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First, Scott Woodward talked about a possible merger witht he Big 12 (at the bottom of the blog):
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskymensbasketballblog/2011140851_ucla_game_threa_5.html
Boise State thinks its a better fit for Pac-10 than Utah/Colorado, states it has the 2nd best football tradition (better than colorado, BYU, A&M)
Woodward also talked about expansion and said the Pac-10 and the Big Ten have reached out to officials at Texas and Texas A&M. "I'd be surprised if our office is not in contact with them," he said. "I'm sure those conversations have happened and are taking place."
When asked if the league might expand beyond two teams, Woodward said that's a possibility. "It could be two, four or a merger of Big 12. ... There's a theory that at the end of the day there's only going to be four super conferences. Now that it's going to look like, God only knows."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskymensbasketballblog/2011140851_ucla_game_threa_5.html
Boise State thinks its a better fit for Pac-10 than Utah/Colorado, states it has the 2nd best football tradition (better than colorado, BYU, A&M)
http://boisestate.scout.com/2/948181.htmlBoise State ranks as the best candidate in location and #2 in football tradition. The three Texas schools rank highest in weather. Texas and Texas A & M are the top academic schools and rank as the top overall athletic programs.
Texas and A & M may well be the best fit—for a southern conference. But for a conference that calls itself the Pacific Conference—not so much. As revealed in the table above, they plainly are just way too far away from the majority of Pac-10 schools. In these days of decreased public education budgets, location has to be a huge factor. That alone moves the argument to Boise State , BYU and Utah . And, while Idaho is part of the “ Pacific Northwest ”, nothing in Utah has anything to do with “Pacific”.
When you compare just those three schools, Boise State is #1 in location, football tradition and weather and #2 in overall athletic program. The only category in which they aren’t one of the top two candidates is academics and U.S. News and World Report seems to think this too is on the rise in the City of Trees .
So the destiny of Boise State should be there for all to see. They have witnessed how far this university has come in a short time. With a strong commitment to the continued growth of both academics and athletics, the Broncos will continue to grow.
They are the only school that can have natural rivalries with all the league’s current ten members.