(08-11-2015 06:41 AM)CardFan1 Wrote: To Me, UCF, USF, UC and ECU are No brainers to go as a set for Big 12 to get to 14 like the ACC, SEC and B1G. There should be No argument involved as No other P5 school will join the Big12 and these 4 are proven Football rich programs in Good Football locations. BYU and BSU are too far West and with WVU already in, Eastern expansion is the only way to go.
Provo is as close as or closer than Orlando to most of the Big 12.
It is about 870 miles from Provo to Lubbock; 970 from Provo to Manhattan, KS. 1,430 and 1,350 miles to Orlando, respectively. It is 900 miles from Morgantown to Orlando. Why would proximity for WVU be more important than Texas Tech and Kansas St.?
Personally, I think the Big 12 should take Cincinnati, Memphis, BYU, and Colorado St.
WVU-Cincinnati-Memphis makes a nice and proximate eastern arm (pretty much right on the B1G/SEC border) and Colorado St.-BYU makes a nice, contiguous western extension. All good adds for football AND Olympic sports, especially basketball, and academics. Add DMAs #17 Denver, #34 Salt Lake City, #36 Cincinnati, and #50 Memphis. That's
4 million new TV households that the
new members would actually deliver and actually expand/fill in the Big 12 footprint without the huge gaps...
...5 hours from WVU to Cincy...7 hours from Cincy to Memphis...7 hours from Memphis to both Ft. Worth and Norman...(7 hours from Ft. Worth to Manhattan, KS or 4.5 hours from Norman to Manhattan)...7.5 hours from Manhattan, KS to Ft. Collins...7 hours from Ft. Collins to Provo. [Note - 13 hours from Morgantown to Orlando)
Add to the Big 12 bowl schedule: Military-Annapolis (v. ACC/AAC), Armed Forces-Ft.Worth (v. B1G/AAC), and Las Vegas or Holiday-San Diego (v. P12).