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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 3936599, member: 430"] Well building on Wannstedt's comments on expansion about 8 pages back - TCU and Baylor being left out makes the most sense for the remaining Big 12 programs because there isn't a logical fit for either of them in the B1G, ACC or Pac 12. The Pac 12 isn't going to take a religious aligned school, it's the same reason why they'll never add BYU even though it's a logical fit. The only conference Baylor is logical for is the Pac 12 and again - just not a good fit for what they need. WVU to ACC - doesn't really add a market per se but it's a good culture and geographic fit. With good sports programs. Academics leave a lot to be desired but I view WVU as more of a play on market protection than market expansion. It's basically like having a Louisville in your geographic footprint that isn't in your conference. So I can see this happening from the protection angle. Kansas/Iowa State to B1G - again makes sense in the respect both are AAU programs, they fit the geographic footprint, academic footprint, and Kansas adds a new market as well. Kansas basketball is a blue blood brand. Iowa state can be respectable in both sports. Again a protective play as opposed to a expansive play from a market/geography perspective. OK State/Kansas St - the Pac 12 wants a footprint in the Central timezone, Iv'e always thought they would target Big 12 teams. So not surprising to me. But I would be surprised if in doing this they didn't target Texas Tech as well. It's important that the alliance have some entry into the Texas market. I view all of these moves as protective against the SEC moreso than geographic or market expansion like we've seen in the recent past, with the exception of the Pac 12 getting a footprint in the central timezone. With the announcement of the alliance, this would push the alliance closer to 50 teams, they would completely dominate the P5 as far as a voting block and almost be to the point where they would be a majority in BCS as a whole, the 3 conferences would protect their footprints at a minimum - it could make sense. [/QUOTE]

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