[Husker] Big 12 re-alignment rumors

[Nick Chevance]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com> wrote:
> Colorado has the Denver TV market, plus it would result in the 12th team for the Pac 10, meaning they could have a championship game.
>
> Jon

I'm not sure I agree with that assertion, Jon.  Colorado is IN the
Denver market, but I'm not convinced they HAVE the Denver market.
When CU-CSU started playing their games in Mile High Stadium, the
initial boom was positive.  But after a couple of years, the teams
sort of fell out of love with the neutral field idea (better to have
revenue in your own stadium every two years than share a shrinking pot
in Denver) and switched back to a home and home.  Face it.  The
Colorado fans are terribly fickle.  If you can't dazzle them with 9-10
win seasons, they fail to show up for games in Boulder.  Denver is
just not a CU base, despite what you would expect.  Would it improve
if you added the west coast teams?  Why?  If Texas and Oklahoma and
Nebraska aren't enough to spark revenue, why should USC and UCLA?  And
who goes to the games when Oregon, Arizona or Cal come to town?

Only one of the writers in the links in your blog list (next message)
seems to think the CU to Pac10 is the only way to go.  The Denver Post
says they haven't even had a conversation yet, and none of the other
writers think CU is all that good an idea.  Most think there's a
natural hook up with the Utah schools, with some grudging respect to
UNLV (OK, UNLV will likely have a hard time making the academic
requirements anyway, which seems to be the ONLY real positive for CU
other than it being a good and big school).  If I were a betting
person, I'd say at least Utah goes Pac10.  The natural rival to play
them is the next hard choice.

The BigXII has a problem - who will replace any team that bolts for
another conference?  The assumption here is its likely to be a team
from the North.  A couple have mentioned TCU.  While its a good
football school, another team from Texas is really an unbalanced
situation.  Bad for the North, good for the South.  Situation normal,
AFU!!

Nick
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