Yes, they need at least 12 to have the championship game. They and the big ten are expanding simply because they're tired of being overlooked the last week of the season while the se c is getting all the attention.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Charlie" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:32:24 To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [ESPN]: 6/15 09:40 --- Texas move helps Big 12 survive [Joe Schad] The big 12 now 10 seems to be happy with no championship game. Rumor dujour has the Pac 10 now 11 inviting Utah maybe as soon as today. Charlie. BTW how far is Boulder, CO and Salt Lake City from the Pacific? _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [ESPN]: 6/15 09:40 --- Texas move helps Big 12 survive [Joe Schad] On Jun 15, 2010, at 3:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: If a conference is small enough for every team to meet during the season, I would prefer no conference CG. I agree with your preference, but am realistic enough to realize that the additional $ from a championship game are too much to pass up. I'd go a bit further and postulate that the optimal conference sizes are 9 (everyone plays everyone) or 12 (eligible for conference championship). 10 or 11 are just plain stupid, some teams don't play each other, yet there is no conference championship. So, assuming all stupid 10 or 11 team conferences move to 12; we need 3 teams to step up to the big leagues (formerly the PAC 10 needed 2 and the Big 10 needed 1; now the PAC 10 needs 1 and the Big 12 needs - or will need - 2). So, who will those 3 be? Utah and... -Zeb -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
