If one was looking at "time zone" concerns, 2 hours behind is better than 3...7PM local time for both schools at their home I believe would be 9PM here. That's not bad.
"Big12 Talkin to 4 Corners"
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Was it stale when Miami was on an island in the Big East winning all of those titles?
BYU/Utah would need to be in the same conference bc they're never going to play each other any other way. So YES.
Being on an island in the Big 12 isn’t what will get stale with fans …it will be a boring offense w bad QB play that will.
I'd say playing every year with conference title implications would get more consistant eyeballs as opposed to playing twice a decade.
Would you rather play USF and FAU all the time? We might have divisions by than and only play maybe 1-2 teams "far" west a season (I'm purely talking football which drives all this). Much like the AAC and its scheduling. Our main teams will be WVU, Cincy, Houston. Personally IDK who will be annoyed playing Utah, Arizona, or Colorado. Those are epic destinations to travel too as well. Much better than Greenville NC or Tulsa Oklahoma. Ya I understand the time but it's not every weekend.
If you have a chance to solidify your conference you do it. I think commissioners have learned to be proactive than reactive especially with the new playoff around the corner. Brett Yormark is going to be great for this conference.
Is the Pac-12 really this bad? Why the league has no TV deal without USC and UCLA
Is the Pac-12 really so diminished it can't land a TV deal? A closer look at why the league is struggling ahead of the USC and UCLA's departure.
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We should be 100000% greatful that we made the jump to the big12. We are already in a better situation than most pac12 and Acc teams.
Agree, as for the travel, and fans it is a bunch of hoooie, Outside of USF fans are flying to see UCF play anyways. 95% of us watch those games on TV, and will enjoy the big time games vs what we have now.
Arizona and Colorado are the primary targets. The CU regents are having a 'special' meeting today. Two points on the agenda. One is the PAC 12 situation, and there is speculation that they will receive the media package this week. The other is listed as a legal issue. The legal issue could be the wording of the GOR - this is speculation. If the numbers are close, and the GOR truly binds Oregon and Washington, the game is over. If the numbers are weak, and/or if Oregon and Washington can hit the ejection button at anytime with little penalty...game on. Yormark is hyper aggressive. He wants solid FB schools, and the most powerful college basketball conference. Imagine who could potentially be left after the ACC is picked apart.
And Boulder Colorado is an epic place to visit. Awesome area plus Denver is a great city.
Yup. It will likely mean the volleyball team takes a road trip and plays at utah, byu, ttu, and arizona before returning home for an extended homestand. Mlb teams already schedule this way
That’s the best way to do it but these girls are trying to graduate. Missing a week plus of classes is detrimental.
Where is ucf with virtual classes. My ucf business classes were so large they just recorded the class for you to watch whenever and that was over 10 years ago.
I agree! Pick em up!Man I hope this shit goes down....a few years later, go east and pick up (I can't believe I'm about to say this) USF and Memphis, or pick off a few disgruntled ACC teams.
Big 12 in contact with Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah as Pac-12 media rights future remains uncertain
The "Four Corners" schools may be looking elsewhere with the Pac-12 in the midst of contentious media rights negotiationwww.cbssports.com
In this day and age they will probably fly a TA with them to keep em on track
I doubt they could stay out West for an entire week, but a few days to reduce travel is definitely doable.
Virtual classes for undergrads are abundant these days.
Virtual classes for undergrads are abundant these days.
Northern baseball teams basically play a month straight in Florida or California to start the season. Don't think they fly back and forth, especially since they play midweek games too.
A bunch of northern schools have home games tonight. Even Minnesota and Iowa. Louisville is close to Cincinatti and they have a home game. I think Nebraska too. Even if they go on road , they don’t have to go to Florida or California. The Carolinas and Virginia and Mississippi are all hosting. It’s not on road for the first 4 weeks. They aren’t constantly missing classes from what I can tell.
UConn first 18 games were either in Florida, California, or Hawaii. They had one game at home during that stretch but it was postponed.
Big 12 readies to pounce on Four Corners schools as doubt creeps in about Pac-12's viability
Realignment and expansion has slowed, but it has absolutely not stopped
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See above article, adding any G5 is not called expansion, it's called backfill. No More Backfill. Last conference to backfill most of it's members-- the Big East.
There are at least 4 teams in front USF, fiscal-wise. Memphis is one of them, but Memphis is half of Houston, who is half of UCF.Man I hope this shit goes down....a few years later, go east and pick up (I can't believe I'm about to say this) USF and Memphis, or pick off a few disgruntled ACC teams.
Big 12 in contact with Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah as Pac-12 media rights future remains uncertain
The "Four Corners" schools may be looking elsewhere with the Pac-12 in the midst of contentious media rights negotiation
Unless something in the new Big XII contract changes, there will be no invite going to Memphis, usf, or any other G5. If the conference brings in a G5, all of the current members have to give up some of their $ to pay for the G5. If the conference expands with a team(s) that are currently in a P5 conference, ESPN/Fox pick up the cost. It’s specifically stated in the contract that they will not increase the pay to the conference if they bring in any more G5s. Memphis and others better hope one of the other P5s find them worthy because no one in the Big XII is giving up their $.
I feel bad for schools like Boise and Memphis. They deserve to be in the power 5, maybe not a popular take, but they are solid programs, way much more so than schools like Wake, BC, Oregon St and Wash St. Given the financial backing of a P5 conference and the ability to recruit under that same banner, Boise in the Pac and Memphis in the Big 12 would have been better than Cal, Wash St/ Kansas and Iowa State (up till the Matt Campbell era). Boise and Memphis likely would have been able to keep their coaches and staffs. To me it doesn't seem right to leave out a couple of the top G5 schools. Truly glad we aren't in that situation. Thank you John Hitt for making football and athletics a priority.
I guess a run of a few, quite a few, good years makes everyone forget Memphis (football) was an easy win in C-USA, a 40 year history of mostly mediocre teams. It's just 9 years of them being one of the best in the AAC. I agree, they got screwed because they'd be better than many P5, but they don't have the decades of bias that P5s have, that get $$$$ from contracts, that solely need to be a Name, not actually be any good. It's about time people realize that most NCAA football 'fans' don't care about football, they care about Name Brands. They always say, yes, was a great team in 1914 and could get back to being one. Perception, not reality.
I don’t care about Memphis football being good just lately. But their basketball team has as well. They deserve to be in B12 also.
Don't disagree, they deserve it. But again, those with the $$$ want name brands not actual ability.
I knew who Memphis State was before I knew who UCF was. Pennys teams were real good. They bring FedEx brand with them.
And that money couldn't even get Memphis past the 1st round the year the Big XII pretended to expand. FedEx apparently doesn't matter. Again, you can name probably 70% of the P5 teams that either Memphis team could beat, but it's perception not reality. It doesn't matter.
