(09-13-2021 03:24 PM)BePcr07 Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 02:46 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  

(09-13-2021 02:16 PM)BePcr07 Wrote:  My list of XII expansion candidates between 12 schools (after Oklahoma and Texas join the SEC):
13. Memphis
14. South Florida
15. SMU
16. Temple
17. Boise St
18. Colorado St

You might do the best job I've ever seen on this board (and I've been reading it for about 10 years) of not pimping your school.

Full props.

I appreciate that.

I try to be realistic with my schools. Boise’s best hope is the PAC which may come to fruition if the B1G ever raids the PAC. Outside of that, joining any “best of the rest cross-country” conference is risky for a school that is such an outlier in geography and academics. The most obvious risk is the new conference getting poached and Boise being left in a conference that looks geographically horrific with nowhere to go after burning bridges with the MWC.

I wish the MWC was more proactive in growing into the CST with Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and Wichita St (non-football). Not that those schools would ever want to join but it would help the conference’s viewership, academic profile, and basketball - and maybe football.

I feel Boise will have a strong shot at a Big 12 invite and that it could be hugely helpful to BSU and the City of Boise. You have earned it.