(09-13-2021 01:47 PM)tigerjamesc Wrote:  

(09-12-2021 11:21 AM)ACC1953! Wrote:  Someone explain something to me...Why Boise State is a better addition to Big 12 than USF ?.....AT THIS POINT IN TIME !!!......OTHER THEN BOISE STATE HAS WON SOME BIG GAMES IN THE PAST !!!......Please no Boise State fan boys ....PAST being the operative word here !......Go for it...

Personally, I agree USF is the better add, BUT I can see Boise.

You can’t just say what they’ve done in the past doesn’t matter. The B12 has a perception problem going forward. Boise helps that, USF not only doesn’t but it may hurt as they’ve been bad in football lately.

Boise as a city is growing rapidly though USF is a better market. Does the B12 need USF now that they have UCF? Redundant/discount UCF vs a new market? I’d think USF would be a positive for Oly sports, but Boise is similar with BYU.

I agree that no one should discount Boise State.

To the extent that anyone has an identifiable football brand in the G5 that has any material TV value at this point, it's them.

The Big 12 could also argue that they have the 2 most valuable schools that aren't located in the Eastern/Central Time Zones and aren't in the Pac-12 with BYU and Boise State. That gives the league a late night window during most weeks of the season to sell as a part of their TV packages. (I think that this is much more meaningful for the Big 12 compared to, say, the Pac-12 wanting random Central Time Zone teams.)

Now, that's not to say that I really think that the Big 12 will expand further at the end, but in the event that they do, then Boise State would be very high (if not the top) of the list.