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As NCAA Conference expansion rumors continue to swirl, here is a great article from Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post laying out why it would make more sense for Colorado to join the Mountain West Conference than the Pac-10.

DenverPost.com

The Buffaloes could use some creative thinking. So here's one modest proposal: What if Bohn shopped CU to the Mountain West with the idea of becoming a 12-team league eligible for a conference championship game in football?

As early as this week, the Mountain West could extend an invitation to Boise State as its 10th member. Add the Broncos, who finished No. 4 in the final polls last season, to a football roster that already includes Texas Christian, Brigham Young and Utah, then you have teams with BCS muscle to flex against almost any league in the country.

By joining the Mountain West, CU would enhance rivalries with Colorado State, Air Force and Wyoming, an idea which makes marketing sense, to say nothing of more sensible travel than the Buffs hitching a ride to Waco.

Make it an even dozen teams in the Mountain West by signing up Houston and its TV market to bundle with Denver, Dallas, San Diego and Salt Lake City. If you dare to dream even bigger, go to 14 teams, grabbing Kansas and Kansas State when the Big 12 implodes.

If this conference expansion stuff fascinates you as much as it does me, then go over to the Denver Post and read the rest of the article. It makes a lot of sense, especially from a Colorado stand point when you think about rivalries, travel, and things like that.

I would welcome Colorado to the Mountain West with open arms. They are a respected University with a good history and would make the conference that much better. Plus, when you factor in TV markets as Kiszla mentioned, it makes sense financially and that seems to be the biggest factor in all of these talks right now.

I have posted a few things over the last month or so about possible college football expansion and what might go down. Obviously there have been rumors about the Big Ten expanding, then came whispers about the Pac-10 following suit, and also the possibility of Boise State joining the Mountain West Conference. Well, it looks as if the first shots might have just been fired by the Pac-10.

According to Chip Brown of Rivals.com and Orangebloods.com, the Pac-10 is looking to invite six teams from the Big XII.

Rivals.com

Because it appears the Pac-10, which has its meetings in San Francisco starting this weekend, is prepared to make a bold move and invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to join its league, according to multiple sources close to the situation.

Left out would be Iowa State, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska and Missouri.

Then, Thursday evening, Joe Schad of ESPN “tweeted” this comment which seems to back up Chip Brown’s report.

If this is indeed true, it will totally shake up the college football landscape more than the Big Ten adding a couple of teams. Chip Brown’s report says the new merger between the Pac-10 and Big XII will be split into two, eight team divisions which when you think about it, it wouldn’t be too bad for travel. If you are Texas, you would still have 5 fairly close games like you had in the Big XII, plus I would assume that Arizona and Arizona State would be along with six Big XII members which would work out well regionally.

To take a look at this from the TCU perspective as I like to do, this could be very good for them. The Mountain West could keep Utah who was rumored to possibly get a Pac-10 invite. The MWC could then invite Boise State, Kansas, Kansas State, and one other which would then create and very solid conference for football, baseball, and basketball. If that came to fruition and wiped out the remainder of the Big XII, the new Mountain West Conference could be added to the BCS. At least that is what would happen in a perfect world.

We will just have to wait and see what happens but it appears this story has some legs to it. All I know at this point is that I love these conference expansion rumors and the speculation surrounding it all.