I know this will never happen, but these two conferences could work together on expanding. The Big 12 could add Connecticut and BYU as football only members. This would allow BYU to keep their olympic sports in whatever conference they are in now. Then the Big East could add UCONN for all sports but Football and whatever non-football school they want. I guess everyone technically benefits sort of. Connecticut and BYU probably benefit the most out of this. The Big 12 gets a championship game and can keep round robin scheduling for everything outside of Football, keeping non-revenue sports happy. The Big East can get a larger viewership and a more valuable product. Thoughts?

Big 12 taking UConn without it's strongest asset ? not a chance.

(01-04-2016 06:09 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Big 12 taking UConn without it's strongest asset ? not a chance.

agree. that looks like a non starter

I like BYU and AFA in the WCC with football only in the big 12.

Texas, Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, BYU, AFA

OU, Ok state, KU, K state, Io state, WVU

format 5-1-2

Yet, AFA turned it down.

The Big East is getting strong production through three years with just 10 teams (all like-minded institutions - Private/Catholic), with four teams being placed in the top-20 today. The round-robin, in basketball, is an incredibly valuable asset to have. It really helps build and strengthen rivalries, not to mention helping improve SOS/RPI with all 10 schools being basketball-driven.

UConn, for the Big East, is a pipe dream. Hypothetically, even if by some magical circumstance UConn returns to the Big East for non-football sports, they would still have the ACC/B1G as their priority in conference realignment. While I think the Big East Presidents/ADs would absolutely sign off on them joining, I would be very hesitant to invite members who would conceivably bolt at a moment's notice for a better opportunity (ala Old Big East).

I personally think the Big 12 is more likely to expand than the Big East in the next five years.

(01-04-2016 10:40 AM)bluesox Wrote:  Yet, AFA turned it down.

Maybe because AFA is a service academy and, unlike other schools, they're not trying to run an all-out cash machine under the guise that it's athletic competition for regular students?