You ever been to Lubbock? That's the difference. Lol Baylor is religious and small. It also solid academically and fairly wealthy. They are also in a talent rich area and better media market.
You ever been to Lubbock? That's the difference. Lol Baylor is religious and small. It also solid academically and fairly wealthy. They are also in a talent rich area and better media market.
What strain do you smoke? Gotta try it out.16: Florida State and Clemson would be in the SEC.
http://csnbbs.com/thread-767908.html
Assuming this is true, 4 scenarios.
1. B12 adds teams.
2. B1G adds plains state teams
3. B1G adds and Pac12 adds 2 (Texas and Texas Tech)
4. Kansas St., Iowa St., Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma St. and West Virginia are left out in the wilderness, so they add 6 to the B12: UConn, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, UCF, USF.
ASU is the most popular team in the greater Phoenix AreaYou ever been to Lubbock? That's the difference. Lol Baylor is religious and small. It also solid academically and fairly wealthy. They are also in a talent rich area and better media market.
Private Baylor 16K students vs Public Texas Tech 36K students = Then, and now, advantage Red Raiders!They were left out of the SWC to B12 move initially. Texas Tech wasn't. That speaks volumes.
They were left out of the SWC to B12 move initially. Texas Tech wasn't. That speaks volumes.
looking at the above scenario with a little more than common sense...If football truly drives the bus, then when the ACC loses Clemson and FSU, they likely lose Power conference status.Kansas and Oklahoma to the B1G.
Texas to ACC in ND-type deal.
Pac-12 stays the same (or adds UNLV, New Mexico, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State).
SEC adds FSU and Clemson (after Big 12 shows how GORs can be ripped up).
ACC adds UConn and WVU.
Each of the P4 has 16 members (but ACC only has 14 in football).
Remaining members of Big 12 (Baylor, TCU, Iowa State, Kansas St.) join the Mountain West.
5. The 1st Law of Conference Realignment holds true as the P5 becomes the P4 and UConn is, yet again, on the outside looking in.http://csnbbs.com/thread-767908.html
Assuming this is true, 4 scenarios.
1. B12 adds teams.
2. B1G adds plains state teams
3. B1G adds and Pac12 adds 2 (Texas and Texas Tech)
4. Kansas St., Iowa St., Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma St. and West Virginia are left out in the wilderness, so they add 6 to the B12: UConn, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, UCF, USF.
I actually think that the inverse of # 4 would be more likely: that the AAC invites the Big XII leftovers. If the XII implodes by losing it's 3 most prominent members, The AAC would be bargaining from a position of strength. As unwieldy as an 18 team football conference seems, wasn't the postulation of a P4 future 4 x 20 team conferences? The expanded AAC would only be 2 short. If you had 2 divisions, that would be 8 divisional, 2 crossover, leaving only 2 OOC games to schedule yearly. (Or if you want to get bizarre- 8 division & 4 crossover with no OOC games)
Hoops would be decent with the addition of Okie Light, WVU, & Iowa State.
Sort of what was talked about when the PAC-12 was supposed to absorb Bevo, & Sooners & their little siblings, only on a grander scale.
Private Baylor 16K students vs Public Texas Tech 36K students = Then, and now, advantage Red Raiders!
Yeah, but if I was a Big 12 fan, I'd see an invite to the AAC as a knockout blow (a step down in status) to the remaining teams. We were once P-5, and now we are relegated to a "G-5" status? The punch to the gut came from the XII teams that leave and theoretically become part of a P-4 scenario.
I think they would invite the more prominent FB schools from the AAC and Mountain West if for nothing else than perception.
You ever been to Lubbock? That's the difference. Lol Baylor is religious and small. It also solid academically and fairly wealthy. They are also in a talent rich area and better media market.
Texas Tech is a solid FBS school. The academics are mediocre (tied with UCF and Louisville per US News). But it has 28,000 undergrads. They could be the third most popular school statewide behind Texas and A&M. OU is also very popular and would be close to Tech. Houston is popular in Houston, but its appeal does not go much beyond the metro Houston area.
Valid points, but can you seriously imagine Cal, USC, UCLA, Stamford, in a conference with Texas Tech?
Valid points, but can you seriously imagine Cal, USC, UCLA, Stamford, in a conference with Texas Tech?
According to US News (and yes, I take these ranking with a plant size grain of salt), the elite PAC schools are already in a conference with Oregon* (#103), Utah (#115), Arizona* (#121), Arizona St (#129), Oregon St (#135), Washington St (#140), which make Texas Tech at #168 look not that preposterous.
As a FYI - PAC: Stanford* #4, Cal* #20, UCLA* #23, USC* #23, U Washington* #52, Colorado* #89
And XII - Texas* #52, Baylor #72, TCU #82, Iowa St* #108, Oklahoma #108, Kansas* #115, Kansas St #146, Oklahoma St #149, West Virginia #175
* = AAU