Im starting to warm-up to Baylor/ISU/KSU should the opportunity be there to take them. If the conference is going to expand one way or another, isnt it better to take schools that are affiliated with a BCS conference than to take....UCF....or ECU....or SMU....or Houston? The negative stigma associated with non-BCS programs is greater than that of bottom-feeding BCS members, imo.
I agree with you to a point, but UCF and Houston would be good adds in my opinion (though technically bad for the bball-only schools cause you are diluting the voting power). Hell even Rice (great academics, baseball) and SMU wouldn't be too bad and would really establish the Big East in Tejas. UCF helps solidify Florida and Houston or Rice helps solidify Tejas. After tha, I think Memphis should be in the discussion if they aren't already, but the first dominoes have to fall - Kansas, KSU, ISU Mizzou? Will only ISU and KSU be left? Will Mizzou want to stick with Kansas or will they go SEC (the B1G chance is slipping away).
Just simply do not want anything to do with Baylor, cheating bball program and a school everyone in Texas HATES. Houston or Rice would get you the top 2 markets in Tejas (Houston, DFW), and create a rivalry w/ TCU. Who cares about Waco?
