(10-10-2021 07:56 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(10-10-2021 07:50 AM)Reverend Wrote:  ...Everyone thought it would be 4 16 team power Conferences but the PAC 12 and Big 10 got cold feet ...

Actually, it is simply a fact that not even everybody on THIS site thought it would be 4, 16-team conferences.

The PAC-12 and Big Ten pursued their own self interest rather than pandering to the desire of people who like to imagine neat, symmetric systems, and putting it down to "cold feet" is just being in denial that the 4, 16-team conference predictions were ignoring history and reality.

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(10-10-2021 07:47 PM)Sideshow2313 Wrote:  Boise is not making the B12, If they didn't make it already they will never make it. Some items are too big for them to overcome. Academics and other sports.

Reportedly they were one of six schools that received unanimous support for being added to the Big12, and were on the last short list when the Core Eight decided on four adds for the Big12. So evidently academics were not a sufficient issue for any school to vote against them for being eligible for adding.

With a NET last year higher than two of the four adds, it's so not clear that they would be viewed as a serious drag on MBB, which is what counts when we say "other sports" in this context.

As a Boise St fan and a fan of realism, I do think it is probable that we get a XII invite but I do not think it is in the long-term best interest for either the XII or Boise St. Should the conference wish to get to 14 after Oklahoma and Texas leave, I’d go with Memphis and South Florida.

Expanding more West after expanding more East is a geographical mistake. BYU is a one-off exception to the rule. If the XII gets raided again, is it wise to have schools span from Idaho to Houston to West Virginia?

For Boise St, the long-term picture is a XII with high volatility and a MWC with burned bridges. The safe play is the expand the MWC (Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, Wichita St) and grow the value of the MWC.