UConn is still the safety school, it seems. UW and UO on the table for at least one media cycle?
I don’t think Washington and Oregon are going to entertain any conference that isn’t the Big Ten or SEC. I could see the Arizona schools jumping to the Big 12, and maybe Utah just for geography’s sake, since they’re not terribly far from BYU.
So, hypothetically, if the B10 doesn’t expand right now, and the B12 take all the 4 corners… What does Oregon, Washington, Cal, and Stanford do? Do they just go independent until another spot opens up?
The problem I see is the B10 already has 14 teams (starting in 24), so theyre only going to take at most 2 more teams, and one of those is left open for Notre Dame.
Stanford (and maybe Cal, but Cal is a Looooong shot) could possibly join the Ivy League.
OrSt and WaSt probably go to the Mt West.
That leaves Oregon and Washington - one goes to the Big 10 and the other does what?
This is on the assumption that a league max should be 16 teams… anything larger doesn’t make sense to me, but someone big will still be left out… Cal is possibly a last man standing as well, which is crazy with it being in the top 10 nationally in “overall” national championships (football though is dubious with 20-25 and 36) but still its no mountain west team.
Also, going back to the 4 corners, I read today that the B12 could possibly snub Utah because BYU already has the Utah market cornered, and for that matter one of the AZ school could be left out for the same reason (most likely ASU)… So, what if it was CU, AZ, UO, and UW? That would make an INSANE B12, I don’t think that is what will happen, but if just talking about market saturation and getting bang for buck, it would be the smart thing to go for.
I also really want UU especially because we already have BYU. Rivalries are good for a conference.
USC and UCLA will bring B10 to 16, not 14
Yep your right I miscounted … I still don’t see them wanting 18 or 20 teams in their league… you would never play every body and it wouldn’t make sense… you would have to have a b10 play off before the national playoffs lol
Money talks, goes my thinking with respect to Oregon and Washington. They’ll add to the conference’s grant of rights’s value.
