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<blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 129496862" data-attributes="member: 1601483">If they decide to expand, it would make the most sense to me to add Cincy and USF. Both cover major metropolitan areas and many TV sets. They are also both fairly large universities with success on their level of sports conferences. Both are major research universities with a strong commitment to athletics. Short term, Cincy would likely be a middle of the conference competitor in sports. The Bulls would probably start out in the lower tier.&nbsp; In the long term, who knows? Cincy already has completed or is in the process of bringing every athletic facility up to power 5 standards. USF recently spent $36 million remodeling their basketball arena. They use the Buccaneers' stadium for football and attendance has been averaging only 35k for home games in the AAC. However, When WVU played there, the game drew 65,000 fans. With a metro area population of 2.8 million people, USF could quickly reach the power 5 level with the requirements of the Big 12 Conference. For Florida sports they are indeed the new kid on the block, but I can remember when both Miami and FSU were also. No predictions, JMHO and observations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelwalkerbr, post: 129496862, member: 1601483"] If they decide to expand, it would make the most sense to me to add Cincy and USF. Both cover major metropolitan areas and many TV sets. They are also both fairly large universities with success on their level of sports conferences. Both are major research universities with a strong commitment to athletics. Short term, Cincy would likely be a middle of the conference competitor in sports. The Bulls would probably start out in the lower tier. In the long term, who knows? Cincy already has completed or is in the process of bringing every athletic facility up to power 5 standards. USF recently spent $36 million remodeling their basketball arena. They use the Buccaneers' stadium for football and attendance has been averaging only 35k for home games in the AAC. However, When WVU played there, the game drew 65,000 fans. With a metro area population of 2.8 million people, USF could quickly reach the power 5 level with the requirements of the Big 12 Conference. For Florida sports they are indeed the new kid on the block, but I can remember when both Miami and FSU were also. No predictions, JMHO and observations. [/QUOTE]

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