Dear
@espn
,
Why is the
@Big12Conference
's premier matchup between Oklahoma State and Utah getting snubbed for
@CollegeGameDay
? Is it just about protecting your SEC investment? This is the 4th straight week of SEC-centric coverage. It's time for a change.
♥️ Big 12 fan
Here are the 4 legit Big12 expansion candidates:
1. VT
2. Louisville
3. Pitt
4. NC State
Great fits, new solid markets, adds rivalries, and helps travel distance concerns.
Big12 goes to 20 schools and STOPS expanding. 🔥
Big12 🏈 preseason projections
Most overrated team: Kansas
Most underrated team: West Virginia
The dark-horse team: UCF
The great “unknown” team: Arizona
Utes are in the 3rd super conference, the Big12!
There is now an A3 - once the ACC breaks up in a bit.
We’re looking at you VT, Louisville, Pitt, and NC State. Join us in the Big12!
It’s simple
Add Oregon St and Wazzu then use the Pac2’s war chest to cover the ACC exit fees of Florida State and Clemson. Expand to 20, with no private equity baggage.
War chest is available in 2026.
Eastern expansion is still a top priority for B12. That has to wait though. Not sure where the sudden espn pressure is coming from to add Pac2 but it has B12 offices in a frenzy currently. How big is too big? If we go to 18 now how many ACC leftover could we get?
The 4 non-conference games that will paint the national perception of the Big 12
1. Penn State at West Virginia 8/31
2. Colorado at Nebraska 9/7
3. UCF at Florida 10/5
4. Iowa State at Iowa 9/7
Interesting idea came up during the
@TheCFBMafia
show tonight. Instead of using private equity money to help FSU/Clemson with exit fees, could the Big12 offer Oregon State/Wazzu membership in exchange for the Pac2's war-chest of money. Pac2 money could pay FSU/Clemson exit fees.
ACC considering Stanford, Cal, and SMU is INSANE. In CFB and MBB, it’s equivalent to adding schools like WF and BC. How does adding these schools make long-term sense?
- Won’t appease FSU, Clem, & UNC
- Excessive travel
- Small fanbases
- NorCal doesn’t care about college sports
Utah is basically returning its entire roster. Cam Rising is back for a finale. The elite coaching staff is back. The talent ratio has never been higher. Strong transfers.
Picked at # 22 (5th in the Pac12) is a HUGE slap in the face for the back to back Pac12 champs.
My preseason
@AP_Top25
ballot. But first a very heartfelt ❤️ thank you to every single one of you for not disagreeing w/any of my rankings
1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Florida St
4 Ohio St
5 Alabama
6 LSU
7 Washington
8 Penn St
9 Oregon
10 Clemson
11 Texas Tech
12 Notre Dame
13 Oregon
Cowboy friends, need guidance
Considering flying out and taking my 9-yr-old son to the Okla St-UU game on 9/21.
Be honest—is Boone Pickens Stadium a place to bring a kid who’s wearing opposing gear? Realize we’re going to get some smack, but is it somewhat family friendly?
Utes go 4-0 the rest of the season and end up 10-2 overall.
How? 🤔
- Take offensive frustrations out on ASU next week
- Shock UW with a defensive masterpiece, risky offensive play, and a close 1-point win
- Bully UA in the trenches
- Blow-out CU in the freezing cold
The December transfer portal and NFL opt-outs have 💯 ruined the quality of games during bowl season.
It’s time to require players to sign binding 2-year contracts directly with schools. Contracts that require players to play in all games including post-season or face penalties.
Understand that everyone seems to be on this Jayden Daniels ❤️ train for Heisman.
Recall watching Jayden perform live a few years back when he put up these 👀 popping (Heisman-level) stats. 🤯
Oreg St and Wazzu have to be in consideration for the Big12. If ESPN pays prorata of ~$24M to the Big12 for new P5 additions and then the Big12 pays Oreg St and Wazzu ~$15M per year, this works. Everyone makes a bit more $, Big12 takes over Pac12 Network, and new tv windows open.
Utah reported only $31M in total athletic department revenue during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, before the Pac12 entry. Now, the Utes just reported $126M in revenue equating to a 4.1x increase over 13 years.
Thank you for the run,
@pac12
!
@TheWildUte
@Utah_Football
Would love to see what those football numbers were compared to the last year in the Mountain West. Just to see how much they benefited overall.
NEWS: USC WR Dorian Singer has re-entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, per
@PeteNakos_
.
Singer transferred in from Arizona where he had 1,105 receiving yards during the 2022 season👀
Time for Yormark to seal the deal with VT, Pitt, NC State, and Louisville. Add these four targets and be content with your new 20-school super conference.
Ridiculous shade being thrown at the
@Utah_Football
coaches for not pursuing a transfer QB given the severity of the Rising injury.
QB room:
- Nate Johnson 4* redshirt frosh
- Brandon Rose 3* redshirt frosh
- Bryson Barnes is a proven backup
You HAD to give these guys a shot.
$1 billion from private equity broken out 16 way is 62.5 million per school. That’ll cover the P2-Big12 revenue gap for only two years—not sustainable.
Private capital needs to be used for one-time events such as helping with ACC exit fees or starting a new conference network.
Daily reminder that Iowa State fans are bat-crap crazy about their Cyclones—and I love it 😂! Kudos to Cyclone fans and well wishes on tournament success.
@TheWildUte
lol try omaha to get more than a stray. Anything not obstructed you have to mortgage. Thousands of Iowa state fans will be there hoping to snag one from a scalper or losing fan for Friday won’t get in. Always one site that tickets are cheap but it’s never the one we play in;)
📺 rating target for Utah vs Baylor @ 3:30pm ET on Fox = 1.45 million viewers, which is a 10% increase from last year.
Week 2 of 2023
Utah vs Baylor @ 12:00pm ET on ESPN
1.31 million viewers
Week 4 of 2023
Utah vs UCLA @ 3:30pm ET on Fox
1.32 million viewers
Store this take away—
Max of
@PFF
has the Arizona Wildcats beating the Utah Utes on Saturday night at Rice Eccles.
More and more powder being added to this Ute keg. 💥
🤔 In early 2021, what would you have said if someone had made this hot take prediction?
- Utah Utes to the Big 12
- BYU Cougars to the Big 12
- Utah State Aggies to the Pac 12
Fellow
@Big12Conference
and
@theACC
supporters,
The
@bigten
and
@SEC
are blatantly cutting us out of playing their teams. They now want 9 conference games and more Big Ten/SEC postseason bowls to boost 📺 viewership.
Fight! Don’t let our 33 schools die.
Per Ross Dellenger 👇
Utah 🏈 is in for a special season. Per ESPN, the Utes strength of schedule will be the easiest it’s been over the past 15 years! 🤯
2024: 72 (remaining SOS)
2023: 29
2022: 41
2021: 47
2019: 47
2018: 13
2017: 50
2016: 51
2015: 29
2014: 17
2013: 2
2012: 38
2011: 33
2010: 65
Really TIRED of getting bullied around by the B1G and SEC. Time for the Big12 to fight back. Let the NCAA die under its several lawsuits and take back the basketball tournament to use as leverage.
Utah Utes vs Arizona Wildcats
UA advantages:
- Elite talents in Fifita, McMillian, Davis, and Savaiinaea
- Coming off bye
UU advantages:
- Overall roster talent
- Coaching
- Physicality
- Home/revenue game
Predictions
If Rising starts at QB
UU 34-17
If Wilson starts
UU 27 -21
Shocked that the realignment smoke has Cal over Utah in the potential 20-school B1G expansion pecking order.
UU must make the move to the Big12! Now! No time to waste.
Big12 thou shalt nots
- Suggest moving 🏀/🏈 tournament locations
- Say anything negative about Brett Yormark
- Take legit shots at KU and Iowa State for clear geographical advantages
- Remind folks that 🏈 is worth 5x more than 🏀
- Claim Utah will run the Big12 (even if true)
Kansas State Fans
BYU Sports Nation on BYUtv will air a special devoted to Bill Snyder and K-State football.
The show should air two hours before kickoff on BYUtv and also shown in its entirety on X.
We hope you enjoy the show honoring Coach Snyder.
@KStateFB
@kstatesports
Last 🏈 game for
@Utah_Football
on the
@Pac12Network
coming up in ~40 hours. I've enjoyed the commentating, camera quality, and analysis. Its terrible that it couldn't get the distribution needed to grow.
Thanks
@YogiRoth
and
@tedjrobinson
. You're both class acts.
❤️ Ute fan
Pitt isn’t the first or second or third best option for Big12 expansion. The ONLY reason they’d get invited into the Big12 is to bring the Backyard Brawl.
(WVU dictates the worth of Pitt!)
Any Pitt fans that want to disagree or spar, you know where to find me:
@TheCFBMafia
.
@Utah_Football
recorded $93M in revenues during the 2022 season--the last fiscal year-end in which financial reporting is available. Utah's fiscal year-end is in June.
Source: Sportico
Here's the Utes football revenue allocation:
Top 6
@Big12Conference
matchups for the 2024 season. Common theme: 🔴🟣!
1. Utah at Oklahoma State
2. BYU at Utah
3. Kansas at Kansas State
4. Oklahoma State at Kansas State
5. Arizona at Utah
6. Kansas State at Iowa State
Utah v Northwestern was the most watched game over the first two weeks of bowl season at 3.09M viewers.
It also outdrew the 2022 Vegas Bowl matchup of Florida v Oregon St, which recorded 2.45M viewers.
Here’s the truth about considering SMU as a Pac12 member. The Mustangs don’t bring a brand, they have a small fanbase, and they have below average athletics. They don’t focus on “research” like other Pac12 schools. They don’t carry the Dallas market. They’re rich, and that’s it.
Hey
@genetics56
— the account with a < 1% accuracy rate on predicting realignment matters.
Remember when YOU stole MY Pac12 financial model, repurposed it without giving attribution, claimed it as your own, then blocked me for calling you out on it. That’s pure stupidity.
Early feel of the Big 12 landscape for Utah
Friends: Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia
Enemies: Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas Tech
Arch-enemy: BYU
Neutral: Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Kansas, UCF
There’s a decent chance that BYU (11/9) and Iowa State (11/23) roll into Rice Eccles stadium as top 10 teams to play the Utes. 🔥
One game at a time. Big time football ahead.
Utah vs Oklahoma State is akin to Utah vs Oregon. Games will always be big-time, with a lot on the line. Still, too much mutual respect here to turn into a dirty nasty stinky rivalry.
Yormark’s guiding principals for Big12 expansion:
Must: prospective school must be additive—enhance $ value for existing members.
Important:
1. Good academics
2. Strong leadership
3. Cultural fit
4. Geography (add PT zone)
5. Strong football/MBB
6. Brand update
Who qualifies?
As reported last week, ACC explored adding five P12 schools: AZ, ASU, Utah, Stanford, Cal. A meeting last Friday was to potentially vote, but before it could happen, 3 of 5 joined Big 12.
Not quite dead, ACC expansion talks are lingering over the 2 others
ACC viewership free fall 📉 after FSU and Clemson leave? 🤔
Here's the unadjusted per-school ACC viewership shares since 2015 for Nielsen-rated games. 👀
Who’s the viewership 👑, and who’s the laggard?
Harsh reality for those that think the ACC will survive after FSU, Clemson, UNC, Miami, and UVA leave.
Promise that attendance and viewership will not get better when Wake Forest, GT, Syracuse, and BC come to town in NorCal.
The ACC’s house is on🔥.
@TheHolyRivals
@B12Mafia
Sunday realizations—
The Big 12 conference will be a one bid league in the college football playoff. The winner of the Big 12 title game will be the 4 seed in the playoff.
Not ideal
Florida isn’t beating Utah on 8/31. It’s not happening—no matter what Ute QB plays.
Here’s why:
- UU has more developed talent than UF
- UU has a top 7 defense nationally
- Richardson is in the NFL
- UU doesn’t lose often at home
- Most UF players have never played in altitude
Big12 must get creative to bring a big fish like the Canes in house.
🤔 — use private capital to raise money to offer Miami an upfront signing bonus to offset ACC farewell fees. ✔️
Some Utah folks (and some Big12 folks) acting like jerks to each other is the BEST thing for this conference. Engagement leads to attention and eyeballs. Eyeballs will lead to more 💰 in the future. 💰 is what the Big12 needs more of, so by all means continue the banter.
“Big12 is stronger because of having BYU and Utah in it,” Tom Holmoe said. ….. “We’re two of the stronger members together now, and I think it’s going to be a good relationship.”
Takeaway: Holy War is the Big12’s most valuable game. 💪
I can practically guarantee Utah will not win the Big 12. This team could barely hang in the PAC 12. Big 12 is much more physical. Watch out for West Virginia.
🔥 Hearing from a B1G source that
@Utah_Football
is a legit darkhorse top 5 expansion candidate (including Notre Dame) for the BIG--excluding ACC schools. 🔥
Here's an unrelated B1G article that began the conversation. (UU would likely edge out Cal.)
Per Kyle Whittingham 🤯
- Thinks major CFB realignment is coming, and it’s the Super League
- It will create even more of a divide and exclusivity
- 20 months to 4 years away
- 40-60 teams included
- Wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t play anybody but other Super League teams
Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham talks Holy War, Big 12, and why it was time to reveal the master plan in SLC.
“There is a major realignment coming, and it’ll be a big one.”
I went 1-on-1 here:
Hey
@bigten
@FOXSports
@espn
,
To save face, keep hearing the B1G is waiting for the Big12 to snag UA/CU from the PAC before poaching UO/UW. Everyone knows y’all are behind the disintegration of the PAC. Stop playing the coward and finish the job so we can all move on. ❤️ PAC fan
Pac12’s media day is going to be rough!
📺 Media deal in limbo
🦬 CU realignment rumors swirling
❌ Coach Prime's absence felt
🌴 Last hurrah for LA schools
💰 Comcast's overpayment woes
⚖️ Stanford fiasco unfolding today
Tough! Commissioner G.K., best of luck. ❤️ Pac12 fan
Right on 🎯
Hey
@CollegeGameDay
and
@BNKonFOX
, actually go to the top game of the week—for the good of the sport—instead of continuing to feature your boring SEC and Ohio State love fetishes.