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Old 11-28-2012, 08:22 AM   #5368
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Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade View Post
Well, they do seem to have a strong local following that swells quickly if either the basketball or football team is doing particularly well. Its certainly not nationwide and I bet barely gets out of its own county, but that's a 4 million population county we're talking about!

Lots of people are transplants in this part of California. I imagine if you had B12 teams coming to play, attendance and following are going to increase substantially. Heck, if my son could earn a scholarship there, I would send him in a heartbeat (academic/music, he's not an athlete), very well credited college with discriminating standards. SDU is probably viewed as a little more elite with their marine biology program, but SDSU is no slouch.

That said, I have a hard time imagining a southern California member. The reason they are not in the PAC is because USC and UCLA hunt the San Diego County athletes, and its a good market. Junior Seau probably the most famous and Kansas fans will remember Scot Pollard. Those schools don't want more local competition. Its not hard to imagine their pool of athletes would go up with B12 membership.

The distance, however, is really difficult to get over and really makes one wonder how they would fit in any divisional or pod system if it gets that big. I would love to see it for personal reasons, of course.
The Aztecs are in a division next year with Boise St, SMU (Dallas), Houston, Memphis, and Temple (Philadelphia). I know that the Big East was more desperate for teams, but a western division including SDSU wouldn't be that bad. We're talking a 3 hour flight.

Right now, it might sound ridiculous, but the Big East isn't getting any other western members like they said they would and their TV deal is going to be a lot less than it was rumored to be.

As far as other people saying SDSU is a shit school, you're wrong.

Look at its enrollment. Only UT and TTU have more students. If SDSU were admitted to the Big 12 its endowment would probably immediately double and within 10 years quadruple.

I know its a longshot, but SDSU isn't as bad as some of you think.
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