In other news... Jayhawk football remains undefeated and decides to cancel remaining season because of Covid threat and proudly accepts the only undefeated season in Jayhawk history! ha...
Congrats, Jayhawks! Do we now qualify for a SEC Conference offer?
Brigham Young, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston... thoughts?
@drgnslayr I don't think cancelling the rest of the season would be as much fun as having the rest of our games on Friday nights. We could probably pay Sunflower League schools a lot less than South Dakota, and hopefully our OL will push those HS kids around.
(Is the Sunflower League still around?)
@drgnslayr given our circumstances we had no choice, other than dissolving the conference which was a non-starter - all four of those schools add something. The biggest issue I have is the geography, but that is better than not having a Big12.
The size of that conference footprint probably means that arrangement doesn't last long term, but it would be a stopgap solution.
Spreading the conference out that far would be a nightmare for scheduling. Not really a problem for football, but every other sport would be a headache. I doubt BYU would want to be in long term, so a better solution might be Memphis or Tulane. I just think looking east is a better bet than expanding to the west, where the conference gets more spread out without adding a lot more viewers.
@justanotherfan said in In other news...:
I just think looking east is a better bet than expanding to the west, where the conference gets more spread out without adding a lot more viewers.
I think you also lose the viewers you've got. I know I can't stay up beyond 10pm to watch a live KU sporting event ... even basketball. (insert audible gasp!) My schedule (and age) just won't allow it.
@Crimsonorblue22 said in In other news...:
@tis4tim gasp! I’m a night
Believe me, I would much rather be a night owl than an early bird. Having kids changed all that. Lucky if I don’t fall asleep on the couch before 9:30. Wasn’t all that long ago I didn’t even leave the house to go out until 11pm.
@tis4tim said in In other news...:
@Crimsonorblue22 said in In other news...:
@tis4tim gasp! I’m a night
Believe me, I would much rather be a night owl than an early bird. Having kids changed all that. Lucky if I don’t fall asleep on the couch before 9:30. Wasn’t all that long ago I didn’t even leave the house to go out until 11pm.
I remember those days. And most of the time it didn't get fun until midnight.
Ah the ole, "nothing good happens after midnight"! Wonder how many times that has been said?
All my thoughts on this are just driven by emotion. I have no idea what is best for Kansas... let alone the Big 12. We will be entering into new media markets and strengthened recruiting markets, too.
I have to admit some deep sadness for losing OU in our conference. Texas... I always felt was a big burden on our conference and a big reason for losing some members.
The problem for the old Big 8 was population. There simply weren't enough viewers to make the Big 8 a viable national conference once realignment started.
Missouri was the largest "Big 8" state with about 6m in population. Colorado was next with 5.9m. Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa all have less than 4m in population. There was always going to be a need to add larger states to the conference.
Texas has more population than Missouri, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa combined. So when a TV tuned into the Big 12, even at its inception, there was roughly a 50/50 chance that TV was in Texas.
West Virginia has less than 2m in population. Again, not a lot of TV sets. That has always been a problem for the Big 8/Big 12. That's why I am not sure adding BYU helps. Sure, it has a large following amongst the Mormon church, but this isn't Notre Dame, and Utah is still a small population state.
We are kind of stuck at this point. Maybe expansion works out, but I doubt it saves us from being back at this point in another few years.
This is a stopgap for KU. There will be language that allows us to peace tf out in a couple years all Irish goodbye style.
I'll be curious what it does for our recruiting... both basketball and football... more help needed in football.
@Crimsonorblue22 said in In other news...:
Ah the ole, "nothing good happens after midnight"! Wonder how many times that has been said?
😏
@FarmerJayhawk said in In other news...:
This is a stopgap for KU. There will be language that allows us to peace tf out in a couple years all Irish goodbye style.
Yes, confessions will come later, my friend.
I can't see how adding BYU helps recruiting in either. UCF could help by getting us on TV in Florida. Houston is a wash. Cincinnati opens up a new market as well, and Ohio has some good talent in both football and basketball.
@justanotherfan One pretty unique thing is lots of Pacific Islander exposure with BYU.....
@mayjay said in In other news...:
@justanotherfan One pretty unique thing is lots of Pacific Islander exposure with BYU.....
😂
That could help some in football, but again, if you're recruiting in football, you will find more players year after year in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, etc. than you will for Pacific Islanders. It's a numbers game. BYU may help KU get 1 player a year. A school like Memphis or Tulane could help KU get 3 players a year.
@justanotherfan said in In other news...:
That could help some in football, but again, if you're recruiting in football, you will find more players year after year in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, etc. than you will for Pacific Islanders. It's a numbers game. BYU may help KU get 1 player a year. A school like Memphis or Tulane could help KU get 3 players a year.
I think that he was playing. As I tend to do, from time to time.
I'm not counting on much help with recruiting for basketball... we do pretty well everywhere... thinking football.
@Marco said in In other news...:
I think that he was playing. As I tend to do, from time to time.
Thank you for noticing my tongue stuck in my cheek!
@mayjay said in In other news...:
@Marco said in In other news...:
I think that he was playing. As I tend to do, from time to time.
Thank you for noticing my tongue stuck in my cheek!
Yeah, that's a problem, occasionally.
