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Article: Virginia Tech moves to Big East as full-time member
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- August 25, 1999
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Rob Rossi
University Wire
08-25-1999
(The Daily Athenaeum) (U-WIRE) MORGANTOWN, W.V. -- The Big East Conference has found its 14th member and to nobody's surprise, Virginia Tech is the selection.
Conference Presidents Committee chairman Rev. Philip Smith made the announcement Tuesday.
For the Big East, this marks the first full-member expansion since 1994, when Notre Dame, Rutgers and West Virginia joined the conference.
"We are very much excited for the opportunity to join the Big East as a full-time member," Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver said. "It's something this institution has held as a goal for months."
Virginia Tech, winner of the conference's football championship twice ...