The Baylor board is reporting that Houston is no longer an option for B12 expansion. I am not sure the reasoning with that though. Boise is under consideration along with the others mentioned above.
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The Baylor board is reporting that Houston is no longer an option for B12 expansion. I am not sure the reasoning with that though. Boise is under consideration along with the others mentioned above.
I guess adding Houston would make too much sense, and give the NEW Big XII a real shot at picking up a larger share of Houston Metro's 7 million TV viewers. They can't do things the easy way.Originally Posted by Cal&Ken
For the life of me, I can't see the Big 12 adding Boise. It's a long, long way to Boise from everywhere in the Big 12.
The Big XII has to consider:
- It's over 1,600 miles from Dallas, TX to Boise, Idaho.
- It's approximately 2,000 miles from Cincinnati to Boise, Idaho
- It's over 2,200 miles from Morgantown, WV to Boise, Idaho - Just the flight alone is 9 hours and 18 minutes ONE WAY, with 2 stops. LOL!! Ain't no way THIS is happening.
- It's a 5 hr and 30 minute flight from Waco, TX to Boise Idaho. Again, ONE WAY!
These are very long airplane flights. Comparatively speaking, it's only 1,358 miles from Dallas, TX to San Diego, CA. That's a 3 hour and 8 minute flight.
IMO, adding Boise State to the Big XII is a pipe dream. I truly believe Boise St officials will receive a "courtesy interview", and then quickly shown the door.
ESPN is reporting: BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF to the Big 12
I see them listed as top candidates...
https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ources-confirm
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
Don't tell PawDawg that BYU is in the club. He'll just deny it.
PD is right that the the Sunday thing is a BIG deal at BYU (Brigham Young also founded University of Utah). If I were the Big XII, I'd tell them they can play whenever they want. They're the only slam dunk out there.Don't tell PawDawg that BYU is in the club. He'll just deny it.
Time is your friend. Impulse is your enemy. -John Bogle
They would certainly be a better candidate than Boise. That really makes no sense to me. Here is the link for the board and Twitter Houston reportedly out of the running for Big 12 expansion | SicEm365 People are doubting the source. I guess if ESPN is reporting differently, it may not be true. Houston certainly makes the most sense there.
I agree. I can't see Boise academics fitting in as well. But, I guess it's all still subject to change. I have been surprised at the Houston hate people on that board have. I don't go to the paid sections, but there is about half of the people that want no part of Houston. I would think that would be an easy option. Whatever happens, I hope that TECH benefits from the shake up.I guess adding Houston would make too much sense, and give the NEW Big XII a real shot at picking up a larger share of Houston Metro's 7 million TV viewers. They can't do things the easy way.
For the life of me, I can't see the Big 12 adding Boise. It's a long, long way to Boise from everywhere in the Big 12.
The Big XII has to consider:
- It's over 1,600 miles from Dallas, TX to Boise, Idaho.
- It's approximately 2,000 miles from Cincinnati to Boise, Idaho
- It's over 2,200 miles from Morgantown, WV to Boise, Idaho - Just the flight alone is 9 hours and 18 minutes ONE WAY, with 2 stops. LOL!! Ain't no way THIS is happening.
- It's a 5 hr and 30 minute flight from Waco, TX to Boise Idaho. Again, ONE WAY!
These are very long airplane flights. Comparatively speaking, it's only 1,358 miles from Dallas, TX to San Diego, CA. That's a 3 hour and 8 minute flight.
IMO, adding Boise State to the Big XII is a pipe dream. I truly believe Boise St officials will receive a "courtesy interview", and then quickly shown the door.
The Big 12 can tell BYU whatever, but when one of the networks is forced to find another team to play a contracted Sunday game that BYU is supposed to be in it is a problem for the Big 12.
Again, baseball alone is a huge issue to work around, but I can see basketball also being a big deal.
I don't see the Sunday thing as that big of a deal. In baseball, you play BYU THU/FRI/SAT, basketball schedules can easily be made to accommodate them. The only issue is when it comes time for Conference Tournaments, then it will just not include Sunday.
Last year, their baseball opponents had no problem playing them Thurs-Sat - including Texas, Oregon State, & Utah.
Only 2 Big 12 basketball conference games were on Sunday last year (both on 3/7). Their basketball championship was on a Saturday.
If BYU does not join the Big 12, it will because BYU leadership believes the Big 12 is too big of a gamble due to membership instability (possible, but highly unlikely) or the Big 12 decides not to expand.
There is a rumor that BYU will be extended a bid before the Baylor game this season, with BYU initially going in as a FB-only member and full membership starting once TU and OU are gone and the AAC teams join. The AAC schools will have a 27-month waiting period from the time they accept a bid until they can join if they don't want to pay an exit fee.
Also, there is validity about Arizona and Arizona State talking with the Big 12 (I have a good source.) The Pac 12 is a dying conference and USC is looking to bolt either to another conference or go Indy. The rumblings from USC started a few years ago and are getting louder. USC is not happy. If the Big 10 or SEC calls on the Trojans, the only question is who goes with them: Oregon or Washington? As for the state of the Pac 12, UCLA is giving away tickets for the lsu game, Wazzu is a mess, Stanford is cutting sports, and a number of the athletic programs are in serious debt.
All the sudden LaTech looks pretty good.
BYU isn’t going to Big12 with potential Pac12 reshaping in the horizon.
Houston has been axed from Big12 consideration.
That leaves the door wide open for Memphis. As HD said, if Memphis goes, so does LaTech.
The regional non P4 pods scenario that has been floated around on the interwebs is starting to take shape.
All up to our AD - but I think the script has already been written.
I guess once they are making money in the NFL, the convictions about playing on Sunday just disappear?
I think that's been pretty well refuted at this point. The tweet it was based on was from a guy who has been generally unreliable for info. The most recent thought is that the B12 might be looking at add four schools -- BYU, Cincy, UCF and Houston.
Agreed. Their board is calling the guy a troll reporting this. Looks like Houston may get the nod. Hopefully that helps us!
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