Today, Saturday, there was a front page editorial saying that cougar high hopes to position itself to be an addition to the Big 12 by improving their W-L record in the newly formed C-USA. I was ammused. It seems the only place they talk about rummors that they would be added to the Big 12 come from Houston sports writers who are clueless about the lancscape of college football outside of Houston.
First off I guess they can aspire all they want but in my opinion cougar high will never be an addition to the Big 12. Just impoving the W-L record won't give cougar high any more credibility or prestige as far as ADDING anything to the Big 12 that it (Big 12) doesn't already have.
I think the best situation they could hope for is an invitation to the Mountain West like TCU received. That would probably only happen if one of the top teams from that conference were added to the Pac-10 or the Big 12 (should a team leave or be forced out).
There is no incentive for the Big 12 to add any more teams. Why add 2 more and spead less money aroud to 14 teams rather than the current 12. Adding cougar high adds nothing financilly to the Big 12 either in TV exposure or intangibles.
Cougar high is pathetic when it comes to support of their athletic teams away from Houston and anemic in Houston even when they are winning. This has to be a cultural thing since the majority of their students are either day students or night students. These students through the years NEVER developed any ties or enthusiasm for the athletic teams in the form of support and attendence. The atheltic administration has a major obsticle to overcome to try and develop loyalty amoung a group that had very little interest while they were students and now ask them as adults in the community with busy lives to now donate CONSISTENTLY and buy season tickets not only in football but basketball and basketball.
There is no better example of why cougar high is a long way from even dreaming of playing in a major conference than TCU. Once the new members of CUSA were announced TCU immediatly went looking for a better situation and wound up in the Mountain West. They wanted nothing to do with the SWC leftovers. They even admitted that publicly in saying that had come to far to take a step backward.
The only rumor that is occasionally heard in the Big 12 is that Arkansas would move to the Big 12 and replace someone, perhaps Baylor. This doesn't seem to be likely but I have never heard any BIG 12 official, administrator, or athletic diretor or savy Big 12 analyst ever mention the possibility of adding Cougar high.
Should there ever be a vacancy in the BIg 12 Arkansas would be the first contacted and then I suspect the next couple of targets after the Hogs would most likely be out West in Utah or Brigham Young but not in Houston.
I don't suspect that anyone could provide a legitimate benefit the BIG 12 would gain by adding cougar high?????
[This message has been edited by ag4lyf (edited 7/6/2005 1:02p).]
First off I guess they can aspire all they want but in my opinion cougar high will never be an addition to the Big 12. Just impoving the W-L record won't give cougar high any more credibility or prestige as far as ADDING anything to the Big 12 that it (Big 12) doesn't already have.
I think the best situation they could hope for is an invitation to the Mountain West like TCU received. That would probably only happen if one of the top teams from that conference were added to the Pac-10 or the Big 12 (should a team leave or be forced out).
There is no incentive for the Big 12 to add any more teams. Why add 2 more and spead less money aroud to 14 teams rather than the current 12. Adding cougar high adds nothing financilly to the Big 12 either in TV exposure or intangibles.
Cougar high is pathetic when it comes to support of their athletic teams away from Houston and anemic in Houston even when they are winning. This has to be a cultural thing since the majority of their students are either day students or night students. These students through the years NEVER developed any ties or enthusiasm for the athletic teams in the form of support and attendence. The atheltic administration has a major obsticle to overcome to try and develop loyalty amoung a group that had very little interest while they were students and now ask them as adults in the community with busy lives to now donate CONSISTENTLY and buy season tickets not only in football but basketball and basketball.
There is no better example of why cougar high is a long way from even dreaming of playing in a major conference than TCU. Once the new members of CUSA were announced TCU immediatly went looking for a better situation and wound up in the Mountain West. They wanted nothing to do with the SWC leftovers. They even admitted that publicly in saying that had come to far to take a step backward.
The only rumor that is occasionally heard in the Big 12 is that Arkansas would move to the Big 12 and replace someone, perhaps Baylor. This doesn't seem to be likely but I have never heard any BIG 12 official, administrator, or athletic diretor or savy Big 12 analyst ever mention the possibility of adding Cougar high.
Should there ever be a vacancy in the BIg 12 Arkansas would be the first contacted and then I suspect the next couple of targets after the Hogs would most likely be out West in Utah or Brigham Young but not in Houston.
I don't suspect that anyone could provide a legitimate benefit the BIG 12 would gain by adding cougar high?????
[This message has been edited by ag4lyf (edited 7/6/2005 1:02p).]
