I know we've talked about it before.. but does anyone have ESPN insider? there seems to be something on the rumors section for today on college Football on espn.com... I am curious http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/feat...//insider.espn.go.com/ncf/features/rumors#TOP
Re: Utah to Pac 10 CRAP sorry guys... I meant for a ? to be in the title.. Mods can you please add that to the end?
Re: Utah to Pac 10 Utah might be headed to the Pac-10. A report from ABC4 in Salt Lake City says Utah will be invited to the Pac-10 conference, while BYU was left out of the guest list. But there's a long way to go before any of this happens. The Pac-10 has to first decide that they are expanding, like the Big Ten. Then they might invite two schools to their conference to allow for a conference championship and a better scheduling format. ABC4 speculates that Utah and Colorado might be the two additions. The TV station adds: "The Pac-10 TV deal is about to expire, and a new TV partner would want the league to have a football championship game, which requires the league to have 12 teams." Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott told the San Jose Mercury News that he'll be "very cautious" with expansion. "It?s always tempting to go for short-term economic gain, but it?s very hard to go backwards. You run the risk of potentially harming something that is so special."
Re: Utah to Pac 10 so interesting... Colorado seems to be the other school thought of. Wonder if BSU didnt want to leave.
Re: Utah to Pac 10 Utah and BSU would be my two choices. Of course TCU would be my number 1 choice, but they are in Texas no way they can or would come to the Pacific 10 conference. Utah and Colorodo is just meh to me. I don't want BYU, but BSU and Utah would be rad. I heard BSU doesn't qualify, though.
Re: Utah to Pac 10 I would be shocked if the Pac10 added an 11th team, and be even more surprised if a geographically comparable team wasn't added to make 12. Utah and BYU makes way more sense than any plan of adding Boise State.
Re: Utah to Pac 10 Yeah my choices too. If BSU doesnt want in... then I guess UTAH works.. and if BYU doesnt work.. Colorado has the next biggest TV market that is closest to the Pac 10.
Re: Utah to Pac 10 My guess is that the new upper management is trying to make the most money possible. A conf Championship game I guess would be the best way to do that. I dunno though.
I like the idea of bringing in Utah and Nevada. Colorado does nothing for me. BYU is too religious and Boise State doesn't have the academic credentials to get into the Pac 10.
I think it comes down to money. Colorado has the name and a solid fan base already. Would Nevada bring that? I'm not saying they wouldnt I dont follow them enough to know lol.
It's not a matter of Boise State NOT wanting in, it's a matter of there being no way on god's green earth that the PAC-10 would invite Boise State. The PAC-10 is first and foremost an affiliation of academic institutions, and Boise State remains the equivalent of a junior college when it comes to academics. Utah and Colorado, however, would be institutions that the university presidents could get behind. Colorado is no surprise - the PAC-10 tried to lure them away before the BIG XII formed in the 90s. At the time, the plan was to add both CU and Texas but it never came to be. Adding those two schools makes economic sense as well. That would give the PAC-10 the other two big Western TV markets - SLC and Denver.
i believe academics is the reason byu would never be really considered. to be in the PAC you must be a tier 1 research university and bsu doesn't come close to that. i agree that the buffs don't do much for me but it does lure in another 'big' market and it wouldn't be hard to do the slc-den travel. i would assume they would go in the "north" with the washington and oregon schools.
Re: Utah to Pac 10 I repped him for you I'd love to see Utah in the PAC 10. Colorado is the likely other team to be invited. Years ago I heard Texas mentioned as a possible PAC 10 invitee, anyone remember that?
