The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Hot Lunch]

Cinci? Maybe.

Memphis? NFW.

Cinic makes sense. Recently I have thought the next two teams to the Big 12 would be them and UCF. I don't see Memphis as a good option. Have to agree with you on that.

[Applejack]

Can someone remind me why the Big 12 expanding again? Because they might only get one team in the playoff?

[SCcoug]

Can someone remind me why the Big 12 expanding again? Because they might only get one team in the playoff?

To really have One. True. Champion.

[The_Douger]

Cinic makes sense. Recently I have thought the next two teams to the Big 12 would be them and UCF. I don't see Memphis as a good option. Have to agree with you on that.

I've never understood the UCF thing.

So, they want to have a presence in Florida, so they go for the fourth or fifth best team there? That makes no sense. That would be like adding Utep to get in to Texas more.

[SCcoug]

I've never understood the UCF thing.

So, they want to have a presence in Florida, so they go for the fourth or fifth best team there? That makes no sense. That would be like adding Utep to get in to Texas more.

Have you considered how close they are to multiple NFL stadiums?

[Donuthole]

I've never understood the UCF thing.

So, they want to have a presence in Florida, so they go for the fourth or fifth best team there? That makes no sense. That would be like adding Utep to get in to Texas more.

Isn't Texas A&M or Texas the 4th or 5th best team in Texas?

[TripletDaddy]

I've never understood the UCF thing.

So, they want to have a presence in Florida, so they go for the fourth or fifth best team there? That makes no sense. That would be like adding Utep to get in to Texas more.

This is actually pretty common. Both the PAC and the B12 have already shown a willingness to take a lesser team in a specific geographic region. Conferences don't always add the best team, sometimes just the one that is available at the time.

[Hot Lunch]

I've never understood the UCF thing.

So, they want to have a presence in Florida, so they go for the fourth or fifth best team there? That makes no sense. That would be like adding Utep to get in to Texas more.

To get a presence in Florida. UCF is in a big market and they are part of a recruiting hotbed. Getting a presence in another recruiting area will be big for the Big 12. Texas recruiting supports the entire conference.

[The_Douger]

To get a presence in Florida. UCF is in a big market and they are part of a recruiting hotbed. Getting a presence in another recruiting area will be big for the Big 12. Texas recruiting supports the entire conference.

At some point aren't you just kind of getting leftovers if you aren't UT or Oklahoma? I get that in a sense the top teams get the best players most of the time, but the ACC and SEC have all had much stronger presences in California, so I don't see, say, TCU or Kansas State all of the sudden going there and cleaning up because the Big 12 took the 5th best program in Florida.

[USUC]

I highly doubt the Big-12 adds anyone for the next couple of years. And if they do they probably don't add BYU. BYU fans need to learn to be ok with independence. If BYU was winning, independence would still be ok.This year has been an inferno of despair and disgust by BYU fans because BYU didn't live up to expectations and the University of Utah exceeded theirs. If one or the other doesn't happen, I think BYU fans would be a lot less menstrual.

[Hot Lunch]

At some point aren't you just kind of getting leftovers if you aren't UT or Oklahoma? I get that in a sense the top teams get the best players most of the time, but the ACC and SEC have all had much stronger presences in California, so I don't see, say, TCU or Kansas State all of the sudden going there and cleaning up because the Big 12 took the 5th best program in Florida.

They are just getting leftovers in Texas as well. It will open more doors in Florida.

Best thing about leftovers for K State and TCU is that they are winning the Big 12 with those leftovers.

[OceanBlue]

I highly doubt the Big-12 adds anyone for the next couple of years. And if they do they probably don't add BYU. BYU fans need to learn to be ok with independence. If BYU was winning, independence would still be ok.This year has been an inferno of despair and disgust by BYU fans because BYU didn't live up to expectations and the University of Utah exceeded theirs. If one or the other doesn't happen, I think BYU fans would be a lot less menstrual.

Totally agree.

[TripletDaddy]

Baylor message board with a thread discussing b12 expansion. Some posters argue for BYU or at least use the phrase "BYU"

http://www.baylorfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=284211

[TripletDaddy]

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