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<blockquote data-quote="skygusty_rivals" data-source="post: 129457222" data-attributes="member: 1500287"><p>I am ambivalent.&nbsp; While I like the round robin, the idea of a CC game that is a repeat of a game already played isn't that exciting.&nbsp; If we expand and have two divisions with permanent crossovers, we could also get rematches.&nbsp; I'm not excited at all about adding another Texas team.&nbsp; BYU makes some sense, if it is football only it removes most of the problems with playing on Sundays.&nbsp; All the schools mentioned would probably be as good if not better than Kansas and probably have the potential to be at least as good has WVU has been in the BIG12.&nbsp; I think BYU, Cincy, and UCONN are the top 3, tossup between Memphis and one of the Florida teams for 4th place.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't think expansion makes the conference stronger unless bigger is stronger and I don't quite buy that.&nbsp; It does nothing to guarantee a slot in a 4 team playoff.&nbsp; Five undefeated conference championship teams, or five 1 loss champions could still happen easily.&nbsp; There are still only 4 slots for 5 conferences. I can't help but think that if there was a serious effort to expand the playoff to 8 teams, that much of the interest in expanding the Big12 would go away. Then the conference could look at new members in terms of expanding footprint, viewership and creating a cable network.&nbsp; Expanding because we think it is going to make it easier to make the 4 team cut just doesn't make much sense to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="skygusty_rivals, post: 129457222, member: 1500287"] I am ambivalent. While I like the round robin, the idea of a CC game that is a repeat of a game already played isn't that exciting. If we expand and have two divisions with permanent crossovers, we could also get rematches. I'm not excited at all about adding another Texas team. BYU makes some sense, if it is football only it removes most of the problems with playing on Sundays. All the schools mentioned would probably be as good if not better than Kansas and probably have the potential to be at least as good has WVU has been in the BIG12. I think BYU, Cincy, and UCONN are the top 3, tossup between Memphis and one of the Florida teams for 4th place. I don't think expansion makes the conference stronger unless bigger is stronger and I don't quite buy that. It does nothing to guarantee a slot in a 4 team playoff. Five undefeated conference championship teams, or five 1 loss champions could still happen easily. There are still only 4 slots for 5 conferences. I can't help but think that if there was a serious effort to expand the playoff to 8 teams, that much of the interest in expanding the Big12 would go away. Then the conference could look at new members in terms of expanding footprint, viewership and creating a cable network. Expanding because we think it is going to make it easier to make the 4 team cut just doesn't make much sense to me. [/QUOTE]

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