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The Big12 Conundrum, Presented by Bowlsby

Chin Diesel said:
I'll ask.

What is the military move Blauds is advocating? Going on an offensive?
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->If I am Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby this is what I do AFTER I settle the money buyout that will allow SEC bound members Oklahoma and Texas to leave by the start of next season.

I go big--from 8 to 14 teams--by asking UCF and UCF and Cincinnati to come to my party..--which would give you a footprint in Florida and a top tier team in Cincinnati.

But then I would go radical.

I would convince Navy to move from the AAC, entice Army to leave its independence status in football and give myself western exposure by going after Air Force.

Combined, the three service academies have more market value than any teams the AAC could pick up.

It would give the conference a great rivalry game in Army-Navy, which could use as a lead rivalry weekend game, which could arguably also be the best rivalry in the Big 12.

There would have to be some heavy negotiations about television right fees and the danger of the Atlantic Coast Conference could make a late run to go to 16 with an Army-Navy addition, but that might be too fast a lane for both schools preference as a football only presence. <-
 
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huskymedic said:
would give the conference a great rivalry game in Army-Navy, which could use as a lead rivalry weekend game, which could arguably also be the best rivalry in the Big 12.
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army-navy might get good ratings but what about the rest of their games?

if A LOT of people really cared about them wouldnt the AAC have added army sometime in the last 7 years? that always seemed like low hanging fruit they didnt even bother reaching for.
 
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I had read Army has traditionally not been interested in revisiting conference alignment following their C-USA Football experience. My understanding was that they felt that independence allows them more flexibility to schedule the way they needed to meet recruiting (and competitive) goals.
 
www.ocolly.com

Conference realignment a hot topic for Shrum, Weiberg during OKC alumni event

A crowd of alumni and donors from the Metro-OKC Oklahoma State alumni chapter gathered in the new OSU Discovery building in downtown Oklahoma City.
www.ocolly.com www.ocolly.com

-> The duo of Shrum and Weiberg continued to be unrelenting toward their displeasure with their in-state academic and athletic counterparts, and their decisions. They also used the time to push the resume of the school both academically and athletically.

“We’ve got 52 national championships across all sports. We are the leader in the Big 12. We would go into three of the four other (Power 5) conferences,” Weiberg said.

Despite not going into specifics and naming other conferences, which didn’t happen with the only the Big 12 mentioned by name, they did say they'll continue to monitor the situation, but not begin to worry about the unknown.

“Control the things you can control. There’s going to be things that happen on the field, the court or the mat that you aren’t expecting, just control the things you can control,” Weiberg said. “That’s what we’re going to do.

“Let people know we’re here and we’re not going anywhere.” <-

Giddyup…
 
huskymedic said:
www.ocolly.com

Conference realignment a hot topic for Shrum, Weiberg during OKC alumni event

A crowd of alumni and donors from the Metro-OKC Oklahoma State alumni chapter gathered in the new OSU Discovery building in downtown Oklahoma City.
www.ocolly.com www.ocolly.com

-> The duo of Shrum and Weiberg continued to be unrelenting toward their displeasure with their in-state academic and athletic counterparts, and their decisions. They also used the time to push the resume of the school both academically and athletically.

“We’ve got 52 national championships across all sports. We are the leader in the Big 12. We would go into three of the four other (Power 5) conferences,” Weiberg said.

Despite not going into specifics and naming other conferences, which didn’t happen with the only the Big 12 mentioned by name, they did say they'll continue to monitor the situation, but not begin to worry about the unknown.

“Control the things you can control. There’s going to be things that happen on the field, the court or the mat that you aren’t expecting, just control the things you can control,” Weiberg said. “That’s what we’re going to do.

“Let people know we’re here and we’re not going anywhere.” <-

Giddyup…
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He buried the lead.
 
huskymedic said:
->If I am Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby this is what I do AFTER I settle the money buyout that will allow SEC bound members Oklahoma and Texas to leave by the start of next season.

I go big--from 8 to 14 teams--by asking UCF and UCF and Cincinnati to come to my party..--which would give you a footprint in Florida and a top tier team in Cincinnati.

But then I would go radical.

I would convince Navy to move from the AAC, entice Army to leave its independence status in football and give myself western exposure by going after Air Force.

Combined, the three service academies have more market value than any teams the AAC could pick up.

It would give the conference a great rivalry game in Army-Navy, which could use as a lead rivalry weekend game, which could arguably also be the best rivalry in the Big 12.

There would have to be some heavy negotiations about television right fees and the danger of the Atlantic Coast Conference could make a late run to go to 16 with an Army-Navy addition, but that might be too fast a lane for both schools preference as a football only presence. <-
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Poor Blaud… changed his mind - no military move for Big12 - it’s the ACC now!

 
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hoopsfan22 said:
Does anyone ever suggest adding UConn?
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Gotta win football games. Most college football fans across the country think that we don’t care about football. Returning to the Big East cemented that. If we start winning, that combined with our basketball programs will put us right back in the conversation. For now, people think we left the conversation by choice and aren’t even interested in playing big time football.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Does anyone ever suggest adding UConn?
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Conference realignment is about football. Right now, Uconn is an afterthought based on recent performance.

The only way to solve this is to win football games and get fans back at the Rent. People will pay attention once we have more respectable football program. In the short term, we just have to win games. If Iowa State can do it, why not Uconn?
 
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bendm said:
if A LOT of people really cared about them wouldnt the AAC have added army sometime in the last 7 years? that always seemed like low hanging fruit they didnt even bother reaching for.
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USMA: No interest in conferences post-CUSA.
 
Here's my guess as to what happens to the Big 12 teams:
B1G: Kansas, Missouri (from SEC)
SEC: West Virginia
P12: ISU, TT, OSU, KSU
American: Baylor, TCU
 
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