Only Colorado and Nebraska would come back. Automated Teller Machine and the Zoo are happy where they are.Let's add Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Texas A&M.
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CycloneErik
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That's every school at this point, and we already have schools who feel they're doing us a favor by keeping the league afloat. I don't see an issue there.
I also don't think that their desire not to compete on Sundays affects very much at all. That's a red herring when people throw that around.
This is probably a reach, but what does the rule actually say?
I believe the reading of the rule could be interpreted that conferences with divisions need a championship game to determine a winner, not that conferences must organize in such a way in order to have the championship game. A fine point, to be sure, and the Big 12 would have to push it having already been shot down once, which can be a dicey proposition given how the NCAA operates, obviously.
Conferences with DIVISIONS must have a CCG to determine a champion. That's obvious. But the NCAA does not determine how conferences without divisions organize themselves or determine their champion, as we saw this week. We need to blow up the NCAA anyway, might as well have the game and give the NCAA the finger.
IMO the perfect storm occurred yesterday with no upsets in the 4 conference championship games AND Ohio State blowing out out Wisky by 50 plus. If OSU wins that game by 17 points, I think Baylor is in the playoff.
Seems to me there is flaw to the process where TCU can be a 3 seed one week, win by 50+ points and drop to a 6 seed.
Seems to me there is flaw to the process where TCU can be a 3 seed one week, win by 50+ points and drop to a 6 seed.
I don't mind the idea of Memphis. Their football program may need time, but with the power 5 resources I think they can become a good team. Their basketball program speaks for itself.
As far as money, the CCG should cover a good chunk of the expenses of adding the teams. If you can grab a big name with them, then I can see a potential that this could be revenue neutral per school.
As far as money, the CCG should cover a good chunk of the expenses of adding the teams. If you can grab a big name with them, then I can see a potential that this could be revenue neutral per school.
It's the same flaw we see week after week after week in all college sports coverage. Certain teams and conferences are favored because of money even if they're not as good.
I see no benefit in Colorado St. Small fanbase in a state that doesn't have a ton of people. Outside of BYU, I see no reason to go West when the money, tv sets, and best high school players are in the South and East.
Yea, I've come around to Cincy and Memphis. They make sense geographically and have really good potential. Cincy has been winning at football on lower levels for like a decade and even though Nepert would be the smallest stadium in the league, it's undergoing renovations now. Small and packed is better than large and empty anyway. Memphis has the Liberty Bowl, which is 61,000, but being in the South they would have great resources to be successful. Both are great basketball schools.
The only problem is the money though. A Big 12 championship game would be worth around $15 million (what the current PAC 12 game is worth). That will help cover the addition of one school, but where does the money come from for the other? FedEx might be the answer. If FedEx became the official sponsor of the conference for $25 million a year, this thing could actually happen.
This is especially true with the ever privileged B1G, clearly the weakest football conference among the Big 5. TCU dominated Minnesota, while tOSU just managed to escape Minnesota with a win. The Big 12 went 3-0 versus the B1G. No doubt about it, the CFP committee is nothing more than a modern day smoke filled room.
Was surfing around the net and found this website that attempts to put some weighting to potential expansion candidates... http://frankthetank.me/2013/10/30/the-big-12-expansion-index-wake-me-up-when-its-all-over/
Obviously this is one man's opinion for the numbers assigned to each category but it offers a chance to compare each school against the others.
Take it for what is is worth..
Obviously this is one man's opinion for the numbers assigned to each category but it offers a chance to compare each school against the others.
Take it for what is is worth..
Perhaps some Bristol viewers as well. UCONN always seems to be the local favorite for ESPN so maybe we'd get some love from them.
But even with these benefits, they are a long ways away.
