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You don't join the Big Ten. They pick you like one of those three eyed aliens from Toy Story.
The real question would likely be, "Would Texas be fine with just being a member like everyone else?"
Navy says 'hell, no' as well.
Navy says 'hell, no' as well.
Geez, would have been nice to have not gone IDIACO on that game, would have been a great win in hindsight
So If quality of football is a major criteria for getting into the P5, as a result of this seasons games, Navy beating Houston, UConn beating Cincinnati, Cincinnati giving Houston a run for its money, and UConn almost beating Navy, I would think that both Houston and Cincinnati should no longer be considered P5 candidates. Maybe, Navy is a P5 school?? Lol
Look out for "head fakes"!It's been obvious for weeks that the Big XII isn't expanding.
What's the conflict of interest in an ESPN reporter saying it?
The Big 12 isn't expanding because they need 8 votes and there aren't schools that 8 of them will agree on.
It's not some conspiracy - it's how dysfunctional organizations work.
Now cry yourselves to sleep.
At the experation of the next B1G contract the world could be a different place.Shows how difficult it will be for the Big 10 to expand. Their network will lose tens of millons of subs over the next 7 years.
If they are planning on 52 million each at that point any new schools would need to bring 70 million a year in to even be considered.
The 14 current schools aren't giving up network equity to anyone who doesn't increase their individual rake.
The Big 12 is far from dead. Texas + Oklahoma doesn't approach 140 million a year.
With A&M already in the SEC - Texas brings even less marginal revenue to the SEC even if the hurdle is lower.
By 2025 the PAC 12 network will have gone the way of the MTN.
Texas and Oklahoma will find their best athletic and financial deal exactly where they are.
The ACC deal into the 2030s ended expansion for the P5.
At the experation of the next B1G contract the world could be a different place.
I've been around a long time ,the one certainty is change.
The status quo might require maximization of all potential markets and expansion might be a must.
I won't be here but you can tell everyone on the board how the old man might have been on to something. Projecting out 8 or 10 years with current data is a recipe for failure.
UConn one objective is survival.,