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Amen. Outside of those two schools, no one adds anything, except diluting the conference financially and academically.
It seems the obvious solution is to pick the two worst teams in the country and roll with the extra wins on the schedule. Works for the Big Ten
I say add BYU as a football only, partial member, where BYU would play seven conference games (3 home, 3 away, 1 neutral) and allow it into the conference championship game and potential playoffs for minimal payment. BYU would retain its tv rights for its home football games. Pay them an appropriate amount for its neutral game. Allow them to keep any of its bowl revenue. Do not add them for the other sports so there is no Sunday issue and reduces the travel costs for the non-revenue sports.
Add a second team for WV as a full member but with a long-term buy-in. I would suggest they consider Navy or Army since they are/will be football independents. The military academies are not concerned with paying the full cost of attendance, so their financial needs should be less.
Top 3 non big 5 programs by tv ratings last year:
Boise State ave viewers 1.2 MM
San Diego State ave viewers 1.1 MM
BYU ave viewers 1.1 MM
For comparison:
Kansas Sate ave viewers 1.0 MM
Iowa State ave viewers 644,000
Cincinnati 500,000
Both UCONN teams lost yesterday. Get 'em.Uconn has now TV following. Adding Uconn adds geography with a lot of households which in the Big 10 tv network approach matters, in the Big 12 formula without network, ratings is all that matters and Uconn doesn't produce them. BYU and Boise are two that do and would add more dollars. Still would dilute, but not as much as Uconn
This is what the B12 gets for being timid, passive and reactionary. The penalty for not having a real leader when all of this went down the first time. We needed a strong voice when Nebraska and A&M were thinking of leavings. Instead we had Dan Bumblehead.
The truth is that the B12 was penalized, not for having no champ game but because our two best teams were not name teams. Had this been OU and UT, we would have had one in. Plain and simple.
Go east, not west. Get someone near WVU or else they may think of leaving. Need solidarity.
Top 3 non big 5 programs by tv ratings last year:
Boise State ave viewers 1.2 MM
San Diego State ave viewers 1.1 MM
BYU ave viewers 1.1 MM
For comparison:
Kansas Sate ave viewers 1.0 MM
Iowa State ave viewers 644,000
Cincinnati 500,000
Central Florida
Pop: 240,000
Student pop: 61,000
Not sure what ND's agreement with ACC looks like but I'm guessing this hand to the face of the Big XII for not having a conf championship game has to have ND and BYU at least thinking this could come into play for them and not in a good way at some time in the future. I don't see ND getting to the final 4 without being in a conference without going undefeated and that would be a BIG stretch for them to do that.
ND and BYU joining the Big XII for football would make the most sense for all involved whether they are willing to admit it or not. I really think the decision making of the committee will make a lot of people think hard about their futures.
As far as USF, UCF, Memphis, Cincy.... I'd rather have those just from the aspect of it helps IA St from a recruiting and SOS perspective. ND and BYU are losses in most years for ISU.
Facts about possible expansion candidates:
Memphis
City pop: 653,000, biggest city in TN, third-largest in the Southeastern US
Student pop: 22,000
Cincinnatti
Pop: 235,000
Student pop: 44,000
Central Florida
Pop: 240,000
Student pop: 61,000
South Florida
Pop: 346,000
Student pop: 48,000
BYU
Pop: 526,000
Student pop: 34,000