Another rivalry bites the dust due to realginment

[NashBuff]

@JeremyMauss
Jeremy Mauss
RT @HoyosRevenge Just told by a couple of people Big10/Pac12 games have officially ended BYU V Utah in football for the forseeable future

Now Utah has just Utah State to beat up on these days just like CU has CSU. Another boost to CU-Utah.

 

[MrFrumpylane]

Why would Utah keep their game with state over BYU?

 

[Darian3Hagan]

Now Utah has just Utah State to beat up on these days just like CU has CSU. Another boost to CU-Utah.

Im sure anyone from Utah will say its worth $35mil/yr.

 

[dply]

Wasn't BYU already independent?

 

[sackman]

Once college football goes to a 14-game schedule, these kinds of games will come back.

 

[leftybuff]

Well, Mitt will fix that once he's elected....

 

[wsp4820]

This is clearly Larry Scott's plan to force the CU/jUjU rivalry to take off.

 

[Buffnik]

Big 12 might add Louisville and BYU.

 

[Hugegroove]

Big 12 might add Louisville and BYU.

There going to need to add teams/schools like that to maintain stability. Otherwise they may end up on the edge of imploding again.

 

[azbuff]

Big 12 might add Louisville and BYU.

I heard CSU is in the mix here, too.

 

[CarolinaBuff]

FSU and Clemson are potential Big 12 additions:

The Big 12 conference will put its expansion plans on hiatus while Clemson and FSU decide to apply for membership or stay with the ACC

http://www.eerinsider.com/2012-articles/february/clemson-and-fsu-are-on-the-clock.html


If it sounds far-fetched, Clemson has formed an advisory committee to explore the possibility:

This scratches the surface or eludes to what our opinion is- College football is now an arms race; get "all the way in" the game or keep out. Kind of like say, Syracuse, Pitt, Duke or UNC. They are in a game; the difference is their game is basektball. Their game will never fully showcase ACC football so it's a respected national brand. Syracuse and Pitt's 848 football fans they will bring to Death Valley don't excite Clemson fans.

For ACC commissioner John Swofford and his gang their game is basketball plain and simple. Their motivations keep the ACC one dimensional, dumb down the competition in football and keep the prize football horses Clemson, VT, FSU and Miami off the race trac. Hire the worse college football officials money can buy and let the SEC, Big 12, Pac 12 and Big 10 stomp a mud hole in the ACC on national stages.

http://cemetery-hill.com/2012-artic...ed-at-clemson-time-to-get-all-the-way-in.html

 

[CVilleBuff]

FSU and Clemson are potential Big 12 additions:



http://www.eerinsider.com/2012-articles/february/clemson-and-fsu-are-on-the-clock.html


If it sounds far-fetched, Clemson has formed an advisory committee to explore the possibility:



http://cemetery-hill.com/2012-artic...ed-at-clemson-time-to-get-all-the-way-in.html

Can't blame them for not being big on the addition of Pitt and 'Cuse. Can't say I'm wild about it either. I still bet both Clemson and FSU stay put though

 

[CarolinaBuff]

Can't blame them for not being big on the addition of Pitt and 'Cuse. Can't say I'm wild about it either. I still bet both Clemson and FSU stay put though

More than likely they will stay but can't blame that Clemson board for being so critical of the "All Carolina Conference" and Swofford's "baby blue mafia". That was great stuff. :lol:

 

[sackman]

The Big 12 should forget about BYU. With the addition of WVU, they'll need some schools to bridge the geographic gap. Louisville, Cincinatti and Memphis come to mind. Solid basketball programs with crappy football teams that UT can bitch slap around. They each come with an added benefit of being in a middle sized media market as well.

 

[Mick Ronson]

The Big 12 should forget about BYU. With the addition of WVU, they'll need some schools to bridge the geographic gap. Louisville, Cincinatti and Memphis come to mind. Solid basketball programs with crappy football teams that UT can bitch slap around. They each come with an added benefit of being in a middle sized media market as well.

BYU seems like a massive "meh" to me from a Big 12 perspective, unless the bible belters v. the mormons angle has play....and ugh, what a world that is.

 

[CUFan]

The Big 12 should forget about BYU. With the addition of WVU, they'll need some schools to bridge the geographic gap. Louisville, Cincinatti and Memphis come to mind. Solid basketball programs with crappy football teams that UT can bitch slap around. They each come with an added benefit of being in a middle sized media market as well.

I agree. Geographically they really should find some support for WVU. However, I can see the appeal of BYU since it would get them back in the mountain time zone (a growing part of the US) and the national Mormon following. I would also imagine BYU does actually add dollars to the conference rather than dilution.