(07-07-2017 03:12 PM)Underdog Wrote:  

(07-07-2017 03:02 PM)Hurricane Drummer Wrote:  

(07-07-2017 02:45 PM)Wudizzle Wrote:  

(07-07-2017 02:14 PM)Underdog Wrote:  

(07-03-2017 03:08 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Now that's funny, even if you didn't intend for it to be so.

This is strictly hypothetical: Let’s imagine WS is allowed to play football in this conference and continues to dominate in basketball. If the B12 implodes in the future and Kansas leaves, what is the first school in this conference that pops in your mind to replace it?

If/when the B12 implodes, the remnants of that league are going to be looking for refuge in conferences like the AAC, not looking to poach a team or two from conferences like the AAC.

KState joining WSU in the AAC is monumentally more likely than WSU joining the B12.

This may be true. But remember, the AAC was formed out of scraps and remnants of the Big East which cherry picked the rest of us to join. Same could happen for the Big 12. Although I don't think the Big 12 is going anywhere soon.

This ^ is spot on.... +2 for you.... If I may add... UC, UConn, and USF dismantled CUSA into the SBC without having a name and being unstable. I don’t have time to disclose all the details about the demolishing of CUSA by those three schools, but what Hurricane Drummer posted is true and should be an example of what would likely happen to us if the B12 leftovers look to rebuild….

Who's looking to rebuild? That is the question. If the top schools leave, they "are the MWC" (quote attributed to Iowa State AD)... Money will dictate if the MWC clone is worth paying steep exit fees for an uncertain TV deal.

It's not a similar situation to what Marrinato had. Not close.

I'll add that the schools who joined UC, UConn, and USF, have spent heavily and are very different properties than when they were pulled.