Trotter: Big XII Expansion Inevitable

[hawkwing]

Another blow against BigXII expansion came out over the weekend. ESPN has been ordered to cut $100 Million from their budget next year, and $250 Million by 2017. That means any hope of big paydays for a 12 team BigXII are pretty much shot.

[snoscythe]

Another blow against BigXII expansion came out over the weekend. ESPN has been ordered to cut $100 Million from their budget next year, and $250 Million by 2017. That means any hope of big paydays for a 12 team BigXII are pretty much shot.

Only if you look at the outlay side of that equation. Any network signing a deal would only do so if the projected income was greater than the outlay.

The ESPN cost-cutting has to do with overpaid commentators/personalities and studios scattered all over the US, i.e. the filler material between when it actually broadcasts sports. It doesn't have to do with whether or not televising sports events is profitable.

[scott715]

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The race is on among Group of 5 schools to be the next TCU

[snoscythe]

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id ... e-next-tcu

The race is on among Group of 5 schools to be the next TCU

Yet another article that mentions Memphis, Cincinnati, UCF, East Carolina, Houston, Boise State and Colorado State as candidates for expansion, but makes zero mentions of BYU. I think Trotter might have a bit of an unfriendly bias.

[scott715]

Perhaps it is one of these plus BYU.

[scott715]

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ESPN bubble about to burst? This can be a game changer if true. They may not want the BIG12 to expand. Don't know if they have any say on it.

[YNot]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footba ... rst-071215

ESPN bubble about to burst? This can be a game changer if true. They may not want the BIG12 to expand. Don't know if they have any say on it.

Or, if expansion talks are real, may be ESPN pushes hard for a couple of teams that could help fill the late Saturday timeslot and grab some ratings...ESPN has plenty of East Coast content with the ACC, Big Ten, and SEC - and Big 12 games.

Enter BYU and Boise St.?

[scott715]

[Mars]

So the Big XII is going to add UCF and Houston then.

[hawkwing]

I came to accept the fact that I don't believe BYU will ever be invited to the BigXII and I'm okay with that now. Yes, it sucks but you accept the things you cannot change and you roll on.