The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[SeattleUte]

Chicago State is in the WAC. It's not geography that will doom BYU.

[falafel]

Chicago State is in the WAC. It's not geography that will doom BYU.

Hmm, I wonder why you know that.

[The_Douger]

Chicago State is in the WAC. It's not geography that will doom BYU.

Like you know anything about sports.

[Topper]

Sports Radio is abuzz that Cincy is getting or has received the invite and the speculation is that UConn gets the other invite to capture some portion of the NYC market.

[The_Douger]

There's no point in capturing markets when everyone is cutting cable.

Nobody gives a crap about football besides Patriots fans in the Northeast.

[BlueK]

Interesting article that talks about the consultant the B12 has hired to run statistical models to help them determine the optimal number of teams and which teams to take. They're looking at models using 10, 12, 14 or even 16 teams.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/sports/johnehoover/john-e-hoover-big-s-bowlsby-relying-heavily-on-data/article_beb557d7-1d2e-5028-87ae-b2c105fc7a0a.html

[Bo Diddley]

Interesting article that talks about the consultant the B12 has hired to run statistical models to help them determine the optimal number of teams and which teams to take. They're looking at models using 10, 12, 14 or even 16 teams.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/spor...105fc7a0a.html

I'd love to see the data when they've compiled it.

[BlueK]

I'd love to see the data when they've compiled it.

it will be interesting to see if they're successful at keeping it secret.

[YOhio]

UC putting in the work.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/02/13/inside-ucs-bid-join-big-12/80280488/

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/columnists/paul-daugherty/2016/02/13/doc-big-12-money-would-nice-uc/80341284/

[YOhio]

I love Berry Tramel.

The Cincinnati Enquirer released emails it obtained from Ono's office, in which Boren lauded Ono, writing, “…knowing that you are at the helm in Cincinnati makes me even more inclined to support your cause.”

Very nice and quite possibly true and completely irrelevant to the discussion. First, I would assume Boren and other Big 12 power-brokers sweet-talk all kinds of potential expansion candidates. No reason not to. No reason not to encourage every potential school, to beef up their cause.

Last October, Boren volunteered his pending campaign to push for expansion and other reforms. I asked him who he liked. He said he didn't care. He mentioned all the usual suspects. BYU, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Boise State. Maybe Boren has a personal favorite, but those Cincinnati emails are no clue.

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If the Big 12 decides to expand totally East, as it did with West Virginia, then Cincinnati is sitting pretty. If the Big 12 decides to add Brigham Young, which seems to be the strongest candidate outside geography, then Cincinnati could be competing with UConn for only one spot. If the Big 12 decides to add the two best football schools, the league could sweep up the West duo of BYU and Boise State.

http://newsok.com/boren-says-big-12-expansion-decision-should-come-this-summer/article/5479305?articleBar=1

[Armenag]

I love Berry Tramel.



http://newsok.com/boren-says-big-12-...5?articleBar=1

Nice article. Crazy how far people have run with the fact that Boren was cordial and complimentary toward Cincinnati in some correspondence.

[Nakoma]

Expansion likely this summer. It's time for BYU to the B12!!!!

[creekster]

Expansion likely this summer. It's time for BYU to the B12!!!!

link?

[Blueintheface]

I need Indy to give us his salt ratio before I commit any mental resources to this again.

[falafel]

I need Indy to give us his salt ratio before I commit any mental resources to this again.

that's Nikuman's shtick.