Big 12 in 2016

[Lobot]

SBNation polled it's Big 12 blogs on expansion:

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foot...pansion-survey

[Lobot]

UA contract has no provision for P5. Just these performance bonuses (scroll down to page 2 in the scribd box):

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/...ils-of-47.html

[bearcatbret]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-foo...ter-all-081716 It looks like Houston fans are starting to worry. Not about being one of the two but the Big 12 staying at 10.

[red_n_black_attack]

Any truth to the rumor that Under Armor has significantly sweetened our deal in anticipation of our news and additional marketing opportunities?

IS there something in the contract that raises the deal if we are in a P5 conference? I doubt UA would sweeten the deal because they bought/invested low and see the product gaining value. The next contract should be sweeter if we are in a P5 conference, unless the provisions are in the current contract.

[Lobot]

Not that I am aware of but I honestly haven't looked into it. AD brass met with UA folks in Cincinnati during camp. UA was visiting it's top 6 programs and we were first on the visit list. Bohn tweeted a picture of the UA jet at Lunken . Other than that I'll check.

[RedDog]

Any truth to the rumor that Under Armor has significantly sweetened our deal in anticipation of our news and additional marketing opportunities?

[Lobot]

Has that post or posts been deleted? I sure can't seem to find it.

E Michael Kamp @epfourteen. Like everything else I'm taking it with a grain of salt but so far he's been correct about other things like the gag order.

[bearcatbret]

I heard all schools signed letter of confidentiality and agreement to GOR if selected. The Big 12 won't tell a school they're in while still accepting applicants for interview. Interview pool up to 20 now with Rice and UNLV.

I do not necessarily agree with you. I believe that the Big 12 has already decided if they expand which two schools they will add. They have dug themselves into this soap opera that they are going to continue to take the press coverage. I have an idea though, Texas can take Rice, Houston, SMU, Northern TX and any other Texas school and create the big hat conference all inclusive to Texas. Then the remaining Big 12 schools add the 3 teams that they want. Yes, the big hat conference would ultimately fail and Texas would reluctantly give up it's power and join the SEC with all the other members of the big hat conference drifting. Then shortly after, the Big 12 minus Texas would fail and Oklahoma would go somewhere and the remaining schools would raid the remaining American colleges to try to remain relevant only to be the top conference outside of the power 4.

[red_n_black_attack]

I case you haven't caught it yet. We have someone with Ath Dept. connections out there on Twitter saying "we have a signed letter of intent" with the Big 12 , announcement within 3 weeks.

I heard all schools signed letter of confidentiality and agreement to GOR if selected. The Big 12 won't tell a school they're in while still accepting applicants for interview. Interview pool up to 20 now with Rice and UNLV.

[longtimefan]

I case you haven't caught it yet. We have someone with Ath Dept. connections out there on Twitter saying "we have a signed letter of intent" with the Big 12 , announcement within 3 weeks.

Has that post or posts been deleted? I sure can't seem to find it.

[BackInBlack]

I case you haven't caught it yet. We have someone with Ath Dept. connections out there on Twitter saying "we have a signed letter of intent" with the Big 12 , announcement within 3 weeks.

Care to elaborate on the twitter handle?

[Lobot]

I case you haven't caught it yet. We have someone with Ath Dept. connections out there on Twitter saying "we have a signed letter of intent" with the Big 12 , announcement within 3 weeks.

[red_n_black_attack]

Slow news day, but this is an interesting read on the formation of the Big 12 as the Southwest Conference dissolved and the top teams merged into the Big 8. Like them or not, I have new respect for Texas to sticking to their stance on use of Prop 48 players as a commitment to student athletes. They did a few things to sour chances of forming a relationship with Nebraska (chiefly). Imagine if they had formed a 16 team conference in 1994 instead of 12...

Still a good read on the politics in Texas and how tv played a tremendous role. Ironically, it was ESPN that played a major role and Fox the other role.

http://www.campusrush.com/big-12-con...974972078.html

[bearcatbret]

http://www.sbnation.com/college-foot...on-urban-meyer - Cincinnati in pretty good shape. Definitely in the top two. Like anything that anyone writes is going to make a difference, this does make me feel a bit better.

[bearcatbret]

Now that you mention it, stop by Humbert Meats and get some goetta and city chicken. However, I do not think that will impress anyone. I love Izzy's as well. I heard on the radio though that Cincinnati is making a come back as beer capital of the world. Did we not have this conversation several years ago when Oklahoma State came into town and we talked about tailgating with the visiting team down at PBS?