re: Sources: Gonzaga in talks with Big 12 about joining conference

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They get $. They’re the de facto pro sports team for Spokane, the largest market between Seattle and Minneapolis. I live 300 miles away and saw car commercials with Drew Timme last year on the regional sports network.

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Umm, checks map. Spokane is 230,000 people in the wasteland that is eastern Washington. I know, I've made the drive from Seattle to South Dakota. Spokane, Couer d'Alene, and that's it. The mountains of Idaho, then Montana, then nothing.

Also, Fargo, ND, Sioux Falls, SD are both between Minneapolis and Seattle and both 230,000 population cities, and nobody really thinks that's all that big.

Basically, the Big 12 should do this. It would be a huge mistake which is par for the course for that conference.