Okay, good info. That stadium is nice, but they are in a crap conference. As soon as they join the Big East, it breaks up and rebrands itself. What about the Pac12 if they expand, if no Big 12?
IMO, TCU was lucky to have gotten in. I think BYU football in the Big 12 is a match made in heaven, they even get to keep their network games. Just leave the other sports behind, that no-play-on-Sunday stuff wont work. Other than that I don't think it matters whether it's Memphis or Cincinnati. Definitely cant see another team from Texas getting in.
Second tier in what respect? They had two teams finish the season in the top 6. Who else had that? Top to bottom the Big 12 compares favorably to the Pac 12 and the ACC. When UT and OU find themselves, that won't even be a discussion point.
I'm not even sure, other than the basketball tournament title game, what else is affected by their stance on not playing on Sundays.
Houston will be added. Houston's administration has built relationships with many people inside the Big 12 (particularly at UT and Oklahoma). Their upgrading of facilities and (newfound) willingness to double coaching salaries is not being done on a lark.
One can only hope. UH has definitely put its money where its mouth is when it comes to athletics. Now they just need the results and/or the fans that go with it.
I don't think it will happen, I think they are trying to get teams further east to help West Virginia . UH has not even been mentioned in the rumors. The rumors have been for UC,UCF,USF, Memphis
They have college basketball games on Sunday all the time. That being said, what is BYU's policy during the NCAA basketball tournament? For example, they were in a regional in 2013 (following 2012/2013 season), in which they would have played to be in the final four on a Sunday had they kept winning.
If either Baylor or TCU had not lost then one would be playing for a title. If either UT or OU were sitting on one loss then one would be playing for a title.
Or tell other Big 12 teams not to lose a game by blowing a 21 point lead (TCU) or losing to a school they had no business losing to (Baylor).
Sources? There is 0% chance. I would have said it was possible when the big 12 was trying to replace A&M but they will never add a 5th texas team. No conference has more than 4 teams from a single state. No one in the big 12 is interested in moving back toward a regional southwest conference. OU, Kansas and Kansas St especially. The focus in Houston should be building the AAC. UH also does not have anywhere near the on field success (which is a factor among others) that Cincy and Memphis have in football and basketball. They are also not a huge draw on TV and the big 12 already does well in Houston. New markets are more appealing.
So? All that shows is that UT is already popular in Houston. Tickets started selling like crazy when the rumor came out a month ago that the Texas Bowl was a likely destination for UT.
Colorado State is soon to be the largest public university in Colorado. They are building a new $220 million stadium opening in 2017. They are a Land Grant Institution; the Denver TV market is the largest in the Mountain Time Zone; The football team went 10-2 this year, with 3 weeks in the top 25; the basketball team is on the cusp of the AP Top 25 and has been to two out of the last three NCAA Tournaments. The Women's Volleyball team is playing in the NCAA Sweet 16. The university has just finished raising $550 million for academics and has spent over $1 billion in recent construction projects. They take in more research dollars than CU, which has a medical school. There is a large population of Big 12 fans that live in the Denver market.
