The Smoking Musket, a West Virginia Mountaineers community

Maybe the Big East was doomed from the start. Maybe they did do their very best to secure a future for the Big East football schools. But if that's the case, it clearly was not enough.

Things do seem to be coming to a head. Mediation is scheduled to conclude on February 9th and the Big 12 2012 football schedule was due February 1st.