(01-11-2019 09:47 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  When considering a #16, assuming that FSU and Miami say NIMBY to a U_F, if you are considering Temple, Cincy, UConn, and WVU in terms of markets Temple is the no brainer. But it's become evident that it's no longer a market driven industry but a content based one. Temple gets you a tiny sliver of the biggest market but does little in the way of producing high demand on-field/court content.

WVU is head and shoulders the best candidate in terms of content and demand. The question is will historic and academic prejudices keep them barred in favor of someone with a weaker resume. At this point they've taken in Louisville so it's not like they haven't tread this slope before. WVU also has history with all of those ex-BE schools and would restore a lot of old and desirable match ups notably with Pitt and VT but also with Cuse, L'ville, and Miami as well.

Exactly. The Florida schools are non-starters. There is no way any school president does that to FSU after all the noteriety they brought to the football league.

WVU is head and shoulders above any realistic candidate despite their negative marks. Then UConn, as evidence in the Louisville decision. I put Temple out there (they are in the fourth or so largest media market) to illustrate if markets mattered they’d be in over Cincinnati. I’m sorry, but if you’re not Ohio State, you don’t matter in Ohio. Unless of course you’re Michigan, which is the second most followed team in Ohio. Bet.