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Ranking the schools after Conference Realignment
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<blockquote data-quote="JogginFrog" data-source="post: 2832782" data-attributes="member: 4994"><p>Colorado ought to be a no-brainer. Better money, better travel, more visiting fans. Its administration and faculty congress is the barrier. They barely tolerate athletics at all--remarkable that Rick George (former Texas Rangers exec) has managed to build a decent program in Boulder. </p><p></p><p>The faculty objection to the Big 12 is the academic reputation of its institutions. The CU faculty would rather forego conference revenue, visitor revenue, and travel savings to be aligned with UCLA, USC, Berkeley and Stanford. The Big 12 is viewed as academic slumming.</p><p></p><p>I still think they could be persuaded, though, if an invitation came with an ultimatum that the Big 12 would extend an invite to Colorado State if Colorado declined. The idea of CSU gaining Power 5 status would be viewed as a real threat in Boulder, and would put pressure on the admin/faculty to consider how much of a better financial deal the Big 12 would be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JogginFrog, post: 2832782, member: 4994"] Colorado ought to be a no-brainer. Better money, better travel, more visiting fans. Its administration and faculty congress is the barrier. They barely tolerate athletics at all--remarkable that Rick George (former Texas Rangers exec) has managed to build a decent program in Boulder. The faculty objection to the Big 12 is the academic reputation of its institutions. The CU faculty would rather forego conference revenue, visitor revenue, and travel savings to be aligned with UCLA, USC, Berkeley and Stanford. The Big 12 is viewed as academic slumming. I still think they could be persuaded, though, if an invitation came with an ultimatum that the Big 12 would extend an invite to Colorado State if Colorado declined. The idea of CSU gaining Power 5 status would be viewed as a real threat in Boulder, and would put pressure on the admin/faculty to consider how much of a better financial deal the Big 12 would be. [/QUOTE]
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