***Official Big 12 Expansion Thread '16***
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demoncore1031
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The AD from Tulane is good friends and old college classmates with Bowlsby, so Tulane might have a leg up on the others.
SIAP, but the last school on the list of 17 in the ESPN article is Arkansas State (they updated the article):
"Among the 17 schools that will make their presentations to the Big 12 are Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, South Florida, UCF, UConn, Memphis, Colorado State, Boise State, Tulane, Temple, East Carolina, SMU, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Diego State and Arkansas State, sources said."
"Among the 17 schools that will make their presentations to the Big 12 are Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, South Florida, UCF, UConn, Memphis, Colorado State, Boise State, Tulane, Temple, East Carolina, SMU, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Diego State and Arkansas State, sources said."
Honestly, I hope that's either a smokescreen for our true intentions or it's blackmail to get the networks to pay us more money to stay at 10.
I really doubt Troy Dannen having gone to school with Bowlsby will carry any weight on Tulane getting into the Big XII
Their fans were insufferable when ISU got picked over them for the Liberty Bowl a couple years ago.
That be one sad list of candidates. We knew it would be slim pickings but to see it spelled out.....ugh
Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, South Florida, Central Florida, UConn, Memphis, Boise State, Colorado State, Temple, Tulane, East Carolina, SMU, New Mexico and Northern Illinois. ??
are you effing kidding me? Cincy, BYU are the only ones with value. (academics, athletics, national stature) What the h#ll are we wasting our time talking to old WAC and MAC schools??
You people who hate Texas be careful what you wish for. Bowlsby forces a few of these crap schools on us, Texas and OU will leave the Big 12
Let's see, lets trade 85,000-90,000-seat stadiums for NIU and New Mexico and Colo St----and their 18,000-27,000 crowds. Yes...MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
Good gawd A & M and Nebraska left with huge FB followings----and we want to further water down this conference? Because Texas and OU are too good and don't play "fair"
screw that. Political correctness and the whiners out there need to stay out of this process.
There is a hierarchy in every corporation, conference. Life isn't fair. So you think the U of Iowa is going to rock the boat because Michigan, Mich St., Ohio State, and Penn St help subsidize their athletic department?
are you effing kidding me? Cincy, BYU are the only ones with value. (academics, athletics, national stature) What the h#ll are we wasting our time talking to old WAC and MAC schools??
You people who hate Texas be careful what you wish for. Bowlsby forces a few of these crap schools on us, Texas and OU will leave the Big 12
Let's see, lets trade 85,000-90,000-seat stadiums for NIU and New Mexico and Colo St----and their 18,000-27,000 crowds. Yes...MAKES A LOT OF SENSE
Good gawd A & M and Nebraska left with huge FB followings----and we want to further water down this conference? Because Texas and OU are too good and don't play "fair"
screw that. Political correctness and the whiners out there need to stay out of this process.
There is a hierarchy in every corporation, conference. Life isn't fair. So you think the U of Iowa is going to rock the boat because Michigan, Mich St., Ohio State, and Penn St help subsidize their athletic department?
Rumor on the college sports nation forum from a BYU fan that says he is well connect, the BYU will be pulling out of candidacy for the big 12 over the social media backlash from LGBT and sexual assault cases.
Apparently the big 12 approached BYU with issues about the honor code but BYU couldn't agree to the terms and they both decided to part ways.
He also said BYU's Board of Trustees has grown tired of the publicity and doesn't think athletic conference affiliation is worth the negative publicity and mud flinging that has gone on. As a result, BYU has withdrawn their candidacy. And the Big 12 has moved on.
The most interesting part was his last paragraph where he said: two schools were particularly responsible for stirring the hornets' nest with the LGBT groups. And that is a shame. You guys couldn't win on metrics. You won on dirty play. Congratulations.
He also says This will be done behind closed doors. It won't be announced by the Big 12 nor BYU because the Big 12 doesn't seek to embarrass BYU and BYU doesn't want any more publicity on this.
Apparently the big 12 approached BYU with issues about the honor code but BYU couldn't agree to the terms and they both decided to part ways.
He also said BYU's Board of Trustees has grown tired of the publicity and doesn't think athletic conference affiliation is worth the negative publicity and mud flinging that has gone on. As a result, BYU has withdrawn their candidacy. And the Big 12 has moved on.
The most interesting part was his last paragraph where he said: two schools were particularly responsible for stirring the hornets' nest with the LGBT groups. And that is a shame. You guys couldn't win on metrics. You won on dirty play. Congratulations.
He also says This will be done behind closed doors. It won't be announced by the Big 12 nor BYU because the Big 12 doesn't seek to embarrass BYU and BYU doesn't want any more publicity on this.
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On further thought with this BYU news I'd love to see 14, which isn't going to happen now. But if it did, and assuming no P5 team is leaving their current confernece...
Air Force and Colorado state. Give CSU some big boy money and see if they can take over Colorado like we've done in the State of Iowa.
Out east is Cincy and Houston.
Air Force and Colorado state. Give CSU some big boy money and see if they can take over Colorado like we've done in the State of Iowa.
Out east is Cincy and Houston.
Do you think Air Force would be all sports or football only? I think their wresting is in the big 12? I only wonder because I think their basketball would be around Tech's level or even worse TCU.
I remember someone from Air Force stating that they would not be interested. He didn't think it would be a good fit or good for their players.
