06-18-2010, 04:46 AM | #1 |
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As unlikely a Big 12 invite is....
...and despite the Big 12 teetering and dysfunctional, if an invite comes to BYU AND an invite is on the table with the Pac 10--BYU should go Big 12.
Much better exposure, better conference, schools that hate Mormons, but not because Mormons are politically conservative. |
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Pac 12 is better than MWC in terms of money and exposure, but it is a bad fit for BYU. CU will regret moving down to the Pac 12.
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06-18-2010, 01:00 PM | #3 |
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With the way Texas (the school and the politicians) has demonstrated its control of the Big 12, I am starting to rethink how good a Big 12 invite would be. If it comes, I still say take it, but it has lost a lot of luster. Taking the invite would be just for positioning. To get it on our resume so we are in a better spot for future opportunities.
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06-18-2010, 01:02 PM | #4 |
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what better future opportunity?
You think the Big East is going to invite BYU? SEC? ACC? Big 10? Get real. |
06-18-2010, 01:10 PM | #5 |
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If/When the 4 16 team mega conferences come to be reality, and rather than expansion, teams are breaking away from the NCAA, so leaving dead weights who have gotten a free ride for years (Iowa State, Vanderbilt, Washington State, etc) is not such a big deal.
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06-18-2010, 01:40 PM | #6 |
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As pointed out, BYU could accept partial membership and still benefit. The money disparity is so great.
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Not only is the Pac a more stable, egalitarian conference, it's also got all the top universities in the west (I guess except Cal Tech). California has 50% more population than Texas. There is nothing like the magnetism and power of the West coast.
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06-18-2010, 06:34 PM | #8 |
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if you call bankruptcy "stable". If you call the implosion in the UC system "stable." Across the board paycuts. Tuition increases. New medical school delayed.
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