So much for Bowlsby being the mouthpiece of the conference
The state of Ohio is a very large football viewership market. You can also add in some of Kentucky to their numbers due to their location. I'm not a huge Cincy fan, but their University is a very good school, and their athletic teams have been solid over the years, if not downright good some years.
They would probably have to do some work on their football stadium since it would be the smallest in the conference by 5,000 seats.
So much for Bowlsby being the mouthpiece of the conference
At least he's sounding more optimistic. Like he wants the Big 12 to succeed.
I want two more church schools since TCU and Baylor are playing so well.I'm on board with having 11 members and 8 onference games. I don't think there is a good #12 out there right now. Houston : Don't want and it would end the big 12 BYU : TCU and Baylor would say no and way too far west. UCF and UCF: low fan support terrible sports besides football. Creates another Island. Memphis : was trending up for a while, but looks like they are on top of the rollercoaster and about to go down. UConn : was a fan of them for a while, but Their fans are worse than KU (hard to believe but it's true). Too far east, and like KU there is a big group of them that admit they don't care about football and what it does.
UCF though? Really? I don't care how big they are, I don't see the Knights adding much in a market long dominated by Gators, Seminoles, & Hurricanes. If I have to choose between Mormons and a directional Florida school, I take the Mormons.
UConn to the Big XII is seriously the stupidest idea. Nobody, even alum of UConn, gives a **** about UConn other than when they make a run in March. They add nothing to the conference.
Adding UConn would be like picking off Wake Forest from the ACC.
UCONN has more NCAA basketball championships than Ku, i.e. a cut above Wake.
It's all about football, guy.
UConn to the Big XII is seriously the stupidest idea. Nobody, even alum of UConn, gives a **** about UConn other than when they make a run in March. They add nothing to the conference.
CBSSports.com is showing the SEC payouts are over $9 million/yr than the Big 12 now.
Something must be done. What that is....above my pay grade
Not a fair comparison. Their numbers only include T1 and T2 payments for Big 12. They include T1-T3 for SEC. Factor in each schools T3 deal and they are making close to what the SEC schools are getting.
They are not AAUUCONN, large state school with good academics, and AAU. Its too bad they are located so far away and suck at the sport that pays the bills.
I'd rather hold off on expansion until after we find out what happens with the so-called ACC Network, and if the failure to create one invalidates the ACC's GOR and causes the conference to fracture. Cincinnati, Memphis, UConn, Tulane, etc will always be there, but I'd rather have bigger schools in the Big 12 if they're available.