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Tulane, UNLV, Hawaii and USF (possibly SDSU too)
The preferred candidates of the ISU fan who should just move to a warm state already.
Expansion Candidates
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Tulane, UNLV, Hawaii and USF (possibly SDSU too)
The preferred candidates of the ISU fan who should just move to a warm state already.
It is kind of wild how many of the candidates have had basketball success. Only UCF/USF would really be a question as basketball schools. Some of these other adds could actually more than make up for Texas/OU. The Big 12 has been ridiculously good since it lost dead weight Nebraska/Colorado. Missouri hasn't exactly been great since they left either.
Cincy is the first choice in this poll only because everybody hates Mormons?
I struggled with the 4th team. I went BYU, Houston, and Cincinnati. I understand UCF is a large university and has a good football team but man that makes me want to throw up a little. If we look at the quality of the product the schools put on the field those are the logical 4. I don’t understand the hate for BYU. They are a quality program with a loyal fan base. Just looked at their average attendance numbers for 2019. 59,000 for football and 12,000 for basketball.
I just read that the BYU vs Coastal game was the highest watched game on ESPNU since 2015.
Is BYU a Big 12 expansion candidate? In TV, Cougars have surpassed 'Left Behind 8'
Will Oklahoma State, Kansas, TCU, Baylor and the like follow suit and join another league? Or is now the time to rally the troops, stick together, and re-form the Big 12 in a new image?
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Probably doesn't matter because 10 conference games will probably become the norm under the new TV contracts. So in a 12 team conference- would not play 1 conference team each year.
Not a big fan of divisions even with 14 teams. From a scheduling standpoint, there can be a group of geographic rivals teams play every year, but still lump all teams in 1 conference. So 2 teams with best records make CCG.
I think people would like to create a natural rival for WVU.
I don’t hate Mormons. I don’t want to go west and I don’t want our guys playing teams full of 25 year olds.
I think BYU, UCF and Cincy are my locks, and I like adding USF for the 4th (2 Florida schools) to have a strong recruiting presence there. BYU would be the lone geographical outlier, replacing WV.
If you add Houston instead of USF, there are 2 outliers BYU and UCF geographically.
If you add Houston instead of USF, there are 2 outliers BYU and UCF geographically.
Not our fault they took Pitt off the schedule. Looks like the Backyard Brawl resumes in 2022, however.
Have you looked at our other options? Minus a B1G invite, we're in survival mode. You don't say "no thanks" to the best program available.
Idk about hate, but all things being equal I think most would rather not have a religious school if they could help it. I don’t have any problem with adding them, they are my top choice, but I understand a lot of the concerns about it.
I do. We can agree to disagree.
After BU I dont want any more private religious institutions. I think BYU actually believes the things they claim to believe so I don’t think we’d have the same situation happen but I just don’t trust it.
I don’t either. Nothing telegraphs G5 league more than a directional school No matter how many students, being in Florida for recruits, TV ratings etc.
I think they are really the ONLY choice worth it FWIW. The rest are just the big new thing being pushed by ESPN (Cincinnati) or just no brand schools.
