*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****
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But hey, who cares if you go 3-9 as long as you can chant "SEC SEC SEC" right?
You can't, it has a life of it's own. Suprisingly, most of the posts are still related to the original topic.
And people wonder why you can't understand what aTm is doing, they don't have a clue as to what they are doing! How angry would our fanbase be if we had an opportunity like that and we turned it down not even understanding what it entirely entailed? I know there are likely some that are happy they didn't join forces with Texas, but if it would have been a group effort it wouldn't have been 'The Longhorn Network' it would have been something different. Looks like aTm had the chance of a lifetime to be involved and they ****** it down their legs...
No. In fact the expansion thread should be merged with this one and the thread renamed the official 2011 realignment thread. Its not like this thread has been all about TAMU from the beginnig, its had a ton of 'what next' talk.
I read that or something similar last night as well. Essentially, neither they nor Texas believed it would get to where Texas has gotten it. I guess I could maybe see how aTm would pass at the time, it was a gamble, but hindsight...man, he looks like a loser on that one.
Personally, if ND, Pitt, Louisville, WV, and Arkansas aren't options, I'd rather bring in ECU along with UCF and BYU than Air Force. I'm just not convinced the fan base with AF is as big as is being claimed.
I wonder if you wouldn't have seen something more like a "Texas College Sports" network. Maybe Tech, Baylor and the C-USA schools getting games on it as well? Definitely a blown opportunity.
AF has major growth potential, IMO.
They are located in (more or less) the same media market as CSU and had double the attendance. They were a few thousand short of CU, actually.
There's also potential for national interest with them being a service academy.
As for TAMU and the LHN, keep the source in mind there coming from Texas's side. There are 2 sides to every story.
From Byrne yesterday.
Ive also heard that texas proposed a 75/25 revenue split. No **** theyre going to turn that down.
From Byrne yesterday.
Ive also heard that texas proposed a 75/25 revenue split. No **** theyre going to turn that down.
That's really the entire history of the Big XII as much as it relates to Nebraska and aTm. Both were on board with unequal revenue sharing, both couldn't capitalize on the opportunity. When it didn't work out, they power-whined about Texas being the big dog.
Same story with LHN. aTM coulda been in on it, and like I said, I can *kinda* understand the decision, but now, you don't complain that it's working out for them. You step back and say "Crap, screwed that one up, what can I do to make up for it."
aTm and Nebraska are THE source of the turmoil in the Big XII, not Texas. I'm no Texas fan, but you don't hate the winner if you set the rules of the game and lose playing by them.
I applied a random number generator, Mersenne twister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and found out that I in fact had the first post of the thread. Sorry, clonefan4.
They definitely benefit... helps enrollment, alumni involvement and donations, keeps the "name" visible, etc.
Not only Iowa State... the entire state of Iowa benefits from having Iowa State (and Iowa) as members of prestigous BCS conferences.
Not to mention they've been right around the edge of the top 25 in recent years and CSU has been pretty bad. They'd have won their share of Big 12 games the last couple years, not saying they'd have won a division, but they'd have competed.
AFA is the second best realistic option in the mountain region (behind BYU). I'd think New Mexico might be better than CSU. BSU has the obvious issues that have been pointed out many times.
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