(10-26-2021 05:59 PM)Pounder Wrote:  Some of the smarter observers started wondering if the eyeballs>market size issue was finally going to take hold after the UT/OU move as people started speculating in the midst of what the big 12 (or AAC) would do next. Then the 12 opted for Central Florida and Houston over Boise.

It’d be VERY interesting to have a numeric measure of the number of eyeballs these schools would merit, rather than just market size. I say that because, otherwise, you cannot justify any C-USA incursion into the northern reaches of the Big Sky. Mind you, look at how the American acted after losing their big 3, which makes me wonder if market size is still the focus of conferences.

I view the "northern reaches" (we can include the Dakotas in this) as a last ditch effort if more regional FCS moveups cannot be found.