Big 12 in 2016

[red_n_black_attack]

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/12/12...372.1471292071
This is just more fun. Ranking the candidates by food. I agree with him on the Skyline but I just do not understand how Skyline is the best that Cincinnati can provide. I would not send them Montgomery Inn ribs either just because of the same argument against Memphis, why send Texas ribs? I guess we could always send them a "midnight" pack of White Castles.

Beer and Tri-State made Kentucky bourbon

[cpawstoney]

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/12/12...372.1471292071
This is just more fun. Ranking the candidates by food. I agree with him on the Skyline but I just do not understand how Skyline is the best that Cincinnati can provide. I would not send them Montgomery Inn ribs either just because of the same argument against Memphis, why send Texas ribs? I guess we could always send them a "midnight" pack of White Castles.

Whitey Casteel's is not strictly a Cincinnati thing (founded in Wichita, KS) like Skyline, Graeters, Glier's Goetta, Camp Washington Chili, LaRosa's, etc. but I wouldn't pass one up at three in the morning.

[longtimefan]

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/12/12...372.1471292071
This is just more fun. Ranking the candidates by food. I agree with him on the Skyline but I just do not understand how Skyline is the best that Cincinnati can provide. I would not send them Montgomery Inn ribs either just because of the same argument against Memphis, why send Texas ribs? I guess we could always send them a "midnight" pack of White Castles.

A lot of this is standard stuff. I know Memphis is famous for BBQ, but to be honest I've eaten in Memphis a few times and their best is no better than Montgomery Inn or Eli's. I'd go with Graeter's ice cream, burgers from Zips, Rueben from Izzy's, and yes a five way and coneys from Camp Washington Chili. If Walnut Street Popcorn was still in operation I'd send them cans of yellow cheddar. I really miss Walnut Street popcorn.

[bearcatbret]

http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/12/12...372.1471292071
This is just more fun. Ranking the candidates by food. I agree with him on the Skyline but I just do not understand how Skyline is the best that Cincinnati can provide. I would not send them Montgomery Inn ribs either just because of the same argument against Memphis, why send Texas ribs? I guess we could always send them a "midnight" pack of White Castles.

[longtimefan]

The Toledo Blade weighs in. Says Big 12 should take Cincinnati.

http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show...rrer_id=878183

[longtimefan]

Interesting. Chuck Carlton chat transcript from today:

"Again, anything is possible. For the moment, the most likely outcome would be two sometime by the end of September as a nice middle ground to give the Big 12 two six-team divisions. There seems to be a gap between Cincinnati and Houston and the rest of the candidates. Bring those two on board and then continue to survey the landscape."

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/coll...aug-15-ask-now

[red_n_black_attack]

McMuprhy today saying it's a 3 horse race for 2 spots. UC,UH, BYU.

UGH!! I was really hoping it would be four team expansion and no brainer for UC. Though I believe UC is in even if only a two team expansion.

With two teams, it's almost a dead heat between the three teams, with UC having less negatives than the other two.

Some schools will be against BYU for the Sunday play and the Honor code, plus fear of creating another island like WVU. If they expanded by four teams, I'd place CSU or Boise as the two fighting for the fourth spot.

Some schools will be against UH due to creating a large Texas voting block, more travel for WVU, ISU and Kansas and in general voting against Texas due to LHN.

I think few schools will be against UC on any counts or principals, except Texas wants BYU and UH. Texas will have to give on one in order to get the other.

My prediction, keyword prediction, they expand by two and it will be Houston and Cincinnati. This is more than being a homer, UC makes logical sense per the arguments listed above.

[Lobot]

The Urban Meyer announcement makes me really skeptical. All he's done is talk about winning Cincinnati recruits - so why is he all of the sudden going to advocate something that will make recruiting Cincinnati - and Ohio - even harder?

I'm concerned that he waited until he heard UC was out, then "supported" us in order to look like he was on his (and his sister's) side.

He's trying to keep the local guys away from MSU and ND more so than UC I would think. I'm not sure we make recruiting Cincinnati harder for him at all considering the extreme national scope of OSU recruiting. He can say that he's focusing on recruiting Cincinnati to look good to supporters in Ohio but that doesn't mean he's actually doing it. I think he's interested in most Cincinnati recruits as a keep away from competing programs. UC will not be directly competing with him on the field very often if at all.

[bobestes]

The Urban Meyer announcement makes me really skeptical. All he's done is talk about winning Cincinnati recruits - so why is he all of the sudden going to advocate something that will make recruiting Cincinnati - and Ohio - even harder?

I'm concerned that he waited until he heard UC was out, then "supported" us in order to look like he was on his (and his sister's) side.

[bearcatbret]

Red_n_Black: That was a very clear summary of the article. I agree with you on that. The things that I am counting on for being one of the two are: location to West Virginia and Oklahoma's support. I can not see West Virginia voting for BYU before UC.

[Lobot]

McMuprhy today saying it's a 3 horse race for 2 spots. UC,UH, BYU.

[red_n_black_attack]

I don't really know much about this guy, but he makes it sound like there is a good chance we could be left out.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...q1ael40oxwyleb

This article nicely summarizes there are three deserving teams and a crapshoot to find a fourth deserving team if they expand by four. It simply states that if the Big 12 expands by two, it is highly likely to be two of the three listed meaning one of them could be left out. It doesn't place an order on the three teams or provide evidence that UC has a good chance of being left out. IT does say a deserving team will be left out if they only expand by two.

It is a very fair article that doesn't mention any of the Honor Code or LGBTQ issues.IT only mentions that BYU has "religious implications", but they have two other religious schools in Baylor and TCU.

[longtimefan]

I don't really know much about this guy, but he makes it sound like there is a good chance we could be left out.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foo...q1ael40oxwyleb

[bearcatbret]

As Lobot mentioned, an announcement would dominate the news on Thursday September 1. http://www.espn.com/college-football/schedule - A shame that there are still UC tickets available and even worse, starting at $10. There are a lot of games that night and ESPN can spin the topic during their broadcasts.

[coach]

He's not wrong on that. I expected the announcement to come during Media Days as well only to find that they hadn't even seen the data yet. This has gone on longer than necessary.

I haven't looked back at the timeline, but i believe in the Spring they decided to hire the outside firm(s) to evaluate the impact of expanding, and were planning on deciding whether to do it or not during their summer meetings. After that process, they had pretty much concluded not to, and then did a 360 once the Accn was announced. I think the expectation for the Summer meeting was they were not going to expand at all from everything that came out. I think the expectations of a summer announcement go way back and are based a lot more in candidate's minds than anything the b12 has come out with. The b12 has thrown cold water on this since go.