(08-11-2021 12:44 PM)Crayton Wrote: Is grabbing Western schools and competing against the Pac-12 rather than SEC/B1G a viable strategy?
BYU, Boise, SDSU, CSU
I think it is. There would be HUGE value in legitimizing the Big 12. That's not going to work vis-a-vis the SEC or the B1G; but it could work against the PAC.
BYU, SDSU, and Boise aren't in the PAC because of reasons outside of brand value and athletics. BYU and CSU have legitimate PAC rivalry games. Each have solid OOC games that they could add to the TV inventory. Upcoming OOC home games (starting 2023 and later):
Boise - Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, UCF, Houston, USF, Cincinnati
SDSU - UCLA, Arizona State, Cal, Washington State, Oregon State, Missouri(x2)
CSU - Colorado(x4), Arizona, Washington Sate, Vanderbilt
BYU - Utah(x4), Stanford(x2), Arizona, Tennessee, Ole Miss, NC State, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, UCF
BYU has the third best attendance in the West, behind only USC and Washington. CSU is a good academic school with a similar culture and feel as Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech - a new stadium and connects the footprint.
If possible, also include Gonzaga Olympic sports.
And, the Big 12 has the upper hand, being centered in the Central time zone.