Expansion Thread 2023

[bearcatbret]

Heather Dinich reporting that Big 12 ADs held a meeting this morning and agreed that 14 is the number of teams they want to stick with. Looking for one more.

I read that they have one power 5 team nearly in and it is not one of the four-corner schools. Any idea which school it could be?

[GoBearcats31]

Heather Dinich reporting that Big 12 ADs held a meeting this morning and agreed that 14 is the number of teams they want to stick with. Looking for one more.

Article link https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...-school-get-14

[Chewbacca2099]

I could also see the one more spot speech being a ploy to get some of the better options to try and panic... Like a Washington/Oregon

[Lobot]

On the PAC 12 from Justin Williams ($)

https://theathletic.com/4727435/2023...shared_article

[longtimefan]

Heather Dinich reporting that Big 12 ADs held a meeting this morning and agreed that 14 is the number of teams they want to stick with. Looking for one more.

And it appears Arizona is the front runner.

[longtimefan]

Heather Dinich reporting that Big 12 ADs held a meeting this morning and agreed that 14 is the number of teams they want to stick with. Looking for one more.

[bearcatbret]

The ACC may be looking at expansion. Could this be a ploy to renegotiate their GoR and Media deal? Could they be looking at a west coast division?
ACC Commissioner Makes Eye-Opening Expansion Comments Amid Pac-12 Uncertainty (msn.com)

[richard k.]

Even though Utah, Arizona and ASU are not the cream of the Power 5 crop, they are still a whole lot better than those teams listed above. I have read that if the BIG 10 does not offer Oregon and Washington, they may be in play for the Big 12. I doubt that though. The PAC has a 9 game conference schedule and cannot perform that with just 9 teams. They will have to add someone except SDSU is tied into the Mountain West for another year. SMU does have some wealthy donors that can pay their exit fees for them. The PAC 12 is stating that Colorado has done them a favor so now they can trade up. I am not sure who they are talking about.

Also from a national perspective, Utah and the Arizona schools bring a whole lot more credibility. No to any non-power 5 school unless ESPN wants to pony up even more cash for UConn which in itself would be a joke. For those that are young, UConn did have a couple of good years under Randy Edsell round one about 14 years ago. They had a really good running back that gave UC fits. When he left the first time, UConn was never the same and will probably never return.

They have lost the LA market - now Denver - if they also lose Phoenix/Tucson aside from Seattle and SF I'm not sure what value they have left?

[Lobot]

Brett McMurphy tweets Big 12 looking to add between 1 and 3 schools to join Colorado. Will start with PAC 12 and, if no one else jumps, will want to add a G5 (UConn, Memphis, SDSU or UNLV) to hit an even # next year.

Article here:

https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/...after-colorado

[bearcatbret]

Brett McMurphy tweets Big 12 looking to add between 1 and 3 schools to join Colorado. Will start with PAC 12 and, if no one else jumps, will want to add a G5 (UConn, Memphis, SDSU or UNLV) to hit an even # next year.

Even though Utah, Arizona and ASU are not the cream of the Power 5 crop, they are still a whole lot better than those teams listed above. I have read that if the BIG 10 does not offer Oregon and Washington, they may be in play for the Big 12. I doubt that though. The PAC has a 9 game conference schedule and cannot perform that with just 9 teams. They will have to add someone except SDSU is tied into the Mountain West for another year. SMU does have some wealthy donors that can pay their exit fees for them. The PAC 12 is stating that Colorado has done them a favor so now they can trade up. I am not sure who they are talking about.

Also from a national perspective, Utah and the Arizona schools bring a whole lot more credibility. No to any non-power 5 school unless ESPN wants to pony up even more cash for UConn which in itself would be a joke. For those that are young, UConn did have a couple of good years under Randy Edsell round one about 14 years ago. They had a really good running back that gave UC fits. When he left the first time, UConn was never the same and will probably never return.

[GoBearcats31]

Brett McMurphy tweets Big 12 looking to add between 1 and 3 schools to join Colorado. Will start with PAC 12 and, if no one else jumps, will want to add a G5 (UConn, Memphis, SDSU or UNLV) to hit an even # next year.

[GoBearcats31]

Official http://buffs.me/4518rQw

[Chewbacca2099]

You can watch Colorado -> Big12 become official at this stream 5PM EST ---- The meeting will be live-streamed at https://cu.new.swagit.com/views/92/


Summary: Everyone voted yes though some slightly apprehensively.

[Lobot]

Of course ESPN is pushing for it. A significant portion of their employees have an association with UConn.

[D.A.H.]

Why would we do that... I don't understand the UCONN thing... Basketball only with zaga maybe but football is a dumpster fire. Hope we get one of the other PAC12 teams... Preferably Utah

I personally don't get, or want, uconn. but, i have seen a couple of places say that espn is pushing for uconn - i guess the people there want to be able to see some decent fball teams, without having to travel to far.