BY thinks football popularity will stagnate and the growth will be in basketball. It is more popular internationally and participation isn't dropping among youth. At least not to the level that football's youth participation is dropping.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Sounding like just AZ now.
I think the main puppeteers of all this prefer doing it in moves of one and two over several years to avoid blame.
Probably best result for a big 12 fan who also didn’t want Pac completely gutted.
B12 gets two new markets without overlap. ASU and Utah get ultimate dream of making less $ in Pac. Wash and Ore can sit back and reevaluate at next shift. It’d be a bad time for those two to have avg or bad football.
I think the main puppeteers of all this prefer doing it in moves of one and two over several years to avoid blame.
Probably best result for a big 12 fan who also didn’t want Pac completely gutted.
B12 gets two new markets without overlap. ASU and Utah get ultimate dream of making less $ in Pac. Wash and Ore can sit back and reevaluate at next shift. It’d be a bad time for those two to have avg or bad football.
WVU is a great member of the XII. Hate playing them in hoops, but they fit the in so well. We gave them a lifeline back then. I hope they feel welcome in our conference.
They have to know multiple regional rivalries are now highly likely after being a satellite for so long.
I have a cousin that attended WVU and lives in Morgantown, so we text every time they play. I love that we refer to it as the Riot Bowl. I certainly think hillbillies fit right in with the truck stop conference. Bball... I just hope their next coach gets rid of that annoying all-game press.
I deleted this post. I got my answer. I was just curious on what folks thought of SMU, not that I was in favor of it.
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0% chance they take SMU.
I don't buy certain conferences are doing this or that because they don't want blood on their hands. This is a billion dollar business and no one cares about feelings. Did the B10 and Jim Delany give 2 cents when they started the downfall of college football as we all knew it, LOLOLOL....NO!
I think the UCONN portion is to get AZ or Oregon sooner than later and a hedge if they don't. So BY will grow the
BIG 12 Basketball brand. BY wins either way. Not a fan of UCONN, but I guess the big picture and conference differentiation for the future $ to BY, is Basketball.
I think the UCONN portion is to get AZ or Oregon sooner than later and a hedge if they don't. So BY will grow the
BIG 12 Basketball brand. BY wins either way. Not a fan of UCONN, but I guess the big picture and conference differentiation for the future $ to BY, is Basketball.
We take the top remaining Pac schools and claim the Rose Bowl along with it.
Scheer paints a pretty clear picture here: https://247sports.com/college/arizona/Article/arizona-next-step-realignment-obvious-213337955/
Is the PAC 12 branding really better than the MWC? I could see a merger and then taking the MWC branding. MWC isn’t viewed too bad. It would be seen as the MWC moving up instead of the scraps of the PAC 12.
B1G fans of teams who otherwise would’ve never sniffed the Rose Bowl will now have the chance to make the pilgrimage out west once every 5 years to play a UCLA team that’s filling 40% of its stadium.
They get to live the fantasy, minus the parades and old guys in sports coats.
Arizona's next step in realignment should be obvious
Arizona's future has become obvious. Read on to see why that is and more.
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"Kliavkoff held a meeting with Pac-12 Presidents and Athletic Directors on Thursday and sources indicate to WildcatAuthority that it could not have gone worse. At a time where the schools want and need clarity, Kliavkoff was unable to give it."
Nothing really new, but confirming what most thought about last night's P9 meeting.
"Eventually the Big 12 will push a little bit and when that happens, Arizona is likely to go."
JinxArizona's next step in realignment should be obvious
Arizona's future has become obvious. Read on to see why that is and more.
"Kliavkoff held a meeting with Pac-12 Presidents and Athletic Directors on Thursday and sources indicate to WildcatAuthority that it could not have gone worse. At a time where the schools want and need clarity, Kliavkoff was unable to give it."