re: Big 12 kicking the tires on adding UConn to conference

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The B12 would be better served by contraction rather than expansion after they lucked into the Pac12 collapse. They could be the dominant western conference if they ditched WVU, Cinci, and UCF and added Cal, Oregon St, and Washington St. There is far more legitimacy in owning a territory than taking the entire nation’s leftovers. They would have the flagship universities of California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Kansas, with virtually all of the secondary state schools in the Western half of the nation.

You can’t ignore a huge section of the nation but you can ignore a perception of a mid tier conference thst takes anyone from anywhere.

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agreed

Problem is you can't just kick WV in Cincinnati out what could potentially although I doubt it will happen but what could possibly happen is the Big 12 and the ACC could get together and agree that realignment,West and East not necessarily combine conferences but reconfiguring but lowering the cost for non-revenue sports travel a more cohesive time zone for game times

And it's unlikely
but could possibly happen when they realize that you've got the SEC and Big 10 that are going to be the power conferences and the other teams champions will make the playoff but barring an exceptional year that the best it can get,, after the nil bs settles and schools start considering dropping sports that option is better dropping sports

even 4 tier 2 conferences gets more CFB playoff $$ per school, than the 2-3 the B12, ACC schools will be getting in the next 3-6 years
but ND has to be forced in a conference and big10 is the only one they'd agree to