Colorado to Big 12 soon?
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Ha. Bring to the Big 10 so we can pummel them yearly on black Friday again.
Reminds me off the scene in Airheads when David Arquette's character wants back into the studio.
If Colorado goes they won't be going alone. Colorado, Utah and the Arizona schools have been rumored to going that route ever since USC/UCLA announced they were leaving.
Its kind of amusing. I remember when they first moved to the Pac12 - all they could talk about was how much better of a cultural fit that conference was for them vs the Big 12, plus they would no longer be burdened with traveling to boring places like Ames, Lincoln and Manhattan.
Their initial exit from the B12 happened the same time as NU's but the messaging seemed alot different. With NU, it was all about getting away from Texas, with CU it seemed more about getting away from the hicks in the midwest and aligning with the West Coast where half their student body seems to come from. It will be enjoyable watching them have to grovel their way back to the B12. Coach Prime and his gold chains, cowboy boots and hat ensemble will fit it well down in Stillwater.
Their initial exit from the B12 happened the same time as NU's but the messaging seemed alot different. With NU, it was all about getting away from Texas, with CU it seemed more about getting away from the hicks in the midwest and aligning with the West Coast where half their student body seems to come from. It will be enjoyable watching them have to grovel their way back to the B12. Coach Prime and his gold chains, cowboy boots and hat ensemble will fit it well down in Stillwater.
It seems to me that Colorado would be below Utah and the Arizona schools for preference in the Big 12.
Colorado would be nothing but sloppy seconds for the new Conference of midgets and misfits.
How insecure of them.
How insecure of them.
Maybe second to ASU and the Phoenix market, but the Denver market is much bigger than the Utah market.
Colorado should hold out for an invitation to the B1G.
Utah and ASU would be nice gains for the Big 12. Utah would instantly compete for conference championships
That's a good point. Would the Denver tv market outweigh Utah's bigger fanbase, much better recent football success, and the opportunity to restart the Holy War with BYU?
TV markets seem to be the main driving force in conference realignment. Football success is generally a secondary factor unless it's some big football brand like Texass and Oklahoma. Then again, look at Texass, they certainly haven't had a lot of success recently, so my point stands.
I think in a lot of ways it is a "culture fit" in the sense that ASU, Zone, Oregon State, WSU, UCLA, USC (most of the time), Stanford and really all the schools but Washington, Oregon and Utah, really don't give a **** about sports.Its kind of amusing. I remember when they first moved to the Pac12 - all they could talk about was how much better of a cultural fit that conference was for them vs the Big 12, plus they would no longer be burdened with traveling to boring places like Ames, Lincoln and Manhattan.
Their initial exit from the B12 happened the same time as NU's but the messaging seemed alot different. With NU, it was all about getting away from Texas, with CU it seemed more about getting away from the hicks in the midwest and aligning with the West Coast where half their student body seems to come from. It will be enjoyable watching them have to grovel their way back to the B12. Coach Prime and his gold chains, cowboy boots and hat ensemble will fit it well down in Stillwater.
Well that depends how you measure alum interest. USC certainly has a lot of very rich lawyer alums who provide the school with a ton of NIL money. USC is one of the richest schools in terms of NIL money.
That would be a boss move for sure.
They have the acedemics.
They have the campus.
I live in Alaska, but Folsom Field kicks ass for a view.
The Big Ten may want Denver/Boulder.
The B1G took Maryland and Rutgers, so you never know.
Denver is a pro sports town. Boulder is full of transplanted Californians. There is no market for Colorado sports. Let them rot in hell.
According to a site called College Factual CU employees 13 total head coaches in its athletic department, the B1G Tens smallest study body, Northwestern, employs 19. No wrestling or baseball at CU either. Any notion out there that CU would be under consideration to join the B1G Ten must be coming from Prime’s Social Media Influencer.
I'm not sure a conference that took in UCF and is rumored to be courting UConn is going to snub Colorado at this point.
Fair point. Not necessarily snub, but I've read more rumors about the Arizona schools, Utah, and the B12 interested in each other. This is the first one I've read about CU. That's why I speculated that CU may lower in preference.
Would be pretty hilarious if they end up back in an extremely neutered Big 12. Say what you will about the Big 10 but considering the alternatives I'm happy we're here
Colorado was in all the speculations I read.
“The 4 Corners Schools”
Here is one from March, but this has been a talking point for some time berore this article.
Big 12 readies to pounce on Four Corners schools as doubt creeps in about Pac-12's viability
Realignment and expansion has slowed, but it has absolutely not stopped
www.cbssports.com
I must admit that I'm shocked the B12 would be more interested in CU. If they could pillage the Pac 12 for teams, what does CU offer other than a big market(in a pro sports town)? They don't play all the sports, their fan base is small and fickle, they're geographically isolated with no rivals other than CSU to pair with, and their academics are comparable to other Pac 12 schools. US News and World Report ranks them 97 out of 443 for academics among national universities. Arizona and Utah tied at 105 and ASU is 121. Is this a case of the B12 turning over every stone or is it like the B10 taking Rutgers and Maryland for the TV market?
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Colorado has “cachet”, no other current member has.
They have their 5 down National Campionship. They have Heisman winners, multiple AA players.
Plus Denver.
Seriously if you are the big 12 wouldn’t you rather have Colorado than UFC??? They have UFC, but have a chance to get Colorado?
Big misfits would rather have Colorado than any of the other 4 Corner schools.
Just my Alaskan opinion.
Colorado has just as much, if not more to offer the Big 12 as BYU, Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati.
I would say yes to those schools except BYU. BYU has LDS money, influence, and a global fan base. If the B12 is sniffing around the Pac 12 leftovers right now, I would think Utah and the Arizona schools have more to offer than CU. Utah has recent football success, a natural rival in BYU, and taps into some of the same LDS money and influence. The Arizona schools offer the Phoenix market, warm weather climate, a natural rivalry, and ASU has the 6th largest student enrollment in the country.
So far, Utah and the Arizona schools don't seem to be as interested in switching conferences.
So, perhaps it is the B12 scrounging for any P5 school that will listen and CU fits the bill.
Big 12 pro rata clause increases the media payout per member if power 5 schools are added to the conference. Beggars can't be choosers.
I don't know. I think it's pretty hard to assess their interest at this point because a lot of things can be going on behind the scenes. Just because Colorado might be leaking more information out to the media doesn't mean the other schools keeping a low and quiet public profile aren't working just as hard to strike deals behind the scenes.
Rutgers and Maryland are in B1G solely based on population and getting the BTN on first tier subscription which I believe is approx 3 times higher than the lower tiers (I could be misrememboring the 3 times but believe that is correct)
Their addition in their populated areas was worth big money to the conference in BTN subscription tier
This is the main reason (besides striking out with other PAC12 teams) I could see the B12 being interested in CU. Maybe they see the Denver market as lucrative in tv negotiations.
Ya, would think ASU and the Phoenix market would be priority 1 for them...Arizona comes along for the ride out of Tucson
Then wrap up Denver/SLC with CU and Utah (even though they have BYU already from down the road)
Honestly I think the Big 12 would take all of the 4 corner schools if they had the chance. I don't know if they will necessarily get that chance. If not, they have to take whoever they can get.
6th largest? That is a lot of slutes on campus
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