Comments on: Sunday: Pac-10 Plane Pays Visit To Texas A&M

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:28:43 +0000

KU doesn’t really want to go MWC or KSt for that matter.But up for grabs is the Kansas City,Wichita and St. Louis market which is way more that Salt Lake.Having a powerhouse in kansas basketball would up grade pac 10 basketball. Kansas football not hte best but a lot better than what it used to be.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:26:27 +0000

they need to stay in the same conference as the other texas teams. they MUST!

By: red

red — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:57:15 +0000

Kansas would be a much better fit for the Pac-10 than Utah. KU is a great academic school and is a member of the AAU. Their football program is historically better than Utah’s and they’ve got a top 5 (actually top 3) basketball program. It’s farther away than Utah is but they have a much larger national presence than Utah and travel extremely well.

Also, KU sits in a much larger TV market than Utah (about million more TVs in Kansas). Adding KU over Utah means more TV sets, way better athletics and arguably better academics. I don’t see why Pac-10 would even consider Utah.

By: Bob G.

Bob G. — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:50:40 +0000

The only reason I’d like to see a stronger Pac-XX is to gain more national recognition for W. Coast teams. The addition of Texas & Oklahoma would just kill a WSU and hurt OSU. Adding the Buffs & Utes won’t diminish the conference & will add new markets, but adding Texas, especially, means too much dominance there, politically & athletically.
Let’s face it, money and power have ruled the NCAA for years and this is just an unfortunate, logical extension of the “corporatizing of everything American”.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:28:22 +0000

Utah and the Pac-10 have been making eyes at each other for damn near a year now. That thing is going down. It’s not TV “viewers” per say, it’s new markets for cable deals. Texas will ensure that Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and damn near every other Texas metro will have the Pac-16 network. Salt Lake brings a entire new market. for the Pac-16 network. All of Utah, some of Idaho, and some of Wyoming would carry the network on their cable systems.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:25:14 +0000

Steve - you don’t know shit

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:20:09 +0000

Utah is a mid-upper school in the MWC, dominated in most sports by TCU and BYU. The Utah basketball program has been in the dumps for several years and the football team finished 3rd last year. It doesn’t even compete in most of the non-revenue sports. I can understand why the Pac 10 would be very disappointed to settle on Colorado and Utah after planning something big. The Buffs and the Utes are pretty much losers.

By: Trigg Croom

Trigg Croom — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:21:00 +0000

Personally, I’d rather see A&M go to the SEC than the Pac 10, even if it means they split from the rest of the Big 12…essentially, Pac 10 fans don’t travel as well as SEC fans and thats a fact, especially considering the logistics. A&M and UT will still have the annual T-day game no matter what, and I’d rather see SEC West teams than Pac ? Northwest teams anyday.

I agree that Utah would be a better fit for the Pac ?…TT, OU, OSU, UT, you guys can have Utah and CU. I would much rather see A&M compete against LSU, Auburn, Bama, Arkansas, MSU & Miss anyway.

By the way, its a joke to think Utah’s athletic program, especially its non-rev. sports compete at the same level as A&M’s. Take a look at the history of A&M’s track, golf, tennis, soccer, volleyball, swimming, softball & baseball programs…then you’ll know which of the two truly competes at a championship level at all sports. A&M is the current and defending track Nat. champs, defending golf nat. champs, consitantly ranked in the top 10 for tennis & soccer and consitantly ranks in the top 25 in softball and baseball…do your research guys. Should we compare the two University’s Endowment funds next?

By: Justin Williams

Justin Williams — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:23:12 +0000

Well said Barry. I agree with you.

By: Barry Gross

Barry Gross — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:19:37 +0000

Candidly, I’d rather have Utah than Texas A&M anyway. Utah is a highly regarded research institution with a world-class medical center. Furthermore, the school’s athletic profile better fits the Pac-10, particularly in non-revenue sports such as volleyball, gymnastics, soccer, etc. that Utah competes regularly in at a championship level.

The basketball program has been consistently solid, and the football program has maintained an enviable record the past decade under three different coaches. Perhaps if the school was part of a BCS conference, they might actually KEEP talented young coaches instead of watching them go off and win national championships at a BCS school.

The football program recruits heavily in California, and would make a nice geographic pairing with Colorado