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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129455916" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Here's Holgorsen's opinion on BIG 12 expansion:Excerpt:“I think we need to go get a couple more in this area — whether it’s UConn, Cincinnati, Memphis, Central Florida or South Florida,” said Holgorsen. “I don’t need to be the expert on who, but I think we need to add two.”Holgorsen likes the idea of bringing in a couple of other East Coast schools so that WVU isn’t always the outlier. But he’s not opposed to other schools like BYU, SMU and Houston, which have been discussed.“The Big 12 has helped us in recruiting, because we’re selling something on the East Coast that nobody else is,” he explained. “We do want to be able to go into homes on the East Coast and sell something different. But there’s a part of me that would like to get a couple of schools in the Big 12 that are a little closer for travel. It would let everybody get to a couple more games within striking distance.“I don’t know who the best choices are. I haven’t researched it as much as some of the other ADs and commissioners, and that’s not my expertise. I simply think there needs to be two more to get into two divisions and make it a little more manageable.”<a href="http://www.register-herald.com/sports/college_sports/holgorsen-big-needs-championship-game/article_0f765fd3-ad0f-58a4-9893-f0ff6f2fed49.html?mode=jqm">http://www.register-herald.com/sports/college_sports/holgorsen-big-needs-championship-game/article_0f765fd3-ad0f-58a4-9893-f0ff6f2fed49.html?mode=jqm</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129455916, member: 1428007"] Here's Holgorsen's opinion on BIG 12 expansion: Excerpt: “I think we need to go get a couple more in this area — whether it’s UConn, Cincinnati, Memphis, Central Florida or South Florida,” said Holgorsen. “I don’t need to be the expert on who, but I think we need to add two.” Holgorsen likes the idea of bringing in a couple of other East Coast schools so that WVU isn’t always the outlier. But he’s not opposed to other schools like BYU, SMU and Houston, which have been discussed. “The Big 12 has helped us in recruiting, because we’re selling something on the East Coast that nobody else is,” he explained. “We do want to be able to go into homes on the East Coast and sell something different. But there’s a part of me that would like to get a couple of schools in the Big 12 that are a little closer for travel. It would let everybody get to a couple more games within striking distance. “I don’t know who the best choices are. I haven’t researched it as much as some of the other ADs and commissioners, and that’s not my expertise. I simply think there needs to be two more to get into two divisions and make it a little more manageable.” [URL]http://www.register-herald.com/sports/college_sports/holgorsen-big-needs-championship-game/article_0f765fd3-ad0f-58a4-9893-f0ff6f2fed49.html?mode=jqm[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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