KevFu
Registered User
For the Pac, there really isnt an incentive to take on anyone else from the BigXII.
Georgraphy stretches out a lot farther for lower tier schools in their own states and that's a major issue if you're not football or basketball.
IF Pac-12 needed to become Pac-14 I would think San Diego St & UNLV to fill in the largest 2 markets within their footprint.
PacNW: Washington, Wazzu, Oregon, Oregon St
PacNorCal: Cal, Stanford, Nevada, Fresno St
PacSoCal: USC, UCLA, SD St, UNLV
PacMtn: Arizona, Arizona St, Utah, Colorado
The Pac-12's reason for expansion is to add a group of schools in the Central time zone to open up another time slot, get more exposure, and get more viewers so they can get better media rights deals going forward.
It doesn't matter how good SDSU or UNLV are, they're not getting invited to the Pac-12 based on academics.
The Pac-12 would invite Kansas, Houston, TCU and Tulane before adding SDSU, UNLV, Boise St or BYU.