UNLV Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 If UT, AM, OU leaves Big 12..Big 12 replace them with BYU, Air Force, New Mexico.Texas tech, Baylor leaves Big 12 because Big 12 foot print outside recruiting area. Big 12 replace them with Colorado st, Wyoming.UNLV & San Diego joins PAC 10.MWC no more...TCU joins Tech and Baylor in Southwest conferenceEvery school market is over 300,000 in population except Texas tech and BaylorSurely a tv deal for this conference.I wouldn't be surprised if OK st replace Rice in this conference because they get their recruits from Texas.UH 5.5 millionMEM 1.2 millionUAB 1.1 MillionUTSA 1.9 MillionUTEP 700KUNT 6 millionLU 405KTexas tech 261KBaylor 226KTULANE 1 millionTULSA 900KRICE 5.5 millioinTCU 6 million18 MILLION --------------------new Big 12KansasKansas stMissouriNebraskaIowa stColoradoColorado stAir ForceBYUWyomingNew MexicoOk st
UNLV Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Posted January 16, 2008 My reasoning...Take out privates..If Memphis can't get in the Big East, Memphis needs to join Houston and other big Metro-schools.MemphisU-HousonNorth Texas DFW areaUTSA San Antonio areaUTEP El paso areaUAB Birmingham areaThese 6 schools represent 15 million people. However a conference needs more than 6 teams.Why would ok st, Texas tech, and Baylor leave the Big 12?If UT, AM, and OU leave the Big 12, the population base shift from Texas to the midwest.Ok st, Texas tech, and Baylor would find it harder to recruit out of Texas. Those school would be in a position of having to choose between being in the Big 12 and lower quality of recruits or drop a conference level and keep the quality. Texas population is the fastest growing. Long term, the Southwest conference could surpass the big 12 in football.Memphis UHUABUNTUTSAUTEPTexas TechOK stBaylor
Tiger90 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 Unless I missed something where did UT,A&M, and OU go?
UNLV Posted January 17, 2008 Author Report Posted January 17, 2008 SEC.... If this should happen, the SEC will be in a class all it's own.
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