Do you think that if UH played in the Big 12 that it would remain an afterthought of a program? The prestige of playing on the national stage would certainly allow them to be on a more even playing field with the other Texas schools. If they get in the fans will come.
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So why would the Texas schools want that?Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View PostComment
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If they add Houston, they are idiots.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostLOL @HCougs... They are a joke:
They have a 12-1 team in a top 10 market but still can't fill their 40,000 seat stadium.
But, since we already know they are idiots, they will add Houston.Will donate kidney for B12 membership.Comment
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Right. I agree with you on that. I don't agree that the Big12 owns the market here. They share it with the sec.Originally posted by BlueK View Post"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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It would help, but UH is just not a good school. It's academics are lower than average. It's in the third Ward, which is a slummy part of town. It's a commuter school and one that people go to if they don't get into a better option.Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View Post
Take the UofU, move it into the center of Rose Park, knock it's academics down a couple notches, move their Urban Meyer glory years back to the 80s, move the 49ers into downtown SLC, add BYU to the SEC and USU to the PAC12 and you basically have a similar situation."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Ok, I get what you mean. It's just that in the broadcast/cable context, that distinction of having it to yourself or sharing with another league doesn't really matter. TV channels get paid based on how many households can get the channel whether anyone watches or not. The B12 isn't hindered in the least in Houston whether there is also an SEC team there or not. Now under the old world broadcast TV model of ratings being king, then it would matter more. The thing is, cable channels make so much more money from per subscriber fees that whatever ad revenue comes in is very minor. Now this may change eventually because of cord cutters.Originally posted by Moliere View PostLast edited by BlueK; 12-11-2015, 02:02 PM.Comment
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For the same reason they wanted to add TCU. They are idiots.Originally posted by BlueK View PostComment
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Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View Post
But at least when they added TCU, A&M had just left, so they were replacing a Texas team rather than adding yet another one.Comment
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Correct me if I am wrong but what the Big 12 is proposing to do is take the top two teams and play them again at a neutral site and call it the Big 12 championship. This year that would have taken OU and OSU (the top two Big 12 teams) and put them in Cowboys Stadium to play again after they had already played the week before. I don't think they have much of a case to get their championship game."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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Yes, but still not a very compelling reason in my view. Very shortsighted. Same with West Virginia. They add nothing in terms of recruiting or tv sets. I really think the conferences think that they can get someone and stamp their sticker on it and it will have cachet immediately. It worked with the Utes, that's why they are so damn proud of their Pac-12 stickers.Originally posted by BlueK View PostComment
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That isnt a problem for UH. The problem UH has is that is historically has sucked. if UH were winning 9-10 games a season and going to bowl games every year, football crazy texans would go.Originally posted by Moliere View Post
USC and UCLA seem to do ok in a city that hosts the Lakers and Dodgers.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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I have never heard of those NFL teams.Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!Comment
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They are professional sports teams that have won multiple championships and that have been eating eggs on burgers since the 1950s.Originally posted by Uncle Ted View PostFitter. Happier. More Productive.
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