Can you blame them. Everybody in the world knows that the remaining BE football schools are bolting at the 1st opportunity.not sure if anyone was listening this morning but they said the accadamies are no longer interested, Boise is pushing for the PAC 12 and some of the current big east members are looking to go independent. this is quite a new spin.
Correction: They wanted no part of Oklahoma WITHOUT TexasThe Pac12 wanted no part of Oklahoma or Texas do you really think they would take Boise? Thats insane.
It is your last sentence that makes your second point very difficult to achieve. If Uconn, RU, Ville, Cinci and USF are all willing to bolt, then why would there be any TV contract? The TV guys are not going to give a contract to a conference that can lose its top FB TV markets if someone comes a callin. Any TV contract will have some big reduction clauses for any lost members, so if you are any school looking at the BE, you probably need to consider that and what the long term increased TV payout is versus the very real costs associated with this cross country venture. And if you are the BB schools, why would you allow the FB schools to push Houston, SMU, UCF, Boise or any other school into the conference for full membership when the foundation of the BB confernence clearly want to leave?Second, The UH, UCF, SMU, and Boise's would join the BE for the TV contract alone. Even if it's not as good as the current deal (which I believe it will be better), it's still a significant upgrade to what these schools have today. It gets them on national TV more, it pays them a lot more. AQ status or not, the move does make them a lot more guarenteed money year over year. BYU is another story.
My preference, to be candid, is that us and Rutger go together to either the ACC or B1G, and USF, Cinci, and UL get an invite to the B12 (along with UCF, Houston, and one other to get them to 16 teams), and Boise and BYU somehow find their way ino the P12.
not sure if anyone was listening this morning but they said the accadamies are no longer interested, Boise is pushing for the PAC 12 and some of the current big east members are looking to go independent. this is quite a new spin.
Correction: They wanted no part of Oklahoma WITHOUT Texas
So since we all agree Scott is smoking some might strong stuff if he thinks Boise has a chance at the Pac 12 (to be fair, he said they prefer it...well of course they would), how much of the rest is just bunk? I suspect that the news about the academies, is, if not new, probably accurate. I don't think they're coming.
What about the rest? Is the whole thing dead or just in a holding pattern?
Scott Gray? I can't recall anything he's said in the last 10 years that was worth listening to, but I freely admit that I may have missed something.
Yet Boise is the best bet for the BE? And with Boise in the BE, the TV contract will be the biggest and bestest yet (according to some posters). Everything you wrote about Boise and the Pac12 applies to Boise and the BE.UConn gets into the Pac 12 before Boise. Other than football, it offers nothing. The other sports are dreadful. The academics are dreadful. There is no research. There is no meaningful media market. There are several schools in the region which would be added before Boise.
Yet Boise is the best bet for the BE? And with Boise in the BE, the TV contract will be the biggest and bestest yet (according to some posters). Everything you wrote about Boise and the Pac12 applies to Boise and the BE.