How Utah can grab a Pac Ten invite...
by JazzyUte on Jun 10, 2010 10:48 PM MDT
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PrintI don't know the odds of Utah getting an invite to the Pacific Ten. I don't know if it'll happen. I do know, however, they're still an option until the conference officially closes the book on expansion. Knowing what we do know, these are the scenarios in which I believe the Utes could punch their ticket to a BCS conference.
- Texas and its Big 12 comrades decide to keep the conference intact. This would essentially put the kibosh on a sixteen team Pac Ten conference and since they've already invited Colorado, they'd probably look to Utah to make it twelve.
- Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are invited and accept a spot in the Pac Ten. Texas A&M, who probably would be invited as well, opts for the SEC. This would leave another open spot. In this case, I think Utah is a very likely choice, though Kansas could come into play due to their stellar academics.
- Texas goes to the Big Ten and Oklahoma to the SEC. Probably the least likely scenario and one that would put Utah in the Pac Ten.
- Notre Dame decides to buck its tradition and joins the Big Ten. The Big Ten then drops their invite to Nebraska (which hasn't officially happened yet, BTW) and the Pac Ten expands only once more to equal the B10's twelve teams.
Is having one of these happen likely? I don't know. But there are still avenues to the P10. The but, however, might be how realistic these avenues are and there, I can't say.
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I think Utes are lookin O.K. for the Pac 10
I actually would be surprised if TX AM went to the Pac-10. For them it is sounding like it is either stay with the Big-12 or jump to the SEC. They are going to be lead by Texas’ leash. There is also rumor and apparently one report from a KC newspaper that OU may be going to the SEC as well. If either of those pan out, Utah has a great shot at the Pac.
Despite my love for the Utes and dislike for BYU, I don’t want the Cougs left behind. I really, really hope the Big-12 sticks around, grabs BYU and, say, New Mexico (they aren’t grabbing TCU, add nothing) with the Utes going to the Pac-10. In this scenario, the Holy War is all the better between two BCS schools.
Again, though, I am feeling OK, not great, but OK about Utah’s chances to land the Pac-10.
At this point, it’s sounding like Texas, OU, OSU, and Tech to the Pac-?? is a done deal, but A&M is dragging their feet.
If they don’t make a decision, Utah or Kansas would seemingly be up next, but Kansas is tied to KSU, so that might not work out.
I’m hoping that A&M doesn’t accept an offer, but we get a Pac-16 with Utah.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I'm hoping
A&M goes to the SEC as well. That would get my Red Raiders into SLC every other year! (Assuming, of course, Utah gets the call from the Pac-10, which I believe they will in this scenario). I know A&M wants to “step out of UT’s shadow”, but I’m sure Texas legislators will apply all kinds of pressure for UT and A&M to stay in the same conference. I also can’t see the Pac-10 accepting Baylor. They bring very few tv sets, which is what this expansion is all about in my opinion.
Nebraska Regents just accepted a recommendation from their President and AD to apply to the Big 10. I can’t see how the Big XII survives this.
by Techsaninutah on Jun 11, 2010 1:37 PM MDT up reply actions
I hate to say it, but if Texas A&M goes to the SEC leaving one open spot in the Pac-16, then, then the PAC-16 will likely be forced to take Baylor, not Utah or Kansas. Let’s hope the hippies in Berkley are really serious about not taking a school with religious affiliations.
Topher
If ATM is in the SEC then the PAC 10 can tell Baylor AND TTech to screw themselves. Texas no longer has the argument that “the legislature is going to force all the TX schools to stay together” because they’ve already lost one of them.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
by displacedute on Jun 11, 2010 11:41 AM MDT up reply actions
It was never an argument that they had to stay together, but that all (public) schools have to be taken care of. Tech will still be along for the ride, but I don’t see Baylor coming along. They don’t have the political clout they used to, and they are a private university.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Yep...
The Texas schools told Baylor know they tried, but oh well.
As soon as the PAC 10 took CU, Baylor’s chances of joining went down to almost nothing.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I'm sure someone has already asked this but
Which scenario is better for the Utes? a move to the Pac-10 (or whatever they call themselves later) or sticking around in a expanded MWC if they pick up teams like KU,KSU and ISU.
The PAC 10.
The money is not comparable, especially if the PAC 10 goes to 16 with LA, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Salt Lake, Phoenix, Denver and the entire state of TX and Oklahoma. The TV money from that conference will be unreal. The MWC will pale in comparison.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
by displacedute on Jun 11, 2010 4:04 PM MDT up reply actions
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