As I write this, BYU is holding the news conference to discuss the move to independence in football and to the WCC in some of their olympic sports.Further proof that the mtn., a television network for the Mountain West Conference, was a big mistake.Let me clarify that: It wasn't a mistake to create a television... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Sidebar: The realistic choices
After we highlighted Teddy Greenstein's Chicago Tribune piece about Big Ten expansion possibilities the other day, I came across this piece by the San Jose Mercury News' Jon Wilner looking at Pac-10 expansion.Some interesting notes from Wilner's blog (which is a must read):* Voting on expansion will have to be unanimous. All of the schools... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Round 3: C.R.E.A.M.
(For previous installments on Pac-10 Expansion, visit here and here.)Round three of Pac-10 expansion talk has us looking at some financial information about the current membership of the conference and the contenders.The information looked at in this exercise is taken from reports that the colleges and universities across this land submitted to the U.S. Department... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Round 2: Television Market Share
In the first round of Pac-10 expansion talks, I posted the reputational academic bonafides of the current Pac-10 Schools and their potential new brethern.In this round, we will look at the television markets that are currently being utilized and what a newcomer would have to offer.Now, when talking markets, we are going to refer to... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Round 1: Academics
So now that the call has gone out from Pac-10 commish Larry Scott that the Pac-10 will be looking into expansion by two members over the next 12 months or so, I thought it would be fitting to jump on the bandwagon and see who the most likely candidates are.Immediately, because this is football driven,... Continue Reading →
Test For Echo 