I am afraid you are mistaken. Women's rowing is an NCAA sport and men's rowing used to be. Cal has 2 women's rowing titles. Both are counted by the NCAA Not men's gymnastics or men's volleyball. Title IX took care of that. I played water polo at a very high level. The only reason I didn't play in college is because I loved LSU more than water polo. My comments were not based on the revenue generation, but on the fact that the PAC 10 schools field teamas in alot of sports that most major schools do not. That skews the total championships won.
My mistake, you are correct in terms of rowing...........but kal ain't even in the top 10 schools for total NC's anyway. Standford, ucla, and USC are........1, 2, and 3 in fact. No rowing NC's for the top 3 though. Well, USC doesn't field teams for gymnastics (Title ix and all) but we do still have men's and women's vball. It's a choice, yes? We also don't have softball but ucla/Arizona schools as well as the SEC do. :hihi: Honestly, what other sports do you speak of? Fencing, ice hockey, LaX? Again, Stanford, ucla, and USC don't have NC's in those sports. Water polo is the ONLY essential difference in terms of competitive sports. Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field (some Pac schools don't even compete indoors), Golf account for the majority of NC's by the three top schools and by a large margin.
I guess Softball is to the Pac 10, as Indoor track is to the SEC, being the SEC has won 13 of the 25 Womans titles +50% and 25 of the 42 mens titles-59%.
Notre Dame could possibly go to the Big East and maintain some scheduling flexibility. The PAC10 would only let in scholastically prominent schools in. Some possibilities are Utah, Colorado St, or New Mexico. Hawaii costs money to travel, and as stated, BYU doesn't play on Sundays. I like the Rutgers and Syracuse (and Kentucky?) talk for the Big10. I'd love to see the Big10 go to 12 and put pressure on the PAC10.
I get the feeling you really don't know much about the national University rankings. As for the Pac 10 inviting schools into the conference based on academics, the only schools that would draw interest would be, University of Colorado and Utah. As far as New Mexico, Colorado State and Hawaii, they would never be considered as a candidate, let alone a member.
I doubt if the Big Ten is engulfed in the idea that they need 12 schools because other conferences are doing it. Financially, the Big Ten may be the most sound of any conference. My guess is the talks have resurfaced due to the fact that the future of the Big Ten Channel probably now hinges on adding mass to make it more advertiser friendly. The talk about adding Nebraska or Missouri may sound good to people in those two states, but there is no question the Big Ten is looking east.... and, yes, NY/Philly is well-known as a pro sports market, but even a slice of it is bigger than anything to the near west of the Big Ten. The ACC knew exactly what they needed when they locked up the burgeoning Florida market, then whittled on up into the East. If this is about finding new revenue, then I think the Big Ten is about to step way outside current thinking... that being having a championship game on a network the conference owns.
