The PAC 10 expansion groundswell

[CJF]

kind of locked. not entirely. fort worth itself is bigger than salt lake's entire metro population.

if a tiny town like lubbock deserves inclusion, why not Fort Worth(less)?

Good question. They don't. However, they are in so it is what it is. Now they have the power to prevent other Texas schools from splitting the pie and stealing recruits from them. Without looking, my guess is that TT significantly out drew TCU last year. A very average TT vs. probably the best TCU team ever. While Fort Worth is big, TCU doesn't come close to having it locked down.

[Viking]

Well, that's not true.

Fort Worth alone is around 1MM.

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA is the largest metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. It's nearly impossible to determine what is the difference between Fort Worth's metro area and Dallas' metro area as it is now contiguous from Rockwall on the east and Lake Worth to the west.

[LiveCoug]

Fort Worth alone is around 1MM.

Ft. Worth is at 720 K. SLC metro is at 1.1 million.

[Viking]

Good question. They don't. However, they are in so it is what it is. Now they have the power to prevent other Texas schools from splitting the pie and stealing recruits from them. Without looking, my guess is that TT significantly out drew TCU last year. A very average TT vs. probably the best TCU team ever. While Fort Worth is big, TCU doesn't come close to having it locked down.

well that's the oppy. lubbock is 15% the size of fort worth. if tcu goes into the big 12, even setting aside the predominant UT/A&M fans, there's a whole lot of excitement that will be infused into the TCU program..

[SeattleUte]

Ft. Worth is at 720 K. SLC metro is at 1.1 million.

LiveCoug, I saw you're persona non grata on CB for sky is falling mentality. As if we ever needed confirmation that CB lacks a sense of humor.

[CJF]

well that's the oppy. lubbock is 15% the size of fort worth. if tcu goes into the big 12, even setting aside the predominant UT/A&M fans, there's a whole lot of excitement that will be infused into the TCU program..

Moreso than a run at a NC last year? I highly doubt that.

[LiveCoug]

well that's the oppy. lubbock is 15% the size of fort worth.

Lubbock= 212k
Ft. Worth= 720k

Lubbock is 30% of Ft Worth.

This is fun.

[LiveCoug]

LiveCoug, I saw you're persona non grata on CB for sky is falling mentality. As if we ever needed confirmation that CB lacks a sense of humor.

They are too chipper over there. They need some doom and gloom. I'm only happy to oblige.

[Viking]

Ft. Worth is at 720 K. SLC metro is at 1.1 million.

This is now bordering on the absurd but that's apples and oranges.

Apples to apples (excluding metro), SLC is a tiny 182k vs fort worth at 720k (I saw higher numbers for FW and lower for Lubbock, but whatever).

Of course the more relevant stat is the Metro pop, which is 1mm for SLC metro and several million in fort worth, even if you only include Arlington and the other mid cities.

It's not even close.

[Hot Lunch]

Conference expansion has become a complete joke. I blame the media.

[SeattleUte]

Conference expansion has become a complete joke. I blame the media.

HOLD EVERYTHING!!

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1093803

[Hot Lunch]

HOLD EVERYTHING!!

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1093803

I saw that. One of the reasons for my post.

[CJF]

HOLD EVERYTHING!!

http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1093803

Hack.

[mysfit]

would crack me up if the Big 12 decided to try and poach the pac

[Viking]

Yep. A well played bluff by the horns.

Next comes the invitation of byu and tcu discussion.