Expansion Rumors

Officially unofficial. Anything CFB. Sources suck... guessing is funner

[Mountain West @MountainWest]

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲! 🤘

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Mountain West pursing Grand Canyon as non-football member w/talks "heating up," sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Grand Canyon, a member of WAC, has made 3 of last 4 NCAA men's basketball tourneys. MW also still in discussions w/NIU & Toledo as football-only members, sources said

[Dennis Dodd @dennisdoddcbs]

Can confirm Pac-12 has hired Octagon as essentially an agent to market its media rights. Next step, getting an 8th team, then getting a deal.

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Sam Houston AD Bobby Williams said Mountain West contacted school to see if Bearkats were interested in membership but “that’s not what we want to do. (President Alisa White) & I are on the same page. We want to help build Conference USA because we really enjoy & are excited about what’s going on”

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Hawaii will join Mountain West as full member in 2026, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. With 8 full members required to be FBS league, MW now targets NIU & Toledo as football-only members, sources said. MW still wants to add at least 1 football member

https://t.co/3K0feGES3n

[Joe “The Sauce” Hedberg @JoeInOregon87]

Sauces have informed me that a 📺 deal likely won’t be announced today.The PAC-12 TV deal & new team additions want to dominate sports news cycles. However,it would be popular today,but depending on the outcome of tomorrow’s big games,lose traction. P12 wants to dominate the 🔄

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@LuvBobby6956 @LizardKing1893 @OS_Beaver It would still work for those that just came in, because they'd be left with the brand and $. Also, there was a GoR already signed + Big 12 already passed on that option. Could it happen? Maybe. Likely? I think not.

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

Done deal? Pac 12 will be delivering on what it was proposing, media $ + coverage, to Memphis and Tulane. Now we wait. Not months or weeks, but days or hours?

[Jeremy Darlow @JeremyDarlow]

PAC-12 Interest > BIG-12 Interest

Not only has the PAC-12 generated more interest than the MWC and AAC over the last 90 days, it has surpassed the BIG-12, despite the BIG-12 having significantly more schools, including 4 previous PAC-12 Universities.

🔵 PAC-12
🔴 MWC
🟡 AAC
🟢 BIG-12

[Jeremy Darlow @JeremyDarlow]

PAC-12 Interest > MWC/AAC Interest

Using Google Trends to measure interest over the last 90 days around the PAC-12, Mountain West, and AAC. The PAC-12, despite being mostly a two team league, has consistently drawn more interest, peaking with expansion news.

🔵 PAC-12
🔴 MWC
🟡 AAC

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@Luke_Contreras5 @OS_Beaver I'll say yes and put my career as a rumor mongering gossip troll on the line. I can always burn this account and become "Rumors of Expansion". 😉

Sorry, what I would say is that I only put out what I'm hearing, seeing, and feeling based on my research.

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@LizardKing1893 @OS_Beaver The fast play was to get the 4 AAC schools for cheap. Once that stalled, the next slower play was up: Gonzaga + the lone 1 AAC target, knowing that 2 would come. Utah State didn't hurt valuations and got them to magical number of 9 football members + 10 Olympics.

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@KDBookSzn36 I do not

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

After Pac 12 is done, the MWC will then begin media courtship and presenting multiple expansion options for the best deal. I don't see any significant value differences in the available options and I can see them settling on NMSU. Just a feeling.

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@TheStableBSU

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@OS_Beaver In the end, it'll be close to exactly what was laid out as the plan on many fronts.

[Expansion Rumors @ExpansionRumors]

@OS_Beaver Yep. Exciting.

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@TheStableBSU I don't know for sure, but I've heard things

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@westernaddress I believe so

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

A group of investors & ex-Disney executives have met with ADs at 30 power schools with a pitch: a $9 billion infusion as part of a 70-school football league.

Looming over SEC & Big Ten meetings is "Project Rudy."

"The claim is everybody will be saved."

https://t.co/GPzmlt3oFP