Big 12 Expansion

ThisIsAtlanta

ThisIsAtlanta

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You're Bob Bowlsby. Everybody hates you right now because you screwed up as badly as you possibly could refusing to crown a champion of the league with 1 true champion. Even if you had crowned one, every other power league got an extra quality game on the end of its schedule to separate itself from the chaff (you). Now you need to expand your conference to get a championship game. Assuming P5 teams are off limits, how many teams do you grab and who?

Teams in Texas:
Houston, SMU

Teams in contiguous states:
BYU, Colorado State, Utah State

Good G5 teams looking to move up:
ECU, UCF, Boise State, Cincinnati

Other teams people seem to be mentioning (why?):
Memphis, UConn

Anyone else?

The world is your oyster Bob-for-a-day, make the Big 12 proud.



Here's what I do: I go to 14, taking BYU and Boise State for quality (and one is contiguous), and then grabbing UCF and doormat USF so I can have two teams in Florida. This gives me my championship game, some good teams, a free win for everyone, and some new recruiting home turf. It also adds even more to the mix for the Florida schools of all my rivals, with regards to recruiting.
 
Houston and SMU would make sense IMHO. SMU is starting to rebuild and Houston has had some visibility the last decade with Case Keenum and their pass-heavy offenses.
 
1) Tell Texas to lose the Longhorn network or go find another conference
2) Get A&M and Nebraska back
 
I take BYU and Utah State.
 
I'd take Houston and SMU. Makes sense geographically and brings more historical prominence than any of their other options except BYU, who seems to prefer conference independence. IF BYU is gettable, take Houston and BYU.

(edit) I'd also consider Cincinnati. Consistently good lately and they've already moved that direction by adding WVU anyway.
 
I just host a championship game among my teams that I do have, give the NCAA the finger if they don't permit me to (since they don't actually have any authority to prevent me from doing so) and then I name the winner of that my champion.
 
Here's why I wouldn't reach for the Texas teams:
Texas
aTm
TCU
TTU
Baylor
Houston
SMU

That's a crowded state, right there.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
Here's why I wouldn't reach for the Texas teams:
Texas
aTm
TCU
TTU
Baylor
Houston
SMU

That's a crowded state, right there.
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What's the problem with that? Are you saying that their potential to grow is limited? Do you think Boise State has more growth potential than those teams? I don't.

Also, Florida is pretty crowded, too.
 
Cincy and BYU.

BYU because they are good with widespread appeal. Cincy to give WVU someone within 1,000 miles of them.
 
Memphis would be up there on my list as well. Good basketball and rising football but too far IMO from current Big Ten schools and would need Cincy to join as a natural rival. I think going for Utah provides good teams in football and basketball and a national name in BYU. Probably less controversial than getting more Texas teams in the mix.

EDIT

Forgot west VA is already in Big Twelve. Memphis/Cincy could help with that.
 
SMU and BYU if BYU would be willing to commit to a conference. If not, Boise St. I would only take SMU because they seem like they could be on the rise, they're in Texas, and they're probably gettable. That would be a gamble though because they've been awful and I don't know if Chad Morris can change that.
 
ThisIsAtlanta said:
Here's what I do: I go to 14, taking BYU and Boise State for quality (and one is contiguous), and then grabbing UCF and doormat USF so I can have two teams in Florida. This gives me my championship game, some good teams, a free win for everyone, and some new recruiting home turf. It also adds even more to the mix for the Florida schools of all my rivals, with regards to recruiting.
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You forgot to rename the conference BIG 14.

Seriously though. BYU and Colorado State. Thought there was a reason no one was taking BYU and that reason is how crazy religious they are. Maybe that's just old speculation though?

So without BYU I'd go after Boise next I think.
 
Go grab BYU because it will be cheaper. Or immediately end the "co-champion" bullshit by using the same tie-breaker rules used for bowl selection in determining the actual conference champ. Baylor got right proper hosed in this mess and they can thank Bowlsby for that.
 
Boise and BYU if they will join. If not... UCF, Ga Southern, Tulane, and ECU. Those teams would jump at the chance/offer new states with great recruiting, the Texas and Oklahoma superiority would stay, and they would have their playoff.
 
Rice? SMU and Houston joining might make it easy to justify grabbing another former SWC member. Rice would be the Vandy of the Big Texas conference.
 
Step 1) Tell everyone to piss off.
Step 2) Tell TCU and Baylor to knock off the butthurt.
Step 3) Make TCU and Baylor understand they didn't make it because (a) their brands suck and (b) their OOC schedule sucked. This wouldn't have happened if they were OU and UT.
 
05GTCorndog said:
You drunk bruh?
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Moving south is a great idea for them. It's where the players are outside of Ohio, Texas, and Cali. I mean, they already have West Freaken Virginia, Iowa State, Baylor, TCU. Which, Baylor and TCU won't be good long.
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
Step 1) Tell everyone to piss off.
Step 2) Tell TCU and Baylor to knock off the butthurt
Step 3) Make TCU and Baylor understand they didn't make it because (a) their brands suck and (b) their OOC schedule sucked. This wouldn't have happened if they were OU and UT.
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It also wouldn't have happened if their conference commissioner spent time and energy promoting a 1-loss Baylor as their conference champion.
 
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