BYU's footprint is much larger than metro SLC

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Jun 30, 2015
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Big 12 Expansion came up on Austin Sports radio (1300 the Zone) today

Accipiter

6/29/15 10:16pm

Seems pretty universal that the 11th team is byu. It's the

johnnycarson

6/29/15 10:25pm

Choice 1a) all sports 1b) accept football only without hesitation

TrueAndBlue

6/29/15 10:33pm

WCC > Big 12 for other sports

Veruca

6/30/15 8:55am

I like (1b) the best

Marking Time

6/30/15 8:55am

The problem for BYU is really

BYUHgrad

6/29/15 10:52pm

The problem is religious big 12 doesn't want an LDS school

franklyvulgar

6/29/15 11:24pm

I seem to recall hearing that about the Catholic WCC

PolarisPrime

6/29/15 11:54pm

Never heard that. Don't start rumors about our Catholic friends!

Crowgar

6/30/15 3:42am

It wasn't the Catholic friends or WCC themselves - it was just haters

BYUFam1

6/30/15 7:08am

The place I heard it was from yewts saying that the Jesuit WCC

PolarisPrime

6/30/15 11:04am

BYU was the concensus 9th team, too.....

rggee

6/30/15 8:54am

BYU and UCF, easy picks...and long term better picks

Heinz57

6/30/15 8:59am

Jeff Ward on 590 is pretty positive on BYU as well. Not sports talk, but they

workindev

6/29/15 10:35pm

I would love if Boise joined with us. I hope they become our new #1 rival.

8man

6/29/15 10:36pm

If we join, Texas will be our rival. They hate us right now.

LouisianaCoug

6/29/15 11:44pm

They all will be our rival. Holy wars to the max. Cool.

Accipiter

6/30/15 12:10am

I think they would be a tier B rival, we couldn't replace Oklahoma as their

8man

6/30/15 10:16am

Same rumor going around right before they added TCU and WVA.

Real Men Wear Blue

6/30/15 8:21am

I can't hear you, see you, or speak to you- (which is true) but you're killing

SouthernBlueBlood

6/30/15 9:02am

Going around Austin.... or Provo?

Accipiter

6/30/15 9:12am

And to further clarify, these are not rumors... just speculation from

Accipiter

6/30/15 9:23am

It was going around Bristol, for sure.

rggee

6/30/15 9:45am

Would love this- then if we could go back to the MWC for BB it would be awesome

SouthernBlueBlood

6/30/15 8:40am

BYU may be a top choice but geographically is still a challenge vs. WVU.

byujdmba

6/30/15 8:53am

If BYU and WVU were in different divisions, they would most likely play

astroman

6/30/15 9:08am

Expansion would unlikely be west.

CallingDingo

6/30/15 9:14am

The population of those metros is irrelevant too

mobius

6/30/15 9:32am

Are there a lot of prized recruits coming out of Ohio?

BYUFam1

6/30/15 9:54am

There are some great athletes that come out of cleveland. Think Lebron's cousins

buckeyecougarguy

6/30/15 1:15pm

It seems to me population is important for recruiting

byujdmba

6/30/15 10:38am

UT and aTm don't need more ties into Florida. They are already plugged into that

Accipiter

6/30/15 10:50am

Orlando, Cincinnati and SLC TV markets are all similar in size

mobius

6/30/15 3:03pm

19) Orlando 33) SLC 34) Cincinnati - Note: 13) Tampa 48) Memphis

BYUFam1

6/30/15 6:58pm

BYU's footprint is much larger than metro SLC

Accipiter

6/30/15 7:06pm

Absolutely; but I wouldn't say they are all similar either which is why I posted

BYUFam1

6/30/15 7:14pm

In the age of air travel this is the most overrated

shakarocks

6/30/15 12:07pm

Unless you're specifically talking about Morgantown and the reports are true

BYUFam1

6/30/15 12:23pm

Still a burden to ask existing members to bear

byujdmba

6/30/15 1:27pm

How is flying to Provo a burden?

shakarocks

6/30/15 3:44pm

RE: How is flying to Provo a burden?

byujdmba

6/30/15 9:27pm

Thats only like 500 miles further than UW is from ASU in the PAC12. Not totally

Oompabluepaw

6/30/15 12:11pm

The timezone stretch makes it different, but not too much I would think.

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