The only way we move to a better situation is if the decision makers need BYU

Mar 24, 2024
11:01:23am

thewaterboy Truly Addicted User

Just like the Big12 needed BYU bad in 2021. IOW, if our value is large enough to outweigh our "baggage", then (and only then) will we be on the inside of any conference realignment.

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thewaterboy

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Worse case scenario is the ACC reforms with just the strongest members.

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 10:48am

BYU brings money. More than any current or future Big12 members.

Longseason

Mar 24, 10:49am

Ute fans, you can roll your eyes all you want but it’s already proven.

Longseason

Mar 24, 10:52am

But Ute fans need curtains!

WJCougar

Mar 24, 11:12am

Sad when all you have is curtain smack.

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 11:30am

26–17

ParentingNotForSissy

Mar 24, 1:43pm

I notice you didn’t mention the basketball score.

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 2:26pm

How about job smack? Do you deliver pizza or pump gas?

Honor Code

Mar 24, 2:27pm

Retired with my house paid off and lots of travel. Keep trying. Always a good

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 4:05pm

Congrats to you for bucking the trend and beating the odds!

slatecoug

Mar 24, 4:14pm

Hold on...you are an older retired person...

WJCougar

Mar 24, 4:18pm

Nobody in the know ever referred to the addition of Utah to a power conference as the "Homerun Shot"

slatecoug

Mar 24, 1:49pm

Your team is in the NIT....and still nobody shows up...

WJCougar

Mar 24, 2:08pm

I still think political correctness would be a player. I wouldn’t feel confident

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 10:53am

Despite that our worth was iirc ~$60 million. Just imagine if we were good

Longseason

Mar 24, 10:56am

It's hard to predict what future Big12 viewership will look like without UT/OU.

thewaterboy

Mar 24, 10:56am

It was on the border of being ok. It was not good. I was really surprised.

davidmj10

Mar 24, 1:00pm

As much as I believe this is true as far as money and eyeballs and value. I do not believe in any scenario in which

JohnnyComeLately

Mar 24, 10:56am

The only way we move to a better situation is if the decision makers need BYU

thewaterboy

Mar 24, 11:01am

I’m not afraid of that, given that BYU would be one of those top value Big12

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 24, 11:00am

Or use a metric like tv viewers or on field success.

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 11:39am

Bring it on. TV networks (particularly ESPN) know.

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 24, 12:07pm

Look at last years tv football numbers. BYU isn’t the draw you think they are.

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 12:20pm

This hurts and I truly thought BYU would take our existing numbers and then it

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 12:41pm

Drive by analysis might be good for fans, but TV networks know which brands

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 24, 12:45pm

The numbers are the numbers. Make all the excuses you want.

Utefaninenemyland

Mar 24, 2:27pm

So the ACC reforms with only about 8 teams?

slatecoug

Mar 24, 1:53pm

That’s the idea

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 1:57pm

To what end? An 8 team conference will not be taken that seriously because they don't have 8 high end football programs

slatecoug

Mar 24, 4:03pm

From what they are reporting- it would take the best 7-8 programs with

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 4:17pm

Again, that’s simply not how it works nor is it reality

runningryan

Mar 24, 10:37pm

The money is not there

runningryan

Mar 24, 10:31pm

No way the ACC w/o Clemson and FSU poach the Big12, maybe the other way around

Hill4Heisman

Mar 24, 2:01pm

Reread my post

SouthernBlueBlood

Mar 24, 2:02pm

The ACC in NOT poaching the Big 12

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