(03-02-2014 02:44 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-02-2014 02:41 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(03-02-2014 02:37 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-02-2014 02:23 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(03-02-2014 02:07 PM)john01992 Wrote:  as for the b12.......

ucf
usf
new mexico
rice

if i was the b12 commish that's who i would add

I don't think any of those options would ever get a serious look. When the BIG12 finally expands, the biggest factor in choosing programs will be if adding them benefits Texas and OU. TCU gave Texas and OU and easy road game between the two schools, in a talent rich region.

I still think WVU was a bad addition. I doubt the BIG12 will make that mistake again, so the Florida schools don't seem to be real options. New Mexico offers nothing to Texas or Oklahoma. They don't have a market. They aren't in a recruiting hotbed. They don't get the fans of Texas or OU excited. I like Rice, but I can't see Texas adding them to the BIG12, when they can schedule them for a OOC game any time they want. Plus, Texas, along with A&M, already controls more of the Houston market then Rice, just like those two control more of every major market in Texas. I can't see Texas or Oklahoma letting another Texas team into the BIG12. It just wouldn't benefit them.

Yup. Tulane would be more likely than Rice.

I disagree. Tulane is Oklahoma's Rice. Adding them would mean nothing to Texas, and Oklahoma can schedule them in OOC games any time they want.

You could say the same thing about every team you have listed. I don't think Tulane is the choice. I simply said Tulane is MORE LIKELY than Rice. I doubt either is very high on the list. Like I said, I think Cincy and ECU are the best available choices. I don't think the B12 goes beyond 12.

I don't have any teams listed. I think all of these are bad options. When the BIG12 finally does expand, I think they will focus on new larger markets with solid football and basketball that border their current historic footprint. I don't believe the BIG12 will expand in Texas or Oklahoma. Like I stated in another post, I believe Louisville and Memphis will probably get the nod, but probably not until Memphis gets better at football.