Good to see a relatively young conference pick up a couple Cougars.
Big 12 Expansion (new thread)
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Assuming those 4 go B1G... Utah and Az St would both be better than Cal imho. Side note, why Stanford and not UCLA? Seems like UCLA would be the much better brand. And if that was the case, then you really just stick to Az, Az St, Colo, and Utah. At least they are all big state schools, and pair well with BYU, Tech, and each other.
The real question would be do you just take all 8 and go to 20 teams, have east and west that don't really interact much. Or pods and a 4 team CCG process. Lots o' inventory at least, and coast to coast...
I still think it's more likely the Pac/B1G raids the Big12 than B1G raids the PAC. Just my onion.
I cannot verify myself, but I am under the impression that they are no longer invited to conference meetings. I think because they are confirmed to be leaving, they no longer get to make conference decisions like this.
Why is hook now filtered?
Aren't we in a better spot conference wise than the PAC if the BiG cherry picks USC, Stanford, Oregon and Washington?
I read a while back the BiG interest would be the two California private schools. Getting the two public would be a huge get.
UCLA
I did include UCLA in my best 4 targets with California, Arizona and Colorado. Those 4 all expand our footprint where taking both AZs or Utah do not.
Why not all 8?
Oregon state and Washington state aren't really that desirable and Utah and the other Arizona school don't expand the footprint.
Yes, this is the equivalent of OU and UT being forced to sleep on the couch.
Zing!
BYU and Cincy add some great basketball, and Houston has now come back from the dead. I'm looking forward to that!
On this, we agree.
They shouldn't make decisions about any issue that affects the league after 2024, that's for sure.
Agree. I would have favored picking up Memphis, but that was a close one.
Interesting article at Heartland College Sports regarding Big XII expansion and $$$. New-Look Big 12 Revenue Reportedly Just Shy of Current Revenue (heartlandcollegesports.com)
