The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[TripletDaddy]

KU blogger mentions BYU in passing!

http://www.rockchalktalk.com/2014/8/...ins-status-quo

[Lost Student]

KU blogger mentions BYU in passing!

http://www.rockchalktalk.com/2014/8/...ins-status-quo

Not only that, but this is one of the comments (emphasis added):

I always thought Louisville would have been a great fit for the Big 12. Good fanbase, close enough that the conference placement makes sense, and good potential rivalry not only with KU but a couple other teams. They make a lot me sense (for me, at least) than WVU.

You mentioned a few MWC teams as possibilities. I used to see Boise State thrown around but I don’t think that would have worked. Decent football team but it’s on the decline. Basketball team over achieved last year but no where near Big 12 caliber. Plus academics aren’t up to par and I don’t know the rules with their ESPN contract. That would a neat little rivalry with Oklahoma though.
San Diego State? Too west coast.
I don’t know enough about Cincinatti to judge if they’d be good here.
BYU would be cool if they ever join a conference again. I wouldn’t be opposed to that.

[lambdacoug]

Not only that, but this is one of the comments (emphasis added):

Yes, Louisville make a lot me sense, too...

[Paperback Writer]

KU blogger mentions BYU in passing!

http://www.rockchalktalk.com/2014/8/...ins-status-quo

Jayhawk fans entire paradigm in conference affilation and rivals is based upon basketball. But conference realignment is based upon football. Jayhawks lamenting that Mizzou was not a good enough rival to KU because they couldn't rise to KU's level of basketball success is interresting. Then stating that granting of TV rights to the Big 12 will keep KU out of the Big Ten is flat out wrong. Having a history of ineptitude at football combined with being in a low-population state is what kept Kansas out of the Big Ten. Nebraska didn't get admitted to the Big Ten because of their illustrious basketball program.

[lambdacoug]

Jayhawk fans entire paradigm in conference affilation and rivals is based upon basketball. But conference realignment is based upon football. Jayhawks lamenting that Mizzou was not a good enough rival to KU because they couldn't rise to KU's level of basketball success is interresting. Then stating that granting of TV rights to the Big 12 will keep KU out of the Big Ten is flat out wrong. Having a history of ineptitude at football combined with being in a low-population state is what kept Kansas out of the Big Ten. Nebraska didn't get admitted to the Big Ten because of their illustrious basketball program.

...or their densely populated state.

[Goatnapper'96]

...or their densely populated state.

Based upon my anecdotal experience most of the population is pretty damn dense.

[TripletDaddy]

BYU is attractive, Utah is Ringo

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=272&sid=31220586

“Utah just totally lucked out in getting in the Pac-12. You talk about hitting the lottery,” Dufrense said. “Utah for no other reason than it was standing there walks into this sweet (deal). It’s almost like Ringo joining the Beatles.”

[YOhio]

ESPN is still our best friend.

https://twitter.com/dufftittle/statu...75347137581056

[TripletDaddy]

Colorado State local media isnt as "bullish" on the Rams' chances to get any invites

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spor...ence/14292987/

[Green Monstah]

Colorado State local media isnt as "bullish" on the Rams' chances to get any invites

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spor...ence/14292987/

[QUOTE]Brigham Young has a $49.5 million athletic budget, sustained success on a national level in all four major sports programs, its own television network and a world-wide fan base through its affiliation with the Mormon Church. It openly solicited the Big 12, Pacific-12 and Big East conferences for invitations but was quickly rejected.[/QUOTE]

Hmmmmm....

[Omaha 680]

We were rejected by the Big East? I won't believe it until SU weighs in.

[BigFatMeanie]

Colorado State local media isnt as "bullish" on the Rams' chances to get any invites

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spor...ence/14292987/

The comments from angry CSU supporters on that article are hilarious. No matter how bad my delusions of grandeur about BYU get, I can always take comfort in the fact that CSU fans are even more delusional than I.

[Portland Ute]

Colorado State local media isnt as "bullish" on the Rams' chances to get any invites

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/spor...ence/14292987/

There was an article in the Boise newpaper that sounded similarly pessimistic:

http://magicvalley.com/sports/colleg...a4bcf887a.html

[Portland Ute]

The comments from angry CSU supporters on that article are hilarious. No matter how bad my delusions of grandeur about BYU get, I can always take comfort in the fact that CSU fans are even more delusional than I.

I still believe that there may be scenarios under which BYU ends up in the PAC12. If that happens, CSU might, too. Adding the rival pairs to Utah and CU.

I wouldn't put the chances high, but the PAC12 may be forced to expand to 14 or more at some point. If/when that happens, both BYU and CSU are a lot more palatable than anyone else in the western U.S.

[Jeff Lebowski]

There was an article in the Boise newpaper that sounded similarly pessimistic:

http://magicvalley.com/sports/colleg...a4bcf887a.html

Article title:

Ruland: Boise State Football Could Go Way of Nebraska

Sounds about right. Nobody cares about Boise State now either.