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Originally Posted by GoChargers
IMO, the smartest play for the Big 12 might be to add BYU and Boise. BYU brings a huge nationwide fanbase, Boise adds a strong football brand in a conference starving for those. They'd certainly get better ratings than Cincy or UCF would. This would expand the Big 12's footprint and allow them to directly compete with the PAC.
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When I gave a large rat's ass what happened to the Big 12, I was hoping they'd add BYU (for precisely the reason you stated) and make a hard push to add Air Force.
I know, it seems like a bizarre add, but Air Force has a routinely credible football program. Moreover, there is a prestige associated with the service acadamies.
Both schools would give you something of a national cache. They'd have provided strong academics, a pretty pristine reputation for excellence in fields other than athletics, and a couple of solid football programs that occasionally make a little noise in basketball. Air Force would've even been a solid regional pickup and BYU damn sure wouldn't have been any worse from a geography perspective than WVU.
Instead they added another Texas school, just a far worse one and a school from the armpit of America that nobody gives a rip about.
Those still feel like panic adds to me.