ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 2, 1991                   TAG: 9102020098
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Scott Blanchard
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


MORE BIG EAST FOOTBALL TALKS ON TAP

Representatives from the eight schools expected to form a Big East Conference football league, including Virginia Tech, will meet for the first time next week to address any "open-ended" issues relevant to the start-up of the league, Big East Conference Commissioner Mike Tranghese said Friday.

In late January, the Big East quizzed each prospective member separately about its views on the new league. All eight schools, Tranghese said, have not met at the same time.

A Big East spokesman said last week that the league's 10 members would vote on football membership during league meetings Thursday, but Tranghese said the non-football members already have approved the football concept and will not vote on membership. That, he said, is up to Syracuse, Miami, Pittsburgh and Boston College - the league's current Division I-A football schools.

"What we need to do now is take everyone and go through every issue imaginable," Tranghese said. "This is another step in the process but an extremely positive step. Why it's taken this long has not been because of anything negative."

Tech, West Virginia, Rutgers and Temple are expected to be added to form an eight-team league. Tech athletic director Dave Braine met with West Virginia athletic director Ed Pastilong on Friday to discuss their views about the new league. Tech and West Virginia play basketball today in Morgantown, W.Va.



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