It is obviously not apples to apples. I think there are inherent advantages to being able to recruit good players to come to Dallas, TX compared to Fargo, ND as well. And a coach like GTCU has been in the Big 12 for eight years. They've been to six bowl games and won a share of a conference championship. That's better than ISU over the same time period.
I would say 7 in football, I mean, KU.....At least the Great Midwest has 8 P5 teams. The Great MidEast and Deep South only have 5.
I wouldn't hate a division of ISU, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, K-State and Kansas. Just a big no to the MAC and 1AA schools. Probably wouldn't be fair the them anyway.
In a future where actual fan interest is more important than cable TV population numbers this conference would be attractive from a $$$ perspective too.
Maybe not as much as we currently have with TX/OK schools but not bad.
I don't pay enough attention and maybe it was just because they were better at the time but Missouri's fanbase seemed pretty big before they moved.
Won’t happen as too many teams that won’t bring in money I suppose, but an interesting idea.
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In a streaming subscription model wisconsin, Iowa, isu, ksu, KU and Nebraska would all easily be above average gets. I think you're right Missouri would be at some point if not already. Not sure about Minn.