Teaxs A&M to leave Big 12

[AXOmom]

As an added thought - why wouldn't the Big XII consider adding Colorado State (not a great football team currently, but they do have access to the Denver market- well kind of).

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

As an added thought - why wouldn't the Big XII consider adding Colorado State (not a great football team currently, but they do have access to the Denver market- well kind of).

SMU averages something like 24,000 people at their football games. The Dallas market is already a B12 market anyway, and SMU's a small school - the alumni base, while fairly wealthy, just isn't big. SMU doesn't offer much to the conference, that it doesn't already have, even though it's a wonderful school with a rich heritage.

Now, CSU is in a similar boat, but without the SMU "pedigree" (and wealth) but with incredible travel issues - and the Denver market clearly isn't super important to the B12 anyway, since they allowed CU to leave without any real interaction.

The B12 is in a position where they can go big, so there really isn't any reason to "settle" for a Houston, SMU or CSU.

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

SMU averages something like 24,000 people at their football games. The Dallas market is already a B12 market anyway, and SMU's a small school - the alumni base, while fairly wealthy, just isn't big. SMU doesn't offer much to the conference, that it doesn't already have, even though it's a wonderful school with a rich heritage.

Now, CSU is in a similar boat, but without the SMU "pedigree" (and wealth) but with incredible travel issues - and the Denver market clearly isn't super important to the B12 anyway, since they allowed CU to leave without any real interaction.

The B12 is in a position where they can go big, so there really isn't any reason to "settle" for a Houston, SMU or CSU.

KSig went into the specifics of it, while I generalized...thanks for putting my thoughts into words!