My completely illogical dream scenario.
North:
UW, WSU, Oregon, OSU, Stanford, CAL
South:
USC, UCLA, ASU, UofA, Utah, UNLV
Southeast
Texas Texh, Ok ST, TCU, Baylor, SMU, Kansas
MIDWEST:
Ohio St, Michigan, MSU, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin
No love for the Iowa State Cyclones? Smh
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If you are going to dream an impossible scenario, why include UNLV and Texas Tech? Here’s an impossible dream for you to fall asleep to next time:
BigPac West: USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Stanford, Colorado, Utah, ASU (or Cal)
BigPac East: Ohio St, Michigan, Penn State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota (or MSU or IU or Illinois or Purdue)
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I mean they are in Iowa…
Texas Tech for recruiting footprint.
Vegas for……Well that stays in Vegas
They are a football school. You want schools that benefit the sport not the metro reach.
I suppose you could lose Baylor and replace with Iowa St.
I’d drop Oregon State or Washington State.
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UNLV has the nice new stadium
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The Rebels averaged 17,499 fans at their six home games in 2017, per the NCAA. They averaged 18,000-some the year before that. Sam Boyd Stadium holds about 35,000. I don’t see them even filling half of the new stadium’s 65,000 even if they moved to the Pac 12.
I was a season ticket holder at Tulane for a few seasons. 3,000 people inside the Superdome. It was cold in there.
Not sure if I agree. NFL stadiums are next level and offer more. USC, UCLA ET al would draw huge fans
18,000 to 65,000 or even 40,000 is a huge jump. I’ve heard many schools boast “moving conferences will show increase in crowd” promises. It usually happens for a few games and then they start losing and it goes back to pre-conference jump. Unless, you are banking on being the Home away from home team.
Vegas is a different animal and I’m not sure I care what the consistency of the fan base is. Opposing teams will visit in droves - good for fan bases. If a team grows out of that - so be it
Then add Hawaii and other tourist town schools.
Hawaii? I don’t think many people will travel to Hawaii for a ball game. Geography matters.
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You missed the point. No one cares about the tourist destinations for away games. They care about teams being competitive and universities bringing more to the table. UNLV does not.
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I get your point. I just disagree with it. As UNLV plays USC ET al they become a better team. It opens a market both for recruiting and tv. In order for teams to rise they just need a good product - it’s on the admin at UNLV to do that but with PAC exposure and that stadium - it’s a layup
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Hmmm. Not sure losing more while being on FS1 or Pac 12 network helps a program.
Every program has gone through losing seasons. Takes a good coach and some recruits to make a school turn from basketball to football (see Utah)