San Diego has 3.5 million people, no other sports competition, millions of angry jilted football fans looking to root for meaningful football games. New stadium. 2nd best winning percentage in football of all g5 teams over last 10 years. 5th best attendance of all g5 teams over the past 10 years. Large student body and alumni base. Currently building a campus expansion. Academics are respectable and rapidly improving. Best g5 basketball attendance. One of the most consistantly good g5 basketball programs. A lot of prime recruits come out of SD, but UCLA and USC consider SD their recruiting territory and have openly stated that they will block SDSUs consideration for the pac12 at all costs. San Diego has a lot going for it.
These guys don't know they sit in Texas acting like they are better than anyone yet the 3 best Texas teams left for other conferences and Texas tech will to. They will end up losing Texas tech and west Virginia and since they are beggers being choosers their new conference will be Baylor, TCU, Houston, SMU, Oklahoma state, Tulsa, Kansas, Kansas state, Iowa state, and UTEP and basketball will be the money maker. They'll get a 12 million dollar a team tv deal and wonder what happened.
SD County has produced FOUR Heisman Trophy winners; Marcus Allen, Rashan Salaam, Ricky Williams, Reggie Bush ,not to mention Jr Seau, Alex Smith, Donnie Edwards, Terrell Davis....and on and on and on. Pretty good recruiting territory.
As a UCF grad, let me add to your point about UCF and USF not liking each other. Back when the Big East was looking to expand, then USF President Judy Geneshaft was rumored to have been blocking UCF from joining the conference. She was proposing ideas such as Georgetown (Football was FCS) over UCF. When asked publicly about whether she was blocking them, Geneshaft said "What is happening is the league, or the conference, now is looking at schools and they have looked very much at schools that are not in any of the states that are represented by the Big East schools right now. The ones that they're looking at right now, they do not sit in any state that the Big East schools currently are in." In short, she did not want another Florida school in the Big East. It was not until more teams left and the conference completely collapsed that she was forced to go along with UCF. Many argue that her blocking UCF led more schools like Louisville to bail, ultimately killing the conferences auto-bid. Not only will UCF leave USF behind, we will laugh in their faces as we close the door behind us.
@@Sloppyplane37 UCF is head towards the moon. Upper deck about to be installed to the bounce house adding another 20k fans which will be close to 70k seats. UCF now in big 12 which means they will be able to score more 5 star recruits. Right now FSU and Miami suck and Florida is the only team that can challenge UCF for recruits. I see UCF winning the whole thing within the next 5 to 8 years.
Houston would be a good addition. Their rivalry with Memphis is a good one. Just FYI, Memphis has a 5-0 record against the Coogs since 2016. Tigers are a quickly rising football program no doubt.
Memphis was the first school out of the running in 2016(after the board was cleared of schools that had no shot). I'm not certain they fair much better this time. Although I appreciate that Memphis can handle more than one sport at a time....their basketball is outstanding.
@@bobplunk3697 Memphis has a decent pedigree. They have played a good number of Power 5 schools in their top 10 all-time. ....teams like: Miss, Miss St, Louisville, Cincy, Houston and Tenn. Unfortunately, their educational standards are even below UCF. Which I believe is why the were excused last time. Will this go-around be any different?? It's still the Presidents that make the decision so, I doubt it. I think their biggest plus....is their location to the rest of the schools.
As said before, that was 5 years ago. Academic advances have been made by many schools. I’m sure the eight remaining league members will check into changes that have occurred at any interested institutions.
I disagree on San Diego. Big School in big city that lost its NFL team. SDSU is the only game in town and has a long 2nd-tier football history at a time when elevation might pay off big.
I disagree about USF. If you couple UCF with USF, you basically have a solid presence in the #2 football state in the country. You can now recruit Florida easier, and you expand your marketing footprint to the east coast. My picks for expansion (taking it back to 12): BYU (no brainer here), BSU (gives the conference more football street cred), UCF (gives the conference more football street cred and opens Florida), and USF (expands presence in Florida and solidifies Big XII recruitment/marketing footprint).
SDSU would be the last one out? I dont know about that. Want some amno....even IF we factor in a 4-4 football covid year. Since 2010, SDSU is football 94-46. Worse record 7-6 non covid with multiple 10+ win seasons. SDSU Basketball in the same time period winning percentage is .757. And like 5-2, or something like that against Power 5 schools in maybe the last 5 years. And I got this info in like 5 minutes. Oh yeah, great trip. Recruiting. And isnt San Diego a top 10 media market? I am not a grad or student of SDSU, nor am I from the West Coast, I'm from NYC. Now what other program being discussed is equal to that?
The media market is huge in San Diego, but it doesn’t equate to much in reality. People in california really don’t consume college sports on the same level as other parts of the country. It’s the reason why the PAC-12 has the lowest media revenue of any p5 conference even with California having 37 million people.
I understand your point about West Coast college football and viewership. But I think we would agree their national numbers are down due to not the greatest tv deals and being 3 hours behind. But still, regarding San Diego St, compared to say Cinny, Boise, SMU, etc, the success in Football and Basketball, coupled with that market, and expanded recruiting opportunities in So. Cal for the other schools, in my opinion, make them a no brainer P5 candidate.
It comes down to this. It's all about the image. From the outside, we saw the Big 12 conference as the flyover states + Texas and Oklahoma. Now it's just the flyover states. You guys got to reinvent your image. You guys go out and pick up San Diego State, UNLV, Memphis, Houston, Cincinnati, USF (Tampa), UCF (Orlando), SMU. Suddenly, you're not the flyover conference anymore. You're this urban college conference, which is a lot more interesting! Hell, if it was successful, you could probably even lure Louisville. Would Baylor vs UNLV be any worse than Baylor vs Kansas?
@@meadster308 Well..... 1. SMU was really first. 2. The B12 also kicked out TCU with SMU 3. Despite being kicked out for 30 years, SMU still has 4 TIMES as many conference titles from a major conference as TCU 4. SMU literally went from tying for national champions in 81 and 83 not literally not even being allowed to play the sport three years later, because of violating a rule that has sense been struck down by the US Supreme Court as being unconstitutional. It’s not gonna be a good look to keep holding the death penalty over their head, when other programs in the same bloody conference were literally doing the exact same thing 30 years ago, and in the 30 years of destroying that program, other programs have been convicted of the exact same violations yet never received the same punishment. In fact if the NCAA isn’t going to penalize Penn State and Baylor for extremely severe criminal crimes with a death penalty..... I mean wtf ...... then that institution really does owe SMU $100 billion for destroying that program too severely.
@@brian2440 I absolutely agree that SMU was punished much more harshly than Penn State or Baylor despite their violations not being as heinous. I think the NCAA learned it's lesson.
If Big-12 were to go to 16 who would that last member be? (Assuming the first 7 are BYU, Cincy, Memphis, UCF, Boise, Houston, Colorado St). NDSU? I think that San Diego St would be the best remaining.
@@antonioedwards1620 I could see it but I would take SDSU over USF for a few reasons. 1. Adding a new state (big one at that). 2. SDSU is the top team for college/pro sports in the city. 3. SDSU has much better basketball and actually brings value there.
IMO Temple, Tulane, and SMU. Temple is the only one I think head and should above sdst. Bigger market and east coast presence. Other two give an old SWC vibe. And more importantly dont have to go all the way out west.
A lot of these takes and comments are looking at teams and schools like the would operate in a vacuum and be unchanged going forward. If we’re looking at schools that can come in and offer value day 1, the options are almost nonexistent. The value in schools like SDSU, UNLV, CSU…etc is the potential of the developing markets. The Big 12 is going to have to put some work in these institutions and brands to be successful.
Exactly that is why I don't think the big 12 should go to 16 schools. BYU- already a national brand due to its religious affiliation. BYU is practically Notre Dame light. Huge fan base travels well good facilities Cincinnati- A very strong basketball program. A football program that is on the rise went to hell with Georgia and a bowl game last year. Prospect massive amounts of money upgrading their facilities. UCF- a solid top 25 football program. In a major TV market. Huge student body enrollment. In Florida. Memphis- has a corporate backer. Fairly large TV market. Super strong in basketball. A decent football program. Overall good facilities. Those are four schools with huge potential upsides that wouldn't require near the investment that UNLV would. They are closer so the travel wouldn't be nearly as cost prohibitive. And they would bring credibility football wise right from the get-go
Going to sound crazy but I could see Liberty turning into the Baptist Notre Dame. They have HUGE enrollment and their football team gets better every year. Gives WVU a closer game also. That’s my sleeper pick…..Really Big 12 should try to get to 16 teams ASAP. One of the current 8 is bound to negotiate their departure with another conference. So a big play could settle things down IMO.
@@brian2440 Catholics all over the US route for ND. Same with Mormons and BYU. I just don’t see that with Baptists and Baylor, a national fan base. Liberty might not have that either but with 80,000 enrolled (mostly online) their alumni numbers will be huge. And as someone else said they have lots of money. That was the thought behind that statement, potential to have a national following.
Unless it's been changed there is a minimum seating capacity if you must have that your stadium to be in the big 12 and I don't think the schools have stadiums that large
@@osupokie the last time the big 12 was going to expand they turned down a couple of schools because their stadiums wasn't large enough TCU had to expand their stadium that's how they finally got in but by the time all these other schools expands their stadium the big 12 will be dissolved
Come out of left field and hit up North Dakota St. They travel well everywhere they play. Proved they had great coaching with two of their coach's moving up to FBS. They even have beat several P5 schools.
not gonna happen. They have a nice program, but bring nothing in for recruiting, TV market, and their facilities are nice by very subpar for Power 5 team. Also, geographically, all these southern schools already hate traveling to Ames Iowa in November. No way they want to go even further north. Sorry.
@@desmoinesreport I mean they are in a dome so weather wouldn't be an issue. But it has been a name brand team in the lower division and would be a better choice than teams that get brought up like Rice UConn and any other small team out of Texas. But like I said it's a left field idea look at liberty and coastal Carolina they are doing well and both have beat power 5 teams when they moved up.
@@darkslayer71ir47 periodically beating Power 5 teams happens. But it is an entirely different animal when you have to play a Power 5 schedule week in and week out. See how many coaches figure that out. Most recent example: Scott Frost at Nebraska.
First off, like the Top 5 at 5:55!! Know this has to take a lot of thought but it's always enjoyable. I'd like to see UNLV and San Diego State in the Big 12. Might as well add BYU and Boise State and have a Big 12 Western Division. Then add some Eastern Teams (UCF, USF, etc.) and have an Eastern Division along with West Virginia. Then have a North and South Division ala the NFL with the NFC. Have the same playoff structure as the NFC and shorten the conference schedules to allow for the playoff games which hopefully garners more TV money. Anyway, I have lots of good ideas but no one ever asks!!
I'd take Fresno State as the P5 dark horse in California. 30k-student school, only big college program in a 4-million person "state within a state" with three ok media markets (Sacramento, Fresno and Bakersfield). Decent 40k stadium that regularly sells out, excellent hoops arena. Agricultural region - Big XII program in Witness Protection.
Not taking two Florida schools? Why not? You consider them because they have an enrollment of 50,000+ students, and Tampa + Orlando is better than just Orlando TV wise??????
enrollment doesn't matter if largerly commuter students. Commuter students don't bond with their school at the same degree as those that attend on campus.
@@k-hustlethesportspreacher5941 Thanks! Turns out the conference office also talked to SMU quite a bit. But Houston was clearly the best choice in Texas, it's a big school with solid sports programs in a big market that was slipping away from the conference, and TCU and Baylor weren't as interested in adding another team in DFW.
New Mexico has a large enough market. Great medical school along with traditionally strong basketball program. Too bad football isn’t their strong suit. If it was, it would fit in fine with the remaining schools.
UNLV is playing all their games in the new spaceship they built for the Raiders. The Pac12 is playing their championship game there this year. They want to muscle in that market. UNLV will be a program on the way up with facilities like that.
I agree , the PAC 12 wants to get in that market now, the Big 12 Should add UNLV with a Power Move and a gamble that I think will pay off in the long run.
I have to educate you gyus about UNLV... for the last 25 years this school never invested in the football ever. The school invested in the runnin rebels ..it was all basketball with tark then president maxon just trashed everything the basketball program was financed by steve wynn for the next 15 years but there was never any money for football. The stadium was so bad the sewer line ran underground to the sewer plant and the football practice was a dump. They keep trying to bring coaches but they couldnt recuit . Some people wanted to dismantle the program .but they got the gaming and fertilla family Sheldon addleson to build a 36 million dollar football facility then follow with 105 million upgrade to Thomas and mack millions were invested into education where in 2019 we became a tier1 research institution plus the 2 billion dollar stadium was done. We brung a young coach that has recuting experience with covid we cant get recuits on visits. The last 2 recuting years are the best in history that will pay off in 2 years metro vegas is 2 7 million pouplation and will hit 3 million in 2025 . By having a palace to play has cause san diego st, colorado st ,Hawaii to build new stadiums the school is doing everything they can to get into the power5 The school would like to go to the pac 12 .everyone that visits the stadium loves to come and play here the iowa st fans call allegiant stadium Jack trice west. We hosts 5 conference championship in basketball pac 12 is playing their football championship here the new pac 12 commissioner is a vegas person . I know our football program is going the right way the pac 12 is eventually move the office here to Vegas..college football is now drivin by gaming boise st is going to have to upgrade their stadium . Why unlv has not been picked yet is really up to the pac 12 if they 14 or 16 but the school is going in the right way
Did know the San Diego region produce the most Heisman winners Rashaan Slam, Marcus Allen, Ricky Williams & Reggie Bush. 2 Super Bowl MVPS Terrell Davis and Marcus Allen. If it wasn't for San Diego the B8/B12 will have 2 less Heisman Heisman Trophy winners.
Why not Appalachian State? It is in a top TV market(Charlotte) compared to all the others(except maybe Houston), decent at football since joining FBS, just expanded stadium. I know it a smaller school with 20,000 and the Basketball team is hit or miss.
The points they bring up but I'll just play Devil's Advocate for the 5 schools 5. SMU - DFW is a monster place population wise and yes it took 30 years to rebuild their program but it was called the "Death penalty" not the 5 year penalty. The B12 made very likely see the positives to a school in Dallas with the change in NIL moving forward. Additionally, SMU has money in massive donors and they've shown a willingness in the past to spend it! Pony Express comes to mind and it's the whole reason they got in the mess in the first place. 4. USF - when they're good their fans know it and they show up! Located in Tampa and they have a monster enrollment to show up to games if they get the chance. NIL will likely be a great help to them as well. Recruit heavy state for both basketball and football. 3. UConn - probably a basketball blue blood and they're located in a population heavy are on the East coast. Closer to West Virginia than other choices that have been thrown out. 2. UNLV - Literally said "massive, emerging market"... The UNLV name carries weight and is located in a town that has been synonymous with entertainment. NIL will have probably the most rags to riches effect on UNLV out of all universities. The new stadium is going to play a role in football recruiting and oddly enough the state isn't recruit barren. 1. SDSU - Located in a massive metro that just lost their pro football team to Los Angeles. They are currently building a new footballs stadium and if UNLV is added the driving distance between the two is relatively close by western standards. 'If California could support another P5 school they probably would' or hear me out... USC and UCLA don't want another P5 football team in the state so they will never allow SDSU to get elevated. Does that sound familiar? Now for the Prosecutions statement 5. SMU - is another small private school. Historically, small private schools haven't done as well as giant public schools have. They've dumped a ton of money into their facilities but their stadium can only seat 30,000 roughly and they have trouble filling that even when they're good. The B12 already has 1 school in the DFW metro why do they need another? Not to mention their record since the Death Penalty has been POOR. 4. USF - The numbers when they're poor are not great. Their huge enrollment haven't shown up to games and their basketball team is horrible. They need to build a new stadium on-campus to get a fan draw and create an atmosphere worth marketing. Those things take too much time. Additionally, UCF down the road will be ready and should control most of the central Florida market. 3. UConn - Their basketball may be good but that's only 20-35% of the revenue. They're located literally thousands of miles away from current B12 schools and they're not close to BYU or UCF who are both likely candidates. Their football program is horrid and unless that changes their likely a really bad fit. Lastly, stating they give WVU a travel buddy is a bad take when they're still 9 hours away. 2. UNLV - LV is a long long ways away from WVU and Cincy. They may be close to BYU but their football record means the games won't be great draws anyways. They may be moving into a new stadium but that stadium hold 65,000 and they won't bring half of that. 1. - SDSU - Is even farther away that Vegas and the in conference travel is going to kill them and any school that has to go to them. The inter conference games will be hard to market with no real history or context to go off of.
UCONN is also for sure off the table seeing as they literally aren’t even in the AAC anymore, and have signed a 5 year contract to join the Big East for all sports.
Let's do a list of who's not going to a power 5...... The 8 big12 schools. You crap on other teams when Colorado Nebraska Texas Oklahoma Texas a&m ran from you guys. Sounds like you don't want to be in new TV markets. Your worried about good football but yet you have Kansas and Kansas state. Add every Texas team you can and Tulsa cause nobody wants to watch it and that will keep your travel cost down
Im a Louisville fan and I know how it feels to be left behind. We would have ended up like UConn if not for ACC. Add TV markets and get on TV. Kansas is the UConn of the Midwest
Four out of five programs are defiant no’s, but San Diego Sage is a maybe could see Tulane Tulsa Houston UCF CIncy Boise State Memphis and maybe BYU if they could figure out some scheduling in other sports . I can also see dark horses a in either Marshall or Liberty if they want another east coast team
Okay, why the hell not. Let's bring North Dakota State University up to the big boys. The bison they average 18,700 people every game. Their stadium holds 18,700 people. And if they had a 30,000 seated capacity stadium that's how many of the averaging. They've won eight subdivision national championships, and 17 outright conference championships. Time to move up.
@@mklein818 NDSU is going to be on a lot more people's radar if they play FBS teams every week. TV exposure matters a lot. I didn't pay any attention to Coastal Carolina until they started playing Sun Belt ball.
We heard nothing but crying when the SEC took OU and Texas. How it was unfair to raid another conference. Now y’all seem okay with raiding other conferences 😂
the BIG12 is raiding because they NEED to in order to survive, the SEC took OU and Texas when they didnt need them..also, the BIG12 is being pretty open about their intentions whereas the SEC was very very secretive about their moves..
@@lilcourtny08 dude, unless youre a fan of Bama, LSU, FL or Georgia you really have no reason to puff out your chest in regards to the SEC...over half that conference is made up of middle of the pack teams with no room to brag..not to mention that 90% of the SEC dominance has been Alabama
Colorado St and New Mexico fit the mold or designation of a typical P5 school - Large research flagship/land grant universities that represent the entire state, not just a "city". Both are close geographically but lean towards PAC12 culturally. Both bring sizeable markets. Unfortunately, both have had their growth severely stunted by residing in a G5 conference making about $3M/yr total and the stigma that comes with it. ESPN who created the term "mid-major", does a fabulous job of putting the G5 in their place. Something the Big12 refugees are about to find out regardless of who they expand with. Too bad both schools couldn't get their football program on track because both are natural fits for the Big12.
I get this is a big story of college football right now. But...ANY institution that would plan on joining the Big 12 at this time just needs slapped in the head and asked "Are you stupid!". I'm not saying Bob Bowlsby isn't out there recruiting his ass off trying to get schools to commit and save the conference if possible. But at the end of the day, I don't care what has or hasn't been announced at this point. At least 4 if not 6 of the remaining 8 Big 12 schools already have plans in the works to leave by 2022. The remaining schools have there own agenda.. and should!! Especially WVU who has been blind sided before with realignment BS. They should only be thinking about #1 (Themselves) and I think they are and have. I think it's a certainty they're gone. There are NO schools out there the Big 12 can lure in to make it a sustainable and legitimate power 5 conference going forward. You may think I'm crazy. But...did anyone not get caught out of the blue with Oklahoma and Texas leaving? It can happen with the remaining 8 as well. I dont believe a thing announced by the commissioners of the Pac 12, Big 10 or ACC. WVU, Kansas, Iowa St and Oklahoma St are definitely gone by 2025.
As a Vegas resident I can tell you nobody cares about UNLV here. They have been losing for so long that they have absolutely no significant following here. Nobody goes to the games nobody cares. I agree with your other pics wholeheartedly with the possible exception of SDS you. Big city, cool location, the big knock against them is that they are just so far away. The next Add has to be Boise State and someone else, probably Memphis
The three that would make the most sense are BYU, UCF and Cincinnati, the fourth is an interesting call. I have heard the other three schools in Texas don’t want Houston so is it Boise State maybe. It will be interesting to see, the one thing I would say is if you are a school that wants in the club, don’t trash the club, talking to you Houston, because they will tell you to take a hike.
Yeah BYU, UCF and Cincy are top options. The next 3 would be Memphis, Boise and Houston. Tough to say who Big-12 would choose if they only took 1 of those
@@ethanhall6613 take all 6 and get to 14. Show the 'alliance' we mean business. See how it goes and in a few years take 2 more or take them right away. Then! Try and get more scheduling agreements with SEC schools.
Arkansas razorback fan here. In a few years of dealing with texas we will be ready to jump over to the big 12, so will Missouri and A&M. We came over here 30 years ago to get away from Texas. And here they come again. I hate texas short horns. If texas was playing a game against North Korea I would pull for North Korea.
Amen. Texas is a disease. They killed the SWC, they killed the Big 8, they poisoned the Big XII, and they'll do the same to the SEC. Sankey is blinded by $$$. Texas will Texas wherever they go.
@@petersouthernboy6327 well first off its 60 mil. A year. And I'm not the only razorback fan that feels this way. Most people don't realize the athletic directors in the SEC didn't get a vote. It was the university presidents that voted 14-0. All for the money. And most people don't realize the athletic directors don't control the money coming in. Athletic departments are given a budget by the university presidents. Alot of people on the outside is saying this is all for the money. We're saying the same thing on the inside. If the athletic departments got the vote texas wouldn't be in the SEC.
@@drgat6953 I think UAB and app state will be targets for the AAC if big 12 raids them assuming the big 12 was to take cincy and UCF if they took teams like Memphis and Houston I think The Cajuns and maybe north Texas depending on how bad the AAC wanted to keep a market in Texas
They are a sleeping giant. The big reason they haven’t broken through is an old feud with the Bear-Bryant family. Paul’s son held a grudge and barred the school from stepping up within the Alabama Board of Education system.
Why do say that Nebraska would never come back? What's to keep them from coming back? Are there plans to have them crawl through a burning building? I happen to know that the fans up there would love them coming back. They can't recruit in the Big 10. What about Missouri or Colorado? I don't know about Colorado but Missouri fans for the most part would love to see Mizzou in the Big 12 again. What about Colorado? They're getting their brains beat out in the PAC 12. Texas A&M? I know that they're mad about Texas coming into the SEC. Mizzou is mad too. They were both promised that the SEC would never allow Texas or Oklahoma to be invited into the SEC. This is all screwed up. I'm a Mizzou fan, but I never have accepted the fact that Mizzou is in the SEC. I keep trying to accept the SEC, but it's like a foreign body invading my body. It's unnatural and it's repulsive. Especially now that Texas and Oklahoma are probably going to play Mizzou every year now. I can't get it out of my head that Texas is going to try to take over the SEC and bully everyone around. What a nightmare. I hope for the best. Maybe Texas will do what's best and go independent. I hope so. Take care folks. Vaughn 🐯
I mean what’s the case for UCONN?? Oh great the big 12 gets Baylor vs UConn twice a year in women’s basketball?? Wow I bet that brings in money lmao. Y’all are right on the money with these 5!
Birmingham Alabama has been the top Media market for college football 12 years running, followed by Columbus Ohio and Oklahoma City. UAB has a good team, if UA-Tuscaloosa would let them be Power5. Schools close to the other top markets would make better sense. And Schools near a Pro Football Franchise are the worse.
I highly doubt that..... If even just 1 out of every 10 people in Los Angeles watches college football that’s greater than the entire population of Birmingham.... Also if it had greater media potential than any major city, I’d have to ask why you have literally ZERO professional sports (not football, hockey, basketball, baseball, or even soccer) in the city.
@@davidvines6498 It looks to be unclear depending on how you’re determining media market size. Those people must just stream college football 24/7 because there’s nothing else to do. For sports in general Birmingham ranks 38th by Nielsen. For media markets in general it ranks 43rd. So that’s a pretty big leap to #1 for the 4th largest sports market (meaning college football) in the country
@@brian2440 if you look strictly at College Football markets what I said is absolutely true. The top 3 markets are Birmingham, Columbus and OK City. 3 teams are in close proximity to those Cities. University of Alabama, the Ohio State University and University of Oklahoma. One reason those 3 Cities do not have professional Sports is because of those 3 universities
Why would any team join the sinking ship of the irate 8. They’d be better off trying other conferences. What good nationally are the leftover 8? Let me be clear I like them and feel sorry for them, but they have only themselves to blame.
Try other conferences? Really? Where have been the last few week? No place to go Brother. With no place to go we are making the best of a bad situation. There are a handful of teams in the other P5 conferences that will be in this predicament in the near future.
Reason that you look at SMU is that they can be a perennial Top 25 team & with the Texas schools as rivals, you can bring up the attendance & the reason you take them & U of H is that you want to take as much of the Texas market from UT, OU & A&M as you can. Grab as much of the Dallas & Houston market as you can. I wouldn't have them as a first choice, but if you are adding 6 teams, I think they should be looked at. UNLV has a consistently terrible program, has always had a terrible football program.
@@mymusic8414 That's what you would hope to change when/if you add SMU & U of H to the Big 12. You would have Texas & Okla St rivalries. A TCU vs. SMU rivalry would get fans in the DFW area or a U of H vs. a TCU or SMU or Baylor or Texas Tech. Okla. St coming into Dallas. People say that there isn't much interest in SMU football right now, but outside of U of H, there are no real competitive local teams/rivalries in the AAC. Who wants to see SMU vs. ECU or U of H vs. USF, but if it's Texas Tech vs. U of H or SMU vs. Okla. St there will be much more interest.
UConn is an independent the money isn't there. Basketball gets all the money because of national championships. At the end of the big east Louisville, west Virginia and Rutgers was all in top 10 and UConn was competitive and building their program. There is no saving the big12 now that I listen to you guys talk
San Diego St and UNLV would both end up better than Kansas in football and in basketball both schools have similar levels of success as Kansas in my lifetime (I’m 40).
Thank God Big12 people realize how putrid USF truly is. They just ride UCF coattails. The USF campus is in the Hood for God sake and they rent a stadium. SMH
@@ethanhall6613 nope very essy to show! wyoming has better Program look results and players in nfl.... wyoming has more of the fandom map (all of there own state and parts or north colorade) AND Wyoming has by far more insta followers... so what you wanna say
@@fabianronsch792 respectfully the fandom map has zero impact on conference realignment. Colorado State is better in football and basketball, makes more money, and is more attractive geographically
I feel like the only teams worth adding to a powerfive conference right now is BYU Houston Cincinnati Memphis and UCF that's it. So the big 12 needs to pick the 4 they like best out of that 5 and just be the big 12 again and go with it and hope no other teams get poached out of the remaining 8.
I would disagree. If you rotate two Florida schools on the schedule you can guarantee Florida kids they will play in front of their friends and family.
USF has a better TV market than UCF. USF has a higher ranked school than UCF. USF plays more Power 5 schools than UCF. What are we using to base these decisions on?? Feelings. I really wouldn't want either of them in the league. But, it would be nice to, at least, hear why Sic'em 360 just throws out unsubstantiated opinions. Can y'all please give some reasons?
@@mozilla2576 UCF has a far better football program. Period. UCF is much better currently, past 10 years, and even went undefeated. USF football is trash rn
You all have short memories. Go back more than 3 or 4 years and compare USF to UCF. Yes, UCF has had a pretty good 3-4 year run, but look at the bigger picture. In any event, I’m not sure what’s left of the Big 12 does anything at all for either school.
Both USF and UNLV proved why they’re not getting a P5 invite. Nobody is going to pay good money to watch you get shut out for the third time in three seasons or lose to FCS teams.
If the Big 12 goes to 16 UNLV would be a great add. A NFL Stadium, probably the best travel town in the conference. I think the NIL in Vegas will bring a lot better athletes to the school and also believe the pac12 will add them if they go to 16. And what a major fail would that be if the big12 loses out on that market. Big 12 logos on giant led screens In Vegas..
And I disagree about SDSU and UNLV. They are both in growth mode. If you are building for the future and looking at 2025-2040, these schools are going to be very different than they are now. Ditto for Boise State. Memphis is a school I am not sure of. If it had been in Nashville I would have said absolutely.
#1 absolutely should have been Bishop Sycamore
They would win the big 12
That wouldn't even survive in 10A
Now, that's FUNNY!!
Too funny!! I was just watching a few videos about Bishop Sycamore. Don't count them out!!
San Diego has 3.5 million people, no other sports competition, millions of angry jilted football fans looking to root for meaningful football games. New stadium. 2nd best winning percentage in football of all g5 teams over last 10 years. 5th best attendance of all g5 teams over the past 10 years. Large student body and alumni base. Currently building a campus expansion. Academics are respectable and rapidly improving. Best g5 basketball attendance. One of the most consistantly good g5 basketball programs. A lot of prime recruits come out of SD, but UCLA and USC consider SD their recruiting territory and have openly stated that they will block SDSUs consideration for the pac12 at all costs. San Diego has a lot going for it.
It’s not happening. Get over it.
These guys don't know they sit in Texas acting like they are better than anyone yet the 3 best Texas teams left for other conferences and Texas tech will to. They will end up losing Texas tech and west Virginia and since they are beggers being choosers their new conference will be Baylor, TCU, Houston, SMU, Oklahoma state, Tulsa, Kansas, Kansas state, Iowa state, and UTEP and basketball will be the money maker. They'll get a 12 million dollar a team tv deal and wonder what happened.
SD County has produced FOUR Heisman Trophy winners; Marcus Allen, Rashan Salaam, Ricky Williams, Reggie Bush ,not to mention Jr Seau, Alex Smith, Donnie Edwards, Terrell Davis....and on and on and on. Pretty good recruiting territory.
They're also something like 90-42 since 2010.
You must be a Houston fan. No one knows how it's going to end up, I'm waiting on basketball where 64 teams have a chance to win, not 4
As a UCF grad, let me add to your point about UCF and USF not liking each other. Back when the Big East was looking to expand, then USF President Judy Geneshaft was rumored to have been blocking UCF from joining the conference. She was proposing ideas such as Georgetown (Football was FCS) over UCF. When asked publicly about whether she was blocking them, Geneshaft said "What is happening is the league, or the conference, now is looking at schools and they have looked very much at schools that are not in any of the states that are represented by the Big East schools right now. The ones that they're looking at right now, they do not sit in any state that the Big East schools currently are in."
In short, she did not want another Florida school in the Big East. It was not until more teams left and the conference completely collapsed that she was forced to go along with UCF. Many argue that her blocking UCF led more schools like Louisville to bail, ultimately killing the conferences auto-bid. Not only will UCF leave USF behind, we will laugh in their faces as we close the door behind us.
That’s cool but ur not in the big 12 and If u do join still at the bottom of the totem poll.
@@Sloppyplane37 UCF is head towards the moon. Upper deck about to be installed to the bounce house adding another 20k fans which will be close to 70k seats. UCF now in big 12 which means they will be able to score more 5 star recruits. Right now FSU and Miami suck and Florida is the only team that can challenge UCF for recruits. I see UCF winning the whole thing within the next 5 to 8 years.
@@trevorphillips2868 I hope u do, it will be good for the conference
Houston would be a good addition. Their rivalry with Memphis is a good one. Just FYI, Memphis has a 5-0 record against the Coogs since 2016. Tigers are a quickly rising football program no doubt.
Think think the Big doesn’t want to add anymore Texas Schools
Memphis was the first school out of the running in 2016(after the board was cleared of schools that had no shot). I'm not certain they fair much better this time. Although I appreciate that Memphis can handle more than one sport at a time....their basketball is outstanding.
That was 5 years ago. Athletic fortunes for many schools have changed.
@@bobplunk3697 Memphis has a decent pedigree. They have played a good number of Power 5 schools in their top 10 all-time. ....teams like: Miss, Miss St, Louisville, Cincy, Houston and Tenn.
Unfortunately, their educational standards are even below UCF. Which I believe is why the were excused last time.
Will this go-around be any different?? It's still the Presidents that make the decision so, I doubt it.
I think their biggest plus....is their location to the rest of the schools.
As said before, that was 5 years ago. Academic advances have been made by many schools. I’m sure the eight remaining league members will check into changes that have occurred at any interested institutions.
Teams the Big 12 should go after. Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan, USC and Oregon.
What ? Have you been living under a rock?
Should have asked !!!!!!!!!
Lol...they ain't comin
I disagree on San Diego. Big School in big city that lost its NFL team. SDSU is the only game in town and has a long 2nd-tier football history at a time when elevation might pay off big.
My neighbor was a proud Aztec alum. He hung the school Flag hung near his garage in a small town in Oregon. Could be a nice grab.
12-team: BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, 16-team: Boise, SDSU, CSU, Memphis, 20-team: USF, UNLV, Fresno State, SMU. But, may go for ND, UA, ASU, Colorado, Utah, Louisville, Pittsburg, etc….
I disagree about USF. If you couple UCF with USF, you basically have a solid presence in the #2 football state in the country. You can now recruit Florida easier, and you expand your marketing footprint to the east coast. My picks for expansion (taking it back to 12): BYU (no brainer here), BSU (gives the conference more football street cred), UCF (gives the conference more football street cred and opens Florida), and USF (expands presence in Florida and solidifies Big XII recruitment/marketing footprint).
UCF learned never to trust USF when conference talk pops up, looks at history of why Big East fell apart.
Why would you accept BYU, they are living in the 19th century, fuck their goofy religious bullshit.
@@lugnutlarry1764 That argument doesn't work when you already have Baylor and lesser extent TCU already in conference
SDSU would be the last one out? I dont know about that.
Want some amno....even IF we factor in a 4-4 football covid year. Since 2010, SDSU is football 94-46. Worse record 7-6 non covid with multiple 10+ win seasons.
SDSU Basketball in the same time period winning percentage is .757.
And like 5-2, or something like that against Power 5 schools in maybe the last 5 years.
And I got this info in like 5 minutes.
Oh yeah, great trip. Recruiting. And isnt San Diego a top 10 media market?
I am not a grad or student of SDSU, nor am I from the West Coast, I'm from NYC.
Now what other program being discussed is equal to that?
The media market is huge in San Diego, but it doesn’t equate to much in reality. People in california really don’t consume college sports on the same level as other parts of the country. It’s the reason why the PAC-12 has the lowest media revenue of any p5 conference even with California having 37 million people.
I understand your point about West Coast college football and viewership. But I think we would agree their national numbers are down due to not the greatest tv deals and being 3 hours behind.
But still, regarding San Diego St, compared to say Cinny, Boise, SMU, etc, the success in Football and Basketball, coupled with that market, and expanded recruiting opportunities in So. Cal for the other schools, in my opinion, make them a no brainer P5 candidate.
It comes down to this. It's all about the image. From the outside, we saw the Big 12 conference as the flyover states + Texas and Oklahoma. Now it's just the flyover states. You guys got to reinvent your image. You guys go out and pick up San Diego State, UNLV, Memphis, Houston, Cincinnati, USF (Tampa), UCF (Orlando), SMU. Suddenly, you're not the flyover conference anymore. You're this urban college conference, which is a lot more interesting! Hell, if it was successful, you could probably even lure Louisville. Would Baylor vs UNLV be any worse than Baylor vs Kansas?
I'd love to see SMU join, but I just don't see it happening. None of the other schools on this list even make as much sense as the Mustangs.
Yeah, I do not see it happening. It would be very cool to see though.
The Big 12 doesn't need another private school in the DFW area.
@@meadster308 Well.....
1. SMU was really first.
2. The B12 also kicked out TCU with SMU
3. Despite being kicked out for 30 years, SMU still has 4 TIMES as many conference titles from a major conference as TCU
4. SMU literally went from tying for national champions in 81 and 83 not literally not even being allowed to play the sport three years later, because of violating a rule that has sense been struck down by the US Supreme Court as being unconstitutional. It’s not gonna be a good look to keep holding the death penalty over their head, when other programs in the same bloody conference were literally doing the exact same thing 30 years ago, and in the 30 years of destroying that program, other programs have been convicted of the exact same violations yet never received the same punishment.
In fact if the NCAA isn’t going to penalize Penn State and Baylor for extremely severe criminal crimes with a death penalty..... I mean wtf ...... then that institution really does owe SMU $100 billion for destroying that program too severely.
@@meadster308 Honestly, the big 12 could do a whole lot better kicking all the small private schools out(baylor&tcu)
@@brian2440 I absolutely agree that SMU was punished much more harshly than Penn State or Baylor despite their violations not being as heinous. I think the NCAA learned it's lesson.
I disagree with San Diego State being a no go.
If Big-12 were to go to 16 who would that last member be? (Assuming the first 7 are BYU, Cincy, Memphis, UCF, Boise, Houston, Colorado St). NDSU? I think that San Diego St would be the best remaining.
USF?
@@antonioedwards1620 usf sucks
@@antonioedwards1620 why not? That would make sense .
@@antonioedwards1620 I could see it but I would take SDSU over USF for a few reasons. 1. Adding a new state (big one at that). 2. SDSU is the top team for college/pro sports in the city. 3. SDSU has much better basketball and actually brings value there.
IMO Temple, Tulane, and SMU. Temple is the only one I think head and should above sdst. Bigger market and east coast presence. Other two give an old SWC vibe. And more importantly dont have to go all the way out west.
A lot of these takes and comments are looking at teams and schools like the would operate in a vacuum and be unchanged going forward. If we’re looking at schools that can come in and offer value day 1, the options are almost nonexistent. The value in schools like SDSU, UNLV, CSU…etc is the potential of the developing markets. The Big 12 is going to have to put some work in these institutions and brands to be successful.
@araparseghian2 I honestly would be in favor of a relegation/promotion type system in college football
Exactly that is why I don't think the big 12 should go to 16 schools.
BYU- already a national brand due to its religious affiliation. BYU is practically Notre Dame light. Huge fan base travels well good facilities
Cincinnati- A very strong basketball program. A football program that is on the rise went to hell with Georgia and a bowl game last year. Prospect massive amounts of money upgrading their facilities.
UCF- a solid top 25 football program. In a major TV market. Huge student body enrollment. In Florida.
Memphis- has a corporate backer. Fairly large TV market. Super strong in basketball. A decent football program. Overall good facilities.
Those are four schools with huge potential upsides that wouldn't require near the investment that UNLV would. They are closer so the travel wouldn't be nearly as cost prohibitive. And they would bring credibility football wise right from the get-go
SMU is too small? Baylor only have 5K more students and TCU is smaller.
Got love a Baylor fan talking about about giving a crap about their school. Perspective man
Going to sound crazy but I could see Liberty turning into the Baptist Notre Dame. They have HUGE enrollment and their football team gets better every year. Gives WVU a closer game also. That’s my sleeper pick…..Really Big 12 should try to get to 16 teams ASAP. One of the current 8 is bound to negotiate their departure with another conference. So a big play could settle things down IMO.
I want to laugh at the idea of Liberty, but honestly you're right. They've got money out the @$$ and are in a good state for talent.
I agree Liberty is an underrated pick and possibly one nobody see’s coming
I mean Baylor already is the Baptist Notre Dame
@@brian2440 Catholics all over the US route for ND. Same with Mormons and BYU. I just don’t see that with Baptists and Baylor, a national fan base. Liberty might not have that either but with 80,000 enrolled (mostly online) their alumni numbers will be huge. And as someone else said they have lots of money. That was the thought behind that statement, potential to have a national following.
@@luketurko8054 I mean it is literally the highest, most distinguished and most well known baptist college in the world, so......
Unless it's been changed there is a minimum seating capacity if you must have that your stadium to be in the big 12 and I don't think the schools have stadiums that large
That doesn’t mean that they can’t expand in the future.
@@osupokie the last time the big 12 was going to expand they turned down a couple of schools because their stadiums wasn't large enough TCU had to expand their stadium that's how they finally got in but by the time all these other schools expands their stadium the big 12 will be dissolved
Come out of left field and hit up North Dakota St. They travel well everywhere they play. Proved they had great coaching with two of their coach's moving up to FBS. They even have beat several P5 schools.
not gonna happen. They have a nice program, but bring nothing in for recruiting, TV market, and their facilities are nice by very subpar for Power 5 team. Also, geographically, all these southern schools already hate traveling to Ames Iowa in November. No way they want to go even further north. Sorry.
@@desmoinesreport I mean they are in a dome so weather wouldn't be an issue. But it has been a name brand team in the lower division and would be a better choice than teams that get brought up like Rice UConn and any other small team out of Texas. But like I said it's a left field idea look at liberty and coastal Carolina they are doing well and both have beat power 5 teams when they moved up.
@@darkslayer71ir47 periodically beating Power 5 teams happens. But it is an entirely different animal when you have to play a Power 5 schedule week in and week out. See how many coaches figure that out. Most recent example: Scott Frost at Nebraska.
No
First off, like the Top 5 at 5:55!! Know this has to take a lot of thought but it's always enjoyable.
I'd like to see UNLV and San Diego State in the Big 12. Might as well add BYU and Boise State and have a Big 12 Western Division. Then add some Eastern Teams (UCF, USF, etc.) and have an Eastern Division along with West Virginia. Then have a North and South Division ala the NFL with the NFC. Have the same playoff structure as the NFC and shorten the conference schedules to allow for the playoff games which hopefully garners more TV money. Anyway, I have lots of good ideas but no one ever asks!!
The only additions that make sense: BYU, Boise State, UCF, Memphis St., Cincinnati, & Houston! End of Story!
I'd take Fresno State as the P5 dark horse in California. 30k-student school, only big college program in a 4-million person "state within a state" with three ok media markets (Sacramento, Fresno and Bakersfield). Decent 40k stadium that regularly sells out, excellent hoops arena. Agricultural region - Big XII program in Witness Protection.
No to Memphis and Boise state.
Not taking two Florida schools? Why not? You consider them because they have an enrollment of 50,000+ students, and Tampa + Orlando is better than just Orlando TV wise??????
Also, WVU always pulled some good recruits from the state of Florida back when we were going to play USF in the Big East days.
You can add both and it still won't matter
Would take UCF not USF!
Remember when USF hated on UCF. Payback time.
enrollment doesn't matter if largerly commuter students. Commuter students don't bond with their school at the same degree as those that attend on campus.
All true. There are three top candidates (BYU, Cincinnati, UCF), and three secondary candidates (Boise, Houston, Memphis).
Coming back to this post and you nailed it.
@@k-hustlethesportspreacher5941 Thanks! Turns out the conference office also talked to SMU quite a bit. But Houston was clearly the best choice in Texas, it's a big school with solid sports programs in a big market that was slipping away from the conference, and TCU and Baylor weren't as interested in adding another team in DFW.
Is New Mexico an option?
Usf with UCF would give each Big12 at least one game a year in Florida
Nah UCF is good, thanks tho
New Mexico has a large enough market. Great medical school along with traditionally strong basketball program. Too bad football isn’t their strong suit. If it was, it would fit in fine with the remaining schools.
What about university of Tulsa they were a field goal away from beating Cincinnati and would add to the great basketball tradition of the big 12
UNLV is playing all their games in the new spaceship they built for the Raiders. The Pac12 is playing their championship game there this year. They want to muscle in that market. UNLV will be a program on the way up with facilities like that.
I agree , the PAC 12 wants to get in that market now, the Big 12 Should add UNLV with a Power Move and a gamble that I think will pay off in the long run.
I have to educate you gyus about UNLV... for the last 25 years this school never invested in the football ever. The school invested in the runnin rebels ..it was all basketball with tark then president maxon just trashed everything the basketball program was financed by steve wynn for the next 15 years but there was never any money for football. The stadium was so bad the sewer line ran underground to the sewer plant and the football practice was a dump. They keep trying to bring coaches but they couldnt recuit . Some people wanted to dismantle the program .but they got the gaming and fertilla family Sheldon addleson to build a 36 million dollar football facility then follow with 105 million upgrade to Thomas and mack millions were invested into education where in 2019 we became a tier1 research institution plus the 2 billion dollar stadium was done. We brung a young coach that has recuting experience with covid we cant get recuits on visits. The last 2 recuting years are the best in history that will pay off in 2 years metro vegas is 2 7 million pouplation and will hit 3 million in 2025 . By having a palace to play has cause san diego st, colorado st ,Hawaii to build new stadiums the school is doing everything they can to get into the power5
The school would like to go to the pac 12 .everyone that visits the stadium loves to come and play here the iowa st fans call allegiant stadium Jack trice west. We hosts 5 conference championship in basketball pac 12 is playing their football championship here the new pac 12 commissioner is a vegas person . I know our football program is going the right way the pac 12 is eventually move the office here to Vegas..college football is now drivin by gaming boise st is going to have to upgrade their stadium . Why unlv has not been picked yet is really up to the pac 12 if they 14 or 16 but the school is going in the right way
Pac 12 won't touche Boise or UNLV because of academics. UNLV just moved into the Las Vegas Raiders stadium, which is pretty swank.
UNLV IS A TIER 1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION SINCE 2019 ASS HOLES
Did know the San Diego region produce the most Heisman winners Rashaan Slam, Marcus Allen, Ricky Williams & Reggie Bush. 2 Super Bowl MVPS Terrell Davis and Marcus Allen. If it wasn't for San Diego the B8/B12 will have 2 less Heisman Heisman Trophy winners.
If big 12 goes to 16 I say why not go BYU, Cincinnati, Memphis, Houston, Boise , UCF ,USF
Tulane
I would probably take Colorado State over Boise, but I like the rest of the list.
No to Houston! No more Texas teams in big 12
12-team: BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, UCF, 16-team: Boise, SDSU, CSU, Memphis, 20-team: USF, UNLV, Fresno State, SMU. But, may go for ND, UA, ASU, Colorado, Utah, Louisville, Pittsburg, etc….
Why not Appalachian State? It is in a top TV market(Charlotte) compared to all the others(except maybe Houston), decent at football since joining FBS, just expanded stadium. I know it a smaller school with 20,000 and the Basketball team is hit or miss.
Nah
Wheres the podcast of this
SMU would out recruit and outdraw baylor and most big 12 schools which is why they are a no for SMU to be added.
The points they bring up but I'll just play Devil's Advocate for the 5 schools
5. SMU - DFW is a monster place population wise and yes it took 30 years to rebuild their program but it was called the "Death penalty" not the 5 year penalty. The B12 made very likely see the positives to a school in Dallas with the change in NIL moving forward. Additionally, SMU has money in massive donors and they've shown a willingness in the past to spend it! Pony Express comes to mind and it's the whole reason they got in the mess in the first place.
4. USF - when they're good their fans know it and they show up! Located in Tampa and they have a monster enrollment to show up to games if they get the chance. NIL will likely be a great help to them as well. Recruit heavy state for both basketball and football.
3. UConn - probably a basketball blue blood and they're located in a population heavy are on the East coast. Closer to West Virginia than other choices that have been thrown out.
2. UNLV - Literally said "massive, emerging market"... The UNLV name carries weight and is located in a town that has been synonymous with entertainment. NIL will have probably the most rags to riches effect on UNLV out of all universities. The new stadium is going to play a role in football recruiting and oddly enough the state isn't recruit barren.
1. SDSU - Located in a massive metro that just lost their pro football team to Los Angeles. They are currently building a new footballs stadium and if UNLV is added the driving distance between the two is relatively close by western standards. 'If California could support another P5 school they probably would' or hear me out... USC and UCLA don't want another P5 football team in the state so they will never allow SDSU to get elevated. Does that sound familiar?
Now for the Prosecutions statement
5. SMU - is another small private school. Historically, small private schools haven't done as well as giant public schools have. They've dumped a ton of money into their facilities but their stadium can only seat 30,000 roughly and they have trouble filling that even when they're good. The B12 already has 1 school in the DFW metro why do they need another? Not to mention their record since the Death Penalty has been POOR.
4. USF - The numbers when they're poor are not great. Their huge enrollment haven't shown up to games and their basketball team is horrible. They need to build a new stadium on-campus to get a fan draw and create an atmosphere worth marketing. Those things take too much time. Additionally, UCF down the road will be ready and should control most of the central Florida market.
3. UConn - Their basketball may be good but that's only 20-35% of the revenue. They're located literally thousands of miles away from current B12 schools and they're not close to BYU or UCF who are both likely candidates. Their football program is horrid and unless that changes their likely a really bad fit. Lastly, stating they give WVU a travel buddy is a bad take when they're still 9 hours away.
2. UNLV - LV is a long long ways away from WVU and Cincy. They may be close to BYU but their football record means the games won't be great draws anyways. They may be moving into a new stadium but that stadium hold 65,000 and they won't bring half of that.
1. - SDSU - Is even farther away that Vegas and the in conference travel is going to kill them and any school that has to go to them. The inter conference games will be hard to market with no real history or context to go off of.
UCONN is also for sure off the table seeing as they literally aren’t even in the AAC anymore, and have signed a 5 year contract to join the Big East for all sports.
@@brian2440 Curious what their buy out is on that.
If BYU & Boise St stop scheduling football games in California they will become another Nebraska.
This is very true. More so for Boise than BYU
Let's do a list of who's not going to a power 5...... The 8 big12 schools. You crap on other teams when Colorado Nebraska Texas Oklahoma Texas a&m ran from you guys. Sounds like you don't want to be in new TV markets. Your worried about good football but yet you have Kansas and Kansas state. Add every Texas team you can and Tulsa cause nobody wants to watch it and that will keep your travel cost down
Baylor women's and men's basketball carry that school. UConn Baylor women's basketball would be better than any trash game the football team played
You have to be a texas fan. Nobody could be this blind about who f'd up the big 12. Also they've never criticized nebraska, Colorado or mizzou.
Im a Louisville fan and I know how it feels to be left behind. We would have ended up like UConn if not for ACC. Add TV markets and get on TV. Kansas is the UConn of the Midwest
Four out of five programs are defiant no’s, but San Diego Sage is a maybe could see Tulane Tulsa Houston UCF CIncy Boise State Memphis and maybe BYU if they could figure out some scheduling in other sports . I can also see dark horses a in either Marshall or Liberty if they want another east coast team
We would take CU, NU, Mizzo, TAM and OU back in a heartbeat. TX can pound sand!
Im open to USF or SDSU
Okay, why the hell not. Let's bring North Dakota State University up to the big boys. The bison they average 18,700 people every game. Their stadium holds 18,700 people. And if they had a 30,000 seated capacity stadium that's how many of the averaging. They've won eight subdivision national championships, and 17 outright conference championships. Time to move up.
@araparseghian2 I can see them playing there and they could probably hold their own. I would also throw in Sam Houston State University
@araparseghian2 yes they are. It's a good program last year's national champions. made up with the 2 Star athletes.
Having some connections with Fargo, it's an interesting question. Why be a mid-major when you can dominate a division?
@@mklein818 NDSU is going to be on a lot more people's radar if they play FBS teams every week. TV exposure matters a lot. I didn't pay any attention to Coastal Carolina until they started playing Sun Belt ball.
WV would have to get out of big snell outs ... The location of travel would not work
We heard nothing but crying when the SEC took OU and Texas. How it was unfair to raid another conference. Now y’all seem okay with raiding other conferences 😂
These teams are reaching out. ESPN is not involved. It is a step up, not a step over.
In defense of the Big XII, its a matter of survival. the SEC just wants more money lol
the BIG12 is raiding because they NEED to in order to survive, the SEC took OU and Texas when they didnt need them..also, the BIG12 is being pretty open about their intentions whereas the SEC was very very secretive about their moves..
@@carsonc29 s
Who cares, the SEC is the top dogs on the blocks, why should they let the Poodles "big12" know anything.
@@lilcourtny08 dude, unless youre a fan of Bama, LSU, FL or Georgia you really have no reason to puff out your chest in regards to the SEC...over half that conference is made up of middle of the pack teams with no room to brag..not to mention that 90% of the SEC dominance has been Alabama
Memphis, SDSU, and CSU belong in the xii as well.
Tulane!
Colorado St and New Mexico fit the mold or designation of a typical P5 school - Large research flagship/land grant universities that represent the entire state, not just a "city". Both are close geographically but lean towards PAC12 culturally. Both bring sizeable markets. Unfortunately, both have had their growth severely stunted by residing in a G5 conference making about $3M/yr total and the stigma that comes with it. ESPN who created the term "mid-major", does a fabulous job of putting the G5 in their place. Something the Big12 refugees are about to find out regardless of who they expand with. Too bad both schools couldn't get their football program on track because both are natural fits for the Big12.
Coastal Carolina
I get this is a big story of college football right now. But...ANY institution that would plan on joining the Big 12 at this time just needs slapped in the head and asked "Are you stupid!". I'm not saying Bob Bowlsby isn't out there recruiting his ass off trying to get schools to commit and save the conference if possible. But at the end of the day, I don't care what has or hasn't been announced at this point. At least 4 if not 6 of the remaining 8 Big 12 schools already have plans in the works to leave by 2022. The remaining schools have there own agenda.. and should!! Especially WVU who has been blind sided before with realignment BS. They should only be thinking about #1 (Themselves) and I think they are and have. I think it's a certainty they're gone. There are NO schools out there the Big 12 can lure in to make it a sustainable and legitimate power 5 conference going forward.
You may think I'm crazy. But...did anyone not get caught out of the blue with Oklahoma and Texas leaving? It can happen with the remaining 8 as well. I dont believe a thing announced by the commissioners of the Pac 12, Big 10 or ACC. WVU, Kansas, Iowa St and Oklahoma St are definitely gone by 2025.
Boise st ,byu, cinn,
I went to USF and they don’t deserve to be in a power conference
Hillsborough County Community University
they need their own stadium before power 5
@@amapnamedpam Miami doesn't have their own stadium. They share with the Dolphins.
Mike Meade thats true but their fan base shows up to home games, not the case at usf unless it’s a big time opponent. Went their from 2015-2017
San Diego St!!!!!
As a Vegas resident I can tell you nobody cares about UNLV here. They have been losing for so long that they have absolutely no significant following here. Nobody goes to the games nobody cares. I agree with your other pics wholeheartedly with the possible exception of SDS you. Big city, cool location, the big knock against them is that they are just so far away. The next Add has to be Boise State and someone else, probably Memphis
Do theese announcers have day jobs like shoveling Manuer
The three that would make the most sense are BYU, UCF and Cincinnati, the fourth is an interesting call. I have heard the other three schools in Texas don’t want Houston so is it Boise State maybe. It will be interesting to see, the one thing I would say is if you are a school that wants in the club, don’t trash the club, talking to you Houston, because they will tell you to take a hike.
Yeah BYU, UCF and Cincy are top options. The next 3 would be Memphis, Boise and Houston. Tough to say who Big-12 would choose if they only took 1 of those
@@ethanhall6613 take all 6 and get to 14. Show the 'alliance' we mean business. See how it goes and in a few years take 2 more or take them right away. Then! Try and get more scheduling agreements with SEC schools.
@@mBm357 yeah that’s probably the best option for the Big-12
This club has no leverage 😂
Arkansas razorback fan here. In a few years of dealing with texas we will be ready to jump over to the big 12, so will Missouri and A&M. We came over here 30 years ago to get away from Texas. And here they come again. I hate texas short horns. If texas was playing a game against North Korea I would pull for North Korea.
LOL - Arkansas, Mizzou, and A&M leaving $80 Million per year in the SEC after 2025 to join the Big 12? Take another bong hit
Amen. Texas is a disease. They killed the SWC, they killed the Big 8, they poisoned the Big XII, and they'll do the same to the SEC. Sankey is blinded by $$$. Texas will Texas wherever they go.
It want never happen they all stay in the SEC
@@tedskullhammer texas will not get there way in the sec period
@@petersouthernboy6327 well first off its 60 mil. A year. And I'm not the only razorback fan that feels this way. Most people don't realize the athletic directors in the SEC didn't get a vote. It was the university presidents that voted 14-0. All for the money. And most people don't realize the athletic directors don't control the money coming in. Athletic departments are given a budget by the university presidents. Alot of people on the outside is saying this is all for the money. We're saying the same thing on the inside. If the athletic departments got the vote texas wouldn't be in the SEC.
Nailed it with USF and all these schools honestly!
Why not UAB Blazers
Too new. It would be a good addition to the AAC if they get raided.
@@drgat6953 I think UAB and app state will be targets for the AAC if big 12 raids them assuming the big 12 was to take cincy and UCF if they took teams like Memphis and Houston I think The Cajuns and maybe north Texas depending on how bad the AAC wanted to keep a market in Texas
They are a sleeping giant. The big reason they haven’t broken through is an old feud with the Bear-Bryant family. Paul’s son held a grudge and barred the school from stepping up within the Alabama Board of Education system.
Six should be Cincy, UCF, BYU, Boise, Memphis, and San Diego State.
Boise over Houston…please!….do you even know who they are and who we have become….clueless!
@@danhauser3361 Houston blew their load with the Big 12 when they ran their mouth in 2016. And what exactly has Houston become?
Temple University, Cincy, Memphis, UCF, Houston, BYU
Temple is interesting. I hadn't heard that school being considered before.
Why do say that Nebraska would never come back? What's to keep them from coming back? Are there plans to have them crawl through a burning building? I happen to know that the fans up there would love them coming back. They can't recruit in the Big 10. What about Missouri or Colorado? I don't know about Colorado but Missouri fans for the most part would love to see Mizzou in the Big 12 again. What about Colorado? They're getting their brains beat out in the PAC 12. Texas A&M? I know that they're mad about Texas coming into the SEC. Mizzou is mad too. They were both promised that the SEC would never allow Texas or Oklahoma to be invited into the SEC. This is all screwed up. I'm a Mizzou fan, but I never have accepted the fact that Mizzou is in the SEC. I keep trying to accept the SEC, but it's like a foreign body invading my body. It's unnatural and it's repulsive. Especially now that Texas and Oklahoma are probably going to play Mizzou every year now. I can't get it out of my head that Texas is going to try to take over the SEC and bully everyone around. What a nightmare. I hope for the best. Maybe Texas will do what's best and go independent. I hope so. Take care folks. Vaughn 🐯
I mean what’s the case for UCONN?? Oh great the big 12 gets Baylor vs UConn twice a year in women’s basketball?? Wow I bet that brings in money lmao. Y’all are right on the money with these 5!
I don't want them mind you, but the argument is it gets your foot in the Tri-State media market.
I could see Cincinnati joining The Big 12.
Birmingham Alabama has been the top Media market for college football 12 years running, followed by Columbus Ohio and Oklahoma City.
UAB has a good team, if UA-Tuscaloosa would let them be Power5. Schools close to the other top markets would make better sense. And Schools near a Pro Football Franchise are the worse.
I highly doubt that.....
If even just 1 out of every 10 people in Los Angeles watches college football that’s greater than the entire population of Birmingham....
Also if it had greater media potential than any major city, I’d have to ask why you have literally ZERO professional sports (not football, hockey, basketball, baseball, or even soccer) in the city.
@@brian2440 look it it up
@@brian2440 and I said College Football Media.
@@davidvines6498 It looks to be unclear depending on how you’re determining media market size.
Those people must just stream college football 24/7 because there’s nothing else to do. For sports in general Birmingham ranks 38th by Nielsen. For media markets in general it ranks 43rd.
So that’s a pretty big leap to #1 for the 4th largest sports market (meaning college football) in the country
@@brian2440 if you look strictly at College Football markets what I said is absolutely true. The top 3 markets are Birmingham, Columbus and OK City.
3 teams are in close proximity to those Cities. University of Alabama, the Ohio State University and University of Oklahoma.
One reason those 3 Cities do not have professional Sports is because of those 3 universities
Why would any team join the sinking ship of the irate 8. They’d be better off trying other conferences. What good nationally are the leftover 8? Let me be clear I like them and feel sorry for them, but they have only themselves to blame.
Try other conferences? Really? Where have been the last few week? No place to go Brother. With no place to go we are making the best of a bad situation. There are a handful of teams in the other P5 conferences that will be in this predicament in the near future.
Big 12 is not a sinking ship . Oklahoma and Texas got to pay 150 million to leave the conference early . They still got P5 status .
SMU WILL Become a Member of the Big 12
I think the Big 12 should get Boise State and San Diego State
Weakest click bait video y’all have ever put out, nobody I know has mentioned 4 of these teams you mentioned
SMU used to be in the SWC....they don't want to be there again.
Reason that you look at SMU is that they can be a perennial Top 25 team & with the Texas schools as rivals, you can bring up the attendance & the reason you take them & U of H is that you want to take as much of the Texas market from UT, OU & A&M as you can. Grab as much of the Dallas & Houston market as you can. I wouldn't have them as a first choice, but if you are adding 6 teams, I think they should be looked at.
UNLV has a consistently terrible program, has always had a terrible football program.
Everyone in Dallas and Houston watch longhorns, Sooners, and Aggies football. Very few are interested in cougars or mustang football or basketball
@@mymusic8414 That's what you would hope to change when/if you add SMU & U of H to the Big 12. You would have Texas & Okla St rivalries. A TCU vs. SMU rivalry would get fans in the DFW area or a U of H vs. a TCU or SMU or Baylor or Texas Tech. Okla. St coming into Dallas. People say that there isn't much interest in SMU football right now, but outside of U of H, there are no real competitive local teams/rivalries in the AAC. Who wants to see SMU vs. ECU or U of H vs. USF, but if it's Texas Tech vs. U of H or SMU vs. Okla. St there will be much more interest.
Lol, UCONN 😅
If this happened about 5 years ago it would be possible
What's the difference between Kansas football and UConn football? UConn gives you a bigger TV market
UConn is an independent the money isn't there. Basketball gets all the money because of national championships. At the end of the big east Louisville, west Virginia and Rutgers was all in top 10 and UConn was competitive and building their program. There is no saving the big12 now that I listen to you guys talk
When Baylor gets left behind and they go independent they will do the same as UConn and put all they money into the basketball programs as well
San Diego St and UNLV would both end up better than Kansas in football and in basketball both schools have similar levels of success as Kansas in my lifetime (I’m 40).
Finally someone mentions Rice…. Rice should look to join the SEC OR BIG 12
Lol
@@UA-cam304s I’m not joking mister
@@JC-bt3cr lol 😆 that makes it better
@@UA-cam304s you’ll see when Rice is in the convo for the playoff
First time I heard UNLV in the conversation. UNLV brings back painful memories of Kevin Steele. Take a knee, then we'll talk.
Smu has no chance
The teams that will be coming to the big12 BYU Houston UCF Cincinnati
Boise State has alot mord going for it than either UNLV or SDSU
#5 - SMU
#4 - USF
#3 - UCONN
#2 - UNLV
#1 - San Diego ST
UNLV isnt interested in the little 12 ..you lost your power 5 status
Thank God Big12 people realize how putrid USF truly is. They just ride UCF coattails. The USF campus is in the Hood for God sake and they rent a stadium. SMH
@araparseghian2 there program was better than ours at that point.
I was taught by the nuns in their long habits back in the sixties never to sell your soul
Big 12 would dumb enough to invite UConn lol
Why is UCONN even on the list? What a joke. Who's suggesting UCONN?
Who the hell would want UConn and SMU in the Big12?!!?
nothing, that is why they are on their list of teams that won't be invited.
UConn?! Who the hell has been saying UConn?!? 😂😂😂
Wyoming better fit than CSU
CSU would be above Wyoming in every single category
@@ethanhall6613 nope very essy to show! wyoming has better Program look results and players in nfl.... wyoming has more of the fandom map (all of there own state and parts or north colorade) AND Wyoming has by far more insta followers... so what you wanna say
@@ethanhall6613 sry autocorrection iam german
@@fabianronsch792 respectfully the fandom map has zero impact on conference realignment. Colorado State is better in football and basketball, makes more money, and is more attractive geographically
@@ethanhall6613 they are for sure not better in football... and they also not the better tv market...
I feel like the only teams worth adding to a powerfive conference right now is BYU Houston Cincinnati Memphis and UCF that's it. So the big 12 needs to pick the 4 they like best out of that 5 and just be the big 12 again and go with it and hope no other teams get poached out of the remaining 8.
Would take Arkansas State over all 5 of these schools.
How about NEW MEXICO lobos LOL OR NEW MEXICO STATE, Albuquerque has lots of money to offer and big 12 can help them out and get paid too 🤔 just saying
New Mexico sucks... And nmstate was so bad the Sunbelt didn't even renew their contract
"Arizona NOT GONNA HAPPEN"
Tulane would be a good addition, they have the academics and plenty of people in the gulf coast region.
Unlv will be ready in 2 years
Nothing you do, and nobody you add will make any difference. The little 8 is done.
UConn is coming!!!
usf brings absolutely no value to the Big 12.
They do bring a big school and more exposure to the Florida market and recruits. BUT I still don’t think they will or should get an invite
I would disagree. If you rotate two Florida schools on the schedule you can guarantee Florida kids they will play in front of their friends and family.
USF has a better TV market than UCF. USF has a higher ranked school than UCF. USF plays more Power 5 schools than UCF.
What are we using to base these decisions on?? Feelings.
I really wouldn't want either of them in the league. But, it would be nice to, at least, hear why Sic'em 360 just throws out unsubstantiated opinions. Can y'all please give some reasons?
@@mozilla2576 UCF has a far better football program. Period. UCF is much better currently, past 10 years, and even went undefeated. USF football is trash rn
You all have short memories. Go back more than 3 or 4 years and compare USF to UCF. Yes, UCF has had a pretty good 3-4 year run, but look at the bigger picture. In any event, I’m not sure what’s left of the Big 12 does anything at all for either school.
Both USF and UNLV proved why they’re not getting a P5 invite. Nobody is going to pay good money to watch you get shut out for the third time in three seasons or lose to FCS teams.
UTSA All Day. Young program on the come up
The Big 12 is like Nebraska’s program. Dead
BYU, Colorado, Nebraska, San Diego st, UCF, Cincinnati
Hahahahaha
If the Big 12 goes to 16 UNLV would be a great add. A NFL Stadium, probably the best travel town in the conference. I think the NIL in Vegas will bring a lot better athletes to the school and also believe the pac12 will add them if they go to 16. And what a major fail would that be if the big12 loses out on that market. Big 12 logos on giant led screens In Vegas..
Pac12 not adding them but trying to put there lame football on the Vegas market by playing there championship there
And I disagree about SDSU and UNLV. They are both in growth mode. If you are building for the future and looking at 2025-2040, these schools are going to be very different than they are now. Ditto for Boise State. Memphis is a school I am not sure of. If it had been in Nashville I would have said absolutely.
The Big 12 sucks. Just combine Big 12 with AAC
That is essentially what is happening tomorrow.