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<blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 129620804" data-attributes="member: 1759980">BYU is the obvious first pick, if they can resolve the no-Sunday games problem. In football, that shouldn't be a thorn. Basketball might be, though.Houston nationally has more pizazz now than Cincy or Central Florida, although Orlando would be a good market for the Big 12 to dive into. Geography is irrelevant in today's college football. Only the money that a school can bring to the conference table counts. That probably favors BYU and Houston, then Central Florida. FedEx may not be enough to get Memphis through the door.I'll just enjoy seeing Oklahoma or Texas in Mountaineer Field every year, and be grateful that Oliver Luck got WVU a $30 million Big 12 payout every year, plus about $8 million in 3rd-tier rights, while Marshall will get $200,000 from Conference USA. Seems about right to show the difference between the two programs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals, post: 129620804, member: 1759980"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ff0000]BYU is the obvious first pick, if they can resolve the no-Sunday games problem. In football, that shouldn't be a thorn. Basketball might be, though.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ff0000]Houston nationally has more pizazz now than Cincy or Central Florida, although Orlando would be a good market for the Big 12 to dive into. Geography is irrelevant in today's college football. Only the money that a school can bring to the conference table counts. That probably favors BYU and Houston, then Central Florida. FedEx may not be enough to get Memphis through the door. I'll just enjoy seeing Oklahoma or Texas in Mountaineer Field every year, and be grateful that Oliver Luck got WVU a $30 million Big 12 payout every year, plus about $8 million in 3rd-tier rights, while Marshall will get $200,000 from Conference USA. Seems about right to show the difference between the two programs.[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]

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