Gehörnter Frosch
Tier 1
Your sentiment is great and correct on all accounts. TCU is doing everything it can to feather its nest and be attractive to suitors who come calling.I've asked around campus when I'm up there and from everything I've heard TCU is in this to win it. Per the TCU peeps I've talked to there are 5 things TCU has going for it and or need to do.
#1 Investment that's been made into our sports and campus facilities/ national brand for TV eye balls / DFW market are all appealing.
#2 Academics, the Medical School, and the TCU vibe.
#3 TCU's relationship with OU and ADJD's relationship with CDC. Supposedly, from what I was told, CDC would look out for TCU despite what others have posted here in this forum.
#4 West Coast kids that now inundate TCU.
#5 All TCU needs to do is win at football and nothing else really matters. Gary and TCU Football are a national brand, so is Schloss and TCU Baseball for that matter, and all Coach P needs to do is score more points and win. Conferences want a winner. GP can continue to provide that.
That said, the numbers are what the numbers are. There's only 1 spot available in a 4x16 Power 64 Conference Model. How does TCU get that spot over Baylor, UCF, or Houston? We need to be working the ACC every bit as much as we do the Pac-12. In fact, in my previous post, I make the case that the ACC should be our preferred destination, and we should be overtly proactive about making it happen...or else we risk being left out altogether. The only logical split between current state schools (meaning same-state P5 schools going to separate conferences) is Kansas and Kansas State. No other combo is remotely realistic. Because of this, TCU doesn't get into the Big 16 (Iowa State does) the B1G (Kansas does) or the SEC (K-State does). It's all about that one spot in the ACC. We need to grab it.