What impact will Maine game have on realignment?

[Ldandy]

If Houston is indeed a sleeping giant, then it could help the B12 survive. Does Tex Tech want to be a weak team in a P5 conference or a strong team in a G5?

Fear is not usually a good reason for decision making.

I agree that fear is not a good reason for making decisions, however conference realignment history is littered with decisions predicated by it.

 

[Ldandy]

You get stronger by inviting superior teams. No way around that. Were the weaker programs in the Big Ten trying to keep Penn State and Nebraska out?

Obviously they were not trying to keep PSU or UNL out, but you can't compare the decision making of strong united conference, versus one with a fractured membership promoting 10 different agendas.

To me the no brainer addition would be UH, BYU, Cincy, and UConn. That said I don't think the leadership of The Big 12 could agree on ordering a pizza let alone on adding 4 teams to their conference. Hell there are probably schools that want a Rice or Tulane with others who prefer a school like Memphis.

 

[CL82]

I guess Houston with its strong defeat Saturday against Oklahoma did not want to play in Diaco's words after the Maine game "A lot of fun, [a] very exciting game." Instead, Houston proved it belonged in the B12. Unless Univ. Texas does not want the competition, that may mean one less spot open to UConn.

Or it may mean that the Big 12 will expand by 4, which helps UConn's chances. I can't see the non-Texas schools allowing their voting power to be further diluted.

 

[uconnell]

I don't understand the problem with the amount of fans at a game as the conference is not making money off of that. The money is in the cable boxes, as RU proved.

 

[billybud]

I wonder if the teams of the middle to the back half of the Big 12 want another possible front half team to push them them further back?

If I were Kansas, ISU, WVU, Texas Tech, KSU...I might not want a "hot up and coming" add.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Or it may mean that the Big 12 will expand by 4, which helps UConn's chances. I can't see the non-Texas schools allowing their voting power to be further diluted.

By add 4, they sort of keep everyone happy. The only way to keep North schools happy is to add 3 non-Texas schools besides Houston.

 

[Vowelguy]

I wonder if the teams of the middle to the back half of the Big 12 want another possible front half team to push them them further back?

If I were Kansas, ISU, WVU, Texas Tech, KSU...I might not want a "hot up and coming" add.

See my post above.

If I were Iowa st et al , I'd be concerned with trying to survive if and when Oklahoma bolts. ... If Houston is gonna be a rising power - and that's a huge huge if - I'd want them to help anchor the future conference.

 

[nhHusky]

This idiot writes about which teams would be picked for B12 based upon the FB season so far, but I couldn't keep myself from reading it. Happy that sports writers have no say, but their perceptions are annoying and don't help the cause. We are #7 and he predicts we will be "stuffed" by B12 - just as we were by Navy.

Big 12 expansion: Ranking the 11 remaining candidates based on this season alone