Adding the #30 and #36 TV markets isn't going to do it*.
*"it" = Keep pace financially with the SEC and Big Ten.
*"it" = Keep pace financially with the SEC and Big Ten.
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sorry but they have the east, upper midwest and south covered. that is where most people live. also those people care more about sports.
we need to approach it from another angle.
i have no idea what that angle is.
Ha - you're funny.
The Pac 12 won't pick up Boise St because junior colleges have better academics than them.
The Pac 12 won't pick up BYU because the liberal institutions, especially Cal and Stanford, have absolutely forbid it.
KU and ISU are viable, as they are academically sound institutions and were discussed the last time major realignment took place. However, it wouldn't be done on it's own - the Pac 12 would probably want 4 academically strong Big 12 teams. Outside of ISU and KU, that pretty much leaves OU and Texas. OU likely doesn't want to go anywhere Texas is going, and Texas doesn't want to go to the Pac 12. But I think OU is more interested in the SEC and Texas is more interested in the ACC.
Storrs to:
Lubbock 1942
Austin 1889
Fort Worth 1725
Waco 1788
Norman 1612
Stillwater 1553
Manhattan 1458
Lawrence 1377
Ames 1251
Morgantown 524
Average 1512
Provo to:
Morgantown 1928
Ames 1118
Lawrence 1046
Manhattan 974
Stillwater 1051
Norman 1055
Austin 1246
Waco 1222
Fort Worth 1173
Lubbock 871
Average 1,168
Provo is actually closer. If this has been brought up before, I missed it.
Lubbock 1942
Austin 1889
Fort Worth 1725
Waco 1788
Norman 1612
Stillwater 1553
Manhattan 1458
Lawrence 1377
Ames 1251
Morgantown 524
Average 1512
Provo to:
Morgantown 1928
Ames 1118
Lawrence 1046
Manhattan 974
Stillwater 1051
Norman 1055
Austin 1246
Waco 1222
Fort Worth 1173
Lubbock 871
Average 1,168
Provo is actually closer. If this has been brought up before, I missed it.
1,100 miles or 1,500 miles, you are flying. So it really doesn't make a lot of difference. I wouldn't put up with the BYU demands. Pac 12 didn't want them for a reason. That is the direction they should go.
No playing on Sundays. And you have to treat them like they are Notre Dame. Big East didn't even want to deal with BYU.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...ith-Big-East-BYU-demands-were-consistent.html
Where does Cinci actually play their football games? There is a football field land locked in the middle of the campus.You can actually see the entire field from many of the buildings around it.
Nippert Stadium seats 35,000. Doesn't seem to be Big 12....
edit. They are going through a renovation that will raise the capacity (including standing room) to 40,000.
Nippert Stadium seats 35,000. Doesn't seem to be Big 12....
edit. They are going through a renovation that will raise the capacity (including standing room) to 40,000.
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The Big 12 has 3 stadiums at 50 or less and only 2 over 60. Their stadium would not rule them out. Plus, they can always play in an NFL stadium across town.
Exactly why BYU and Boise are the default choices. Who else is there? New Mex, CSU, UNLV? Bring UT and one of the other Texas schools if you like. Or UT and BYU.
You have a Coastal and Mountain division with the traditional PAC 8 teams in one division and everybody else in the other.
Hopefully these threads end up being nothing but MB banter, but the reality is the Big 12 has already lost teams to three different conferences, so if a conference is going to implode it's likely to be the Big 12. Hope we are prepared, or better yet we have nothing to worry about...
