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UH in a 2 team add puts 5/12 teams in one state. Granted it's 4/10 now but 5/12 is even worse.
My guesses - UConn without Houston? Nonstarter. Houston + 3 from the east? Possible.I agree the price for UH would be three non-Texas schools - but that would have to include BYU. Those three schools cannot be Cincinnati (seen as a good addition by most/all), UConn (seen as a good addition by some, a hassle for travel and/or poor football by others), and one of Memphis/UCF (seen by OU and/or Texas as unacceptable) - especially if the networks are pushing back so hard against four teams, in favor of two. That's why my thoughts are if BYU is off the table, it makes the four-team compromise extremely difficult to arrive at. I know we all can't stand the Twitter rumorers, but Flug's point about getting to four to get to two makes complete sense here - ONLY if it includes BYU. If BYU is out, and the networks are pushing hard for two instead of four, and Texas is threatening to torpedo the whole process if they don't get what they want (Houston), I cannot see the rest of the league putting their foot down to admit UConn instead of Houston. Texas is more important to the B12 than UConn is. But I agree with you that if BYU is in the picture, Texas can push for Houston as they apparently want, OU and the rest of the league can push back and say OK, but we need UC, BYU and team 14. In that scenario, we have a shot. This all gets back to Texas's support for Houston. If it's truly strong, we've got a problem. If it's not, we have a better chance.
That makes sense, I guess I just have trouble seeing the large state schools jumping at taking a third-level directional state school. At least the city schools are in contention are secondary. There's definitely a stigma out there, right or wrong, about directional state schools.My guesses - UConn without Houston? Nonstarter. Houston + 3 from the east? Possible.
- UC- Proximity, and they aren't going embarrass you in the big sport
- UConn - national brand and a door to the potentially lucrative northeast.
- UCF - Recruiting grounds, and potential
- Houston- good football last year and Texas politics.
My guesses - UConn without Houston? Nonstarter. Houston + 3 from the east? Possible.
- UC- Proximity, and they aren't going embarrass you in the big sport
- UConn - national brand and a door to the potentially lucrative northeast.
- UCF - Recruiting grounds, and potential
- Houston- good football last year and Texas politics.
Then there's this: LGBT groups urge Big 12 to pass on adding BYU to conference | Fox News
I mean this will really resonate with the conference that seems to have no issue with Baylor.
Amazing that this lobby is inserting itself into all aspects of life. Getting very old, very fast.
This only happens if Texas's support for Houston is public only, but privately they're willing to leave them out. My comments are under the assumption that privately Texas is pushing for UH as hard as they are publicly. If UT is indeed not pushing for them privately, we have a different ballgame, if BYU's honor code is deemed to be a pill they can't swallow. Then UC and UConn becomes a VERY viable possibility. But if Texas in reality wants Houston as bad as they're saying in public, Texas gets Houston.
That makes sense, I guess I just have trouble seeing the large state schools jumping at taking a third-level directional state school. At least the city schools are in contention are secondary. There's definitely a stigma out there, right or wrong, about directional state schools.