It would not shock me if CU went to the Big 12 with UA.
It gets especially enticing if there was a 4-team move that included SDSU.
I say this because it's a short term mindset. If the Big 12 (14/16) pays more money while also getting us recruiting ties to TX, FL and OH while maintaining UT and AZ... all we'd be missing is SoCal. And if SDSU prefers to follow us to a Big 12/14/16, there's really not much of an argument left for staying in the Pac-12.
Let’s talk tv schedule then circle back on B12…
Current working hypothesis:
Friday 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET - Amazon
Saturday 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET - TBD
Saturday 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET - TBD
Saturday 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET - CBS
Saturday 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET - TBD
Saturday 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET - ESPN
If they go with Apple for the 3 TBD games, maybe Apple syndicates one to Fox or ESPN/ABC.
But… P12 can’t have both 12:30pm PT games on Apple. One of them needs to be available to a national audience (CW?).
If I had to guess, this is the reason for the hold up. What do they do with the 12:30pm slot bc they are getting good national exposure in other slots.
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Having said that, the B12 is in a worse spot than the P12. They will never get 12:30pm PT exposure on Fox, ABC, ESPN, let alone CBS or NBC (obviously). We already beat them in other time slots.
So they’re left with ESPN2/U, FS1, ESPN+ for the 12:30pm PT spot. That’s not an advantage in my mind.
I think it comes down to the 12:30pm PT spot and the B12 doesn’t have the cards to bluff their way to the pot.
On cost, every president and chancellor has said the P12 will make more. Look at the schedule and you can see why.
So is Colorado to the B12 just a rumor started by the B12 and Arizona? When I look at it from this angle it seems that way to me.