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RE: The Next Steps That Greg Sankey, The SEC, and ESPN Should Make
(03-25-2022 06:56 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: (03-25-2022 06:23 PM)murrdcu Wrote: https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/24/mi...ams-future
Mentions Boise State. This past season, the Presidents for both Oklahoma State and Boise State met and discussed expansion in the Big 12 after the additions of Cincinnati, Houston, UCF and BYU. The Baylor radio sports show, 365 Sports or Sicem Bears, discussed that the Big 12 was ready to add more than 4 schools at the time but there were some problems that needed time. Boise State had stadium capacity issues to address, Memphis also had stadium issues and a change in school Presidents coming up. The Big 12 could turn into a national Big 16 stretching across all four time zones, imho.
I don't see Boise State grabbing the Northern California market as he postulates. I mean, I guess you could take Boise State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. Going along with BYU, you've got 4 nice programs with potential.
Grab another school in the East and you've got some geographic balance.
I just don't see the draw. If the XII is dead-set on expanding to 14: Memphis and South Florida. If to 16: SMU and Temple. Sure, BYU is the West but they could be in Alaska and be just as attractive for the exact same reasons. There's no reason to add schools near them for the sake of adding schools near them. BYU wouldn't leave for another conference except for any of the other power conferences which isn't happening.
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RE: The Next Steps That Greg Sankey, The SEC, and ESPN Should Make
(03-25-2022 11:13 PM)BePcr07 Wrote: (03-25-2022 06:56 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: (03-25-2022 06:23 PM)murrdcu Wrote: https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/24/mi...ams-future
Mentions Boise State. This past season, the Presidents for both Oklahoma State and Boise State met and discussed expansion in the Big 12 after the additions of Cincinnati, Houston, UCF and BYU. The Baylor radio sports show, 365 Sports or Sicem Bears, discussed that the Big 12 was ready to add more than 4 schools at the time but there were some problems that needed time. Boise State had stadium capacity issues to address, Memphis also had stadium issues and a change in school Presidents coming up. The Big 12 could turn into a national Big 16 stretching across all four time zones, imho.
I don't see Boise State grabbing the Northern California market as he postulates. I mean, I guess you could take Boise State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. Going along with BYU, you've got 4 nice programs with potential.
Grab another school in the East and you've got some geographic balance.
I just don't see the draw. If the XII is dead-set on expanding to 14: Memphis and South Florida. If to 16: SMU and Temple. Sure, BYU is the West but they could be in Alaska and be just as attractive for the exact same reasons. There's no reason to add schools near them for the sake of adding schools near them. BYU wouldn't leave for another conference except for any of the other power conferences which isn't happening.
There's been chatter about SMU and South Florida. SMU was close last time.
Boise, as before regarding geography and travel, is problematic for the B12 all-sports conference.
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BePcr07
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RE: The Next Steps That Greg Sankey, The SEC, and ESPN Should Make
(03-28-2022 02:04 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote: (03-25-2022 11:13 PM)BePcr07 Wrote: (03-25-2022 06:56 PM)AllTideUp Wrote: (03-25-2022 06:23 PM)murrdcu Wrote: https://www.si.com/college/2022/03/24/mi...ams-future
Mentions Boise State. This past season, the Presidents for both Oklahoma State and Boise State met and discussed expansion in the Big 12 after the additions of Cincinnati, Houston, UCF and BYU. The Baylor radio sports show, 365 Sports or Sicem Bears, discussed that the Big 12 was ready to add more than 4 schools at the time but there were some problems that needed time. Boise State had stadium capacity issues to address, Memphis also had stadium issues and a change in school Presidents coming up. The Big 12 could turn into a national Big 16 stretching across all four time zones, imho.
I don't see Boise State grabbing the Northern California market as he postulates. I mean, I guess you could take Boise State, Fresno State, and San Diego State. Going along with BYU, you've got 4 nice programs with potential.
Grab another school in the East and you've got some geographic balance.
I just don't see the draw. If the XII is dead-set on expanding to 14: Memphis and South Florida. If to 16: SMU and Temple. Sure, BYU is the West but they could be in Alaska and be just as attractive for the exact same reasons. There's no reason to add schools near them for the sake of adding schools near them. BYU wouldn't leave for another conference except for any of the other power conferences which isn't happening.
There's been chatter about SMU and South Florida. SMU was close last time.
Boise, as before regarding geography and travel, is problematic for the B12 all-sports conference.
I could see SMU as a possibility over Memphis.
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