Why would they re-evaluate given that the two most basic B1G criteria (AAU membership (or the lack thereof) and a value additive brand size (or the lack thereof) HAVEN’T CHANGED???
No need to re-evaluate when there hasn’t been a real change in circumstances/screening criteria.
As much as I hate to say it, UH is not a value brand. We rarely packed a 7500 seat Fertitta Center* or a 40K football stadium. We rarely travel well to away games and I doubt we appeal to a national TV audience very often.
We are lucky to be in the B12 and our fans should be very happy where we are, I know I am. Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. We wanted to be in the B12 and we got it. To me, that is success and happiness.
*Yes we have sell outs but always seem to have a lot of empty seats in the Fertitta Center.
I would say that our brand has solid value. If it didn’t, then we wouldn’t be making FULL shares in the Big 12 this Fall.
Does it have the type of value that would be additive to the B1G or SEC though? Probably not. And we also don’t have the AAU membership that is an unwritten but widely acknowledged pre-requisite to a B1G invite.
Given that, I don’t see us going to either anytime soon; the SEC isn’t an impossibility, but is highly unlikely as long as UT and aTm are members.
To sum it up, the Big 12 is our current best fit and unless/until we get both a) AAU membership AND b) a bigger brand, that’s probably where we will stay.
We should NOT be wishing for a P2 breakaway, because any such breakaway will most likely NOT include UH.
We should be praying that a P3/P4 is the long term end result, with the Big 12 being one of those.
Jim Parsons is a Coog.
Translation: I think I am right.
That’s not thought.
That’s REALITY!!!
$5 million FBS fee and $1 million buyout 2 Big Sky.
Ready if PAC cant get a better near term option.
Surprised the PAC Light hasn’t already snatched up Texas State and/or UTSA.
Rumor has it that the Pac Lite has offered TxSt a half share of an unknown number.
Everyone is waiting to see what the PAC-12 new TV deal is worth.
TXST wants a full share & I don’t blame them. The Pac doesn’t have the leverage they think they have to force TXST into a half share.
Does Texas State have leverage?
If the regurgitated Pac-12 can not get any AAC schools, Texas State has leverage.
The PAC-12 needs an 8th football member to announce soon. The AAC school’s exit fees are now about $25M and increasing as the date get closer to Fall 2026.
They could just choose another school.
The regurgitated Pac-12 calls itself, the best of the rest of G5s in football, which is why there is no out right merger between the MWC and Pac-12.
The rest of the best football G5 are in the AAC. There is nothing available in the west that comes close.
Yeah. Pac needs an 8th school and the best option available to them is TXST. They missed the deadline for the AAC schools. They can’t add an FCS school to fill that 8th spot. Remaining options are ULL, NMSU, or pay a large portion of UNLV/Mempiss/Tulane’s exit fees (which results in less money for the existing conference members).
Moving to the Pac will cost TXST more in travel expenses in addition to them having to increase their athletics budget by $13m-$15m/yr (which they are prepared to do). They also provide the Pac with a foot in the fertile Texas recruiting grounds. The budget increase, GJ Kinne’s extension, and additional travel costs, are more than enough reasons for TXST to decline partial shares.
At the end of the day, the Pac 12 is now a G5 CONFERENCE, but they’re trying to operate like it’s still an A5. It’s ridiculous lol
Like who?
I hope Texas State stays in the sunbelt. I don’t want them to improve their brand.
I think they’ll improve regardless. The new President & AD are more engaged & committed to football than the previous regime. They’ll either go to the Pac or end up in the AAC once Clem/FSU/Mia/UNC all make their moves. Either way, they’re an up & coming brand that we’ll have to compete with to some extent, but not to a level that should cause any major concerns in the revenue sharing era.
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