In the
10-team football conference, the Tigers will play each of the other
schools except Rutgers. Memphis will have home games against UCF,
Temple, SMU and Cincinnati and away games against UConn, USF, Louisville
and Houston. Dates have not been set, but should be announced in
mid-February.In replacing Boise State with UConn, the Tigers, 4-8 last fall in coach Justin Fuente's first season, play a team that finished 5-7 instead of one that went 11-2 and was ranked in the top 20.
The U of M's non-conference schedule is Duke, Arkansas State, UT Martin and Middle Tennessee State.
While a first-ever Big East Championship game was set for December, the reduction of football-playing members from 12 to 10 will eliminate the two-division setup and title game.
New commissioner Mike Aresco had announced the league schedule — with Boise State and San Diego State — Dec. 11, but Boise State announced three weeks later it would remain in the Mountain West Conference. San Diego State followed earlier this week with a similar move. Neither Boise State nor San Diego State, who would have been football-only members, spent a day as a Big East program.
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