Miami had been taking students from the northeast forever. And yet, to leave the Big East for the ACC their clear preference was for BC and Syracuse to come with them.One big advantage for the 10 PAC schools to stay together is reasonable access to the playoffs. How often would any of those teams make the playoffs out of the B1G or the SEC, even with multiple bids going to those conferences. I think it’s more important recruiting wise to have a program that makes the playoffs versus a Rutgers that gets huge money but really has no shot at the playoffs.
Curious of the Southern California vs Northern California splitI just checked the breakdown ofout of state students who enroll at CU. Not surprisingly CA is #1 at 12%. TX is #3 at 3.5%. Three North East states are in the top 10, CT at #11. If you total all North East states (NY/NJ and New England) they make up approx 9% of their outside enrollment.
Interestingly, apart from CA, Washington (#7) and AZ (#16) are the only other PAC states in their top 20 out of state enrollment. It is quite shocking how much of their enrollment apart from CA comes from BIG or B12 states.
Colorado will remain popular with CA kids, even if they leave. It was before they joined the Pac. It was always appealing to many of the midwestern kids. If you are a bit "granola" or like skiing, nature or the mountains, it's probably on your radar. Also a tremendous live music scene and Denver is popular. Of all the (potential) Big XII schools, it probably would benefit the most from having UConn join. I think Boulder would be appealing to a lot of New England kids.I just checked the breakdown ofout of state students who enroll at CU. Not surprisingly CA is #1 at 12%. TX is #3 at 3.5%. Three North East states are in the top 10, CT at #11. If you total all North East states (NY/NJ and New England) they make up approx 9% of their outside enrollment.
Interestingly, apart from CA, Washington (#7) and AZ (#16) are the only other PAC states in their top 20 out of state enrollment. It is quite shocking how much of their enrollment apart from CA comes from BIG or B12 states.
CO taking kids from Cali isn’t a “yes” or “no” proposition. It’s having as much of a presence in Cali as is possible to get more and better students. Being tied to west coast schools, rather than plains states and Texas schools, is not irrelevant for them. If it was, they never would have left the Big VIII or whatever it then was in the first instance.
Colorado always drew tons of California kids. It was jokingly called the University of California Boulder. That was before the PAC move. I remember UC being a pretty solid school. It's a great institution, and Boulder is beautiful, but as far as undergrad, it has a very high acceptance rate (80%) and the general reputation (from kids currently there) is that the majority of students are there to party, smoke and ski with academics being an impediment to those preferred activities. I'm not sure that the move back to the Big 12 would impact them academically.I just checked the breakdown ofout of state students who enroll at CU. Not surprisingly CA is #1 at 12%. TX is #3 at 3.5%. Three North East states are in the top 10, CT at #11. If you total all North East states (NY/NJ and New England) they make up approx 9% of their outside enrollment.
Knowing people who went to CU, I don't think any of them went there because CU was in the Pac 12. They were attracted to Boulder, the outdoor lifestyle, skiing,...CO taking kids from Cali isn’t a “yes” or “no” proposition. It’s having as much of a presence in Cali as is possible to get more and better students. Being tied to west coast schools, rather than plains states and Texas schools, is not irrelevant for them. If it was, they never would have left the Big VIII or whatever it then was in the first instance.
Young men, maybe.I can see New England kids going to Iowa State and K-State vet schools,