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Message: [QUOTE="Ottoble, post: 1823046, member: 2539"] I see your point on Houston, I just don't see it adding TV revenue and think that UT, Baylor, TCU, TT, are not in any hurry to add another team to recruit against in their state. Especially the Longhorns who I think have been hurt in the DFW & Houston areas already the by adding TCU and losing A&M to the recruiting draw of the SEC. [LIST=1] There is a reason TAMU, UT, TTech, took Baylor and left Rice, TCU, SMU and Houston behind when they left the SWC to join the Big 8 forming the Big 12. With big state school funding, State schools including Arkansas had become more dominant in the SWC in the 8os and 90s, except when SMU cheated (which is why people noticed they cheated when everyone else around them in the SWC was cheating too), following years of more balanced play or even some early eras of private school dominance. The 85 Scholarship limit went into effect in '92 and state schools were still at an advantage as they are today with funding, but it was becoming more level recruiting field since they couldn't take 35-40 players a year under previous limits of 105 and 95 which the private schools often couldn't afford to hit anyways previously except SMU. It concerned them and when Arkansas left for the SEC the conference was destabilized and the big state schools had their eyes open for options and $. To compete with the Big 8 State schools TAMU, UT, and TTech left with Baylor was their Patsy, they were the perennial bottom feeder in the SWC and was the only one of the 5 private schools that lacked geographical ties to the Major Metropolitan areas in Texas. Baylor would remain that way for a decade in the Big 12, has always had a recruiting disadvantage, and may go back down under new leadership. My Thoughts and I think its going to be 4 teams because $&TV&Recruiting make this carousel spin: [LIST=1] [*]Memphis (logical partner with UC and WVU), FedEx$ (Major City/State(s) added to TV) [*]Cincinnati (rival and geographic partner for WVU, also probably the most balanced program from a competitive nature) (Major City/State(s) added to TV) [*]BYU (fan base, national appeal, (Major City/State added to TV) BYU would normally be the #1 but they are just a little further away geographically. [*]UCF (recruiting, recent success) (Major City/State added to TV) [*]Colorado State (Geography, TV, BYU Partner) (But Likely doesn't draw deeply enough crowd or TV to warrant a bid.) [*]Houston (market, geography, rivalries) (But doesn't expand TV coverage and adds a more level recruiting playing field for the Cougars.) [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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