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BlueandOG said:
Probably a dumb question, but...

why would the Big 12 consider Gonzaga? I know they are good at men's hoops, but football? Any other sport?
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I'm not sure this is anything more than bluster.
 
Storrs South said:
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"There remains the feeling out there that, should Yormark can get one Pac-12 school to defect, it would create a domino effect leading to the other Four Corners schools -- Arizona, Arizona State and Utah -- fleeing for the Big 12 as well".

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FfldCntyFan said:
I believe our only realistic path would be if either one or three of the four schools (Colorado,Utah, Arizona, Arizona St) jumped to the B-12. If zero, two or four jump, we won't be needed.
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It makes more sense for the Big 12 to grab Colorado, Arizona, Arizona St, and maybe SDSU/UNLV. UConn will always be there for the taking, and better eastern options may open up later anyway when the ACC sees some movement. If the Big 12 really wants to make trouble, they should aggressively go after Washington and Oregon and force some dominoes to fall.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
It makes more sense for the Big 12 to grab Colorado, Arizona, Arizona St, and maybe SDSU/UNLV. UConn will always be there for the taking, and better eastern options may open up later anyway when the ACC sees some movement. If the Big 12 really wants to make trouble, they should aggressively go after Washington and Oregon and force some dominoes to fall.
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My point was if not all of the four corners schools that are currently in the P-12 would jump to the B-12. If none, two or four are willing, there won't be a spot for us.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Doubling down in the state of utah just seems unnecessary. Arizona/Colorado/UConn/SDSU makes the most sense imo. 4 new states and big brands.
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I don't see why they don't grab Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington and stake their claim to the west. That's 25 million potential people watching your conference.
 
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hoopsfan22 said:
I don't see why they don't grab Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington and stake their claim to the west. That's 25 million potential people watching your conference.
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The B10 always gets first pick, I don’t think they can risk moving until they get a definitive no from them.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Doubling down in the state of utah just seems unnecessary. Arizona/Colorado/UConn/SDSU makes the most sense imo. 4 new states and big brands.
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Utah football has been very good recently and it’s right in the heart of a big, fast-growing city and state. Plus an instate rivalry is always a good thing. They would own the Utah college sports scene which I’d probably imagine is worth a lot of money.
 
Colorado, Arizona, SDSU, UConn. Last three national champions plus two other final four teams during that time. Another basketball name in Arizona in a growing market hits the 4 west of rockies (BYU #4) and 4 eastern time (Cincy, UCF, WVU the others) speculation that was posted. Isn't going to happen (at least not any time soon)... but would be fine.

Ultimately for UConn it's any port in a storm. If anything in the P5 offers, UConn has to say yes.
 
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WestCoastHusky said:
This makes the most sense. Let's hope the B12 will see the bigger picture and proceed accordingly. If the network is willing to pay more, B12 should go to 18 or 20 asap.
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I just think if the PAC12 splits, the BIG12 will most likely want to take UU, CU, ASU, and UA in one swoop and maybe come back for a second round later. Which is obviously incredibly bad for us but I jdon’t see why they’d leave Utah on the table when scooping up all its neighbors.
 
Skies2018 said:
Utah football has been very good recently and it’s right in the heart of a big, fast-growing city and state. Plus an instate rivalry is always a good thing. They would own the Utah college sports scene which I’d probably imagine is worth a lot of money.
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Salt Lake City is DMA #30. Hartford is #32 and thats without Fairfield County. When adding in Fairfield County we are Top 25 easily. UConn owns the CT sports scene too. The difference is we don’t compete with a 2nd university. Oh, and we win.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Salt Lake City is DMA #30. Hartford is #32 and thats without Fairfield County. When adding in Fairfield County we are Top 25 easily. UConn owns the CT sports scene too. The difference is we don’t compete with a 2nd university. Oh, and we win.
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Like you said Utah has to compete with BYU and Utah State. They also have one and possibly two big 4 pro sports (Jazz and possibly the Coyotes).
 
What I’ll find really funny is when this all transpired and UConn finds its way to the big 12, the media powers that be will re-brand to the Power 4 and then we’ll be in the cold again in G6.
 
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giddyup said:
If they go to 16, we will be in with SDSU and the 4 corner states. If 14, we be on the outside looking in.
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They'll have 12 after 7/1/24, so four corners and us and SDSU would be 18. Idk if that's going to happen. I echo some other members in thinking there may be a Col-Conn add scenario if the other Pac members hold fast. Not sure why they would, but it's out there
 
DCUconnfan said:
What I’ll find really funny is when this all transpired and UConn finds its way to the big 12, the media powers that be will re-brand to the Power 4 and then we’ll be in the cold again in G6.
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The ACC is 2 to 4 departures away from G6. Once FSU, Clemson, Miami and NC leave they are in deep deep doo-doo
 
giddyup said:
The ACC is 2 to 4 departures away from G6. Once FSU, Clemson, Miami and NC leave they are in deep deep doo-doo
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I don't think that'll happen. You'll have Pitt, Duke, NC State, GA Tech, Wake, BCU and Blood Orange. The powers that be at ESPN all hail from the bad Orange place. They'll never let that conference be G6.
 
Urcea said:
They'll have 12 after 7/1/24, so four corners and us and SDSU would be 18. Idk if that's going to happen. I echo some other members in thinking there may be a Col-Conn add scenario if the other Pac members hold fast. Not sure why they would, but it's out there
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I was gonna say... I think that guy is confused. There are going to be 12 teams in the Big12 after Texas and OK leave. 12+4 (AZ, ASU, UT, CO) and they're at 16. There's literally no path for UConn if they take those 4 schools.

In my ideal world, they could rescind their BYU invite (or UCF for that matter) and give it to UConn.
 
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