One thing for sure is UCF has the best on campus Popsicle shop of all the potential new members, which is a close second to tv markets in the minds of university presidents I am told.
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Iowa State president Steven Leath on the University of Houston: "They certainly have a lot of factors we are interested in. I feel a lot of the (Big 12) presidents feel the league is Texas-heavy already, which helps with the Texas schools, but it’s a little problematic for the rest of us to go from the very northern part of the league, like us, to the very southern part of the league. "All I can say on that is they will get a fair shake. We will take a good serious look at it if they continue to express interest." http://amestrib.com/sports/football...-fair-shake-expansion-after-prestige-programs iowa state owns and oklahoma, oklahoma state, kansas, kansas state, and west virginia fans could learn a lot from them
Fertitta: Here is my offer. There will be no UT-Houston... ever. There will be no reduced payments in the beginning of Big 12 membership. There will be no games in NRG. In fact, we will need 12 million dollars to exit the AAC, which I would appreciate if IT paid for. Bowlsby: Home games against Texas and Oklahoma will be played in NRG. Houston's conference distributions will start at 10 million dollars and increase by 2 million dollars every year until equal to other conference members. UT-Houston breaks ground in 6 months. And pay your own damn way out of the AAC. Fertitta: *whispers* Holy shit.
So are the Texas schools secretly getting out of state schools to torpedo UH so they can say they tried? I don't think any good would come to them by giving Herman the chance to elevate them even more and maybe not come to UT or wherever next year.
Texas is sticking with Strong so they are trying to torpedo A&M's chances at Herman by getting Houston into the Big 12
The speculation is we are publicly giving them support so they will drop opposition to our new satellite research campus in Houston. There are some very influential political dollars on the U of H side. I don't really understand why Tech, TCU, Baylor, OU, and OSU would want Houston in the conference making it tougher to recruit the area.
I don't understand how having them in the conference makes it tougher to recruit the area. The opposite could be argued imo.
UH football coach: Hey, 4 star recruit, commit to Houston and you can play against Tulsa, SMU, UCONN, etc. on CBSSN/ESPN3 UH football coach: Hey, 4 star recruit, commit to UH and you can play UT, OU, TCU, etc. on ABC/FOX/ESPN Is it really that difficult to understand how much their recruiting pitch improves with them in the B12?
I'd counter that argument with "Hey four-star recruit, why go to Houston and play Texas and OU when you can, y'know, play for Texas and OU."
This argument will make sense when they reinstitute unlimited scholarships and only televise 3-4 games each week
Yes, I understand your argument, even through the condescension. My point is, that impacts maybe, at most 2-3 croots per class, whereas the Techs, OSUs, Baylors, and TCUs of the world can now sell the 150 or so d1 prospects that come out of the greater Houston area every year on the idea of playing a game in their hometown. The argument for those schools would be not against going to UH, it would be against going to Arizona, Arizona State, Mizzou, Nebraska, or the 40+ other second tier p5 schools who recruit Texas. Why go there when you can stay in the Big 12 and see mom a couple of times during college? Currently that argument can't be made. UH in the conference would allow that, and them getting the p5 recruiting bump, however great it may be, doesn't outweigh that advantage to the other programs in the conference. In my opinion.
So you believe Tech's recruiting is going to improve because you can now sell a recruit on playing in Houston twice over a 4 year period?
The exposure could potentially be beneficial. I think that's a positive that greatly outweighs big bad scary Houston coming in and stealing every recruit in the state of Texas because they're now in a power 5 conference.
When the Big 12 trades OU and Texas for Houston and Colorado St. who will be Texas Techs rival be lmbo