With all the drama and media attention they have driven from this I think there are only two possible conclusions because they have backed themselves into a corner on a national level. 1. They will stay in that room until they settle on 2 or 4 because they have set expectations with the entire country that they want to expand or 2. They will not come to a conclusion - will be trashed in the media, NCAA and all the other schools and heads will roll. These guys are at heart political creatures - albeit inept ones. I just can't imagine them leaving the room and stating publicly that the schools cannot come to agreement without them taking a ton of very public and very messy backlash.
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I as so freaking tired of this. All these expansion candidates being crapped on by the worst house on campus. I guess we'll take an invite if offered, but if UC put out a public statement tomorrow saying they are withdrawing their candidacy it wouldn't bother me at all. Enough is enough.Comment
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Yes, but they better get their *** in gear. I've heard from some BYU boosters that the changes are on the table. The real question is will BYU move fast enough and make a progressive decision at all or soon enough to satisfy the Big 12. My intuition tells me no.
This would be done if not for the Honor Code issue.Brent Wyrick
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At this point, what good is expansion if you have to take a reduced cut and the league will fold before you earn an equal share? After the Big 12 has embarrassed itself with all this, the only way to salvage anything is to extend the GOR at the same time new teams are added. If they don't do that, is it worth it to even join?Comment
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Brent Wyrick
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With all due respect - are you serious ?
1) The money will still be more than what we have now
2) We will recruit better players - Big East verified that
3) Even if B12 implodes in a few years, we will be looking around for another conference with teams of a much higher caliber and will land better than we are now
4) Entertainment value is no comparison - is there really even a choice to go see a game against almost anyone in the B12 vs the majority of schools in the AAC ? Any sport.
Come on. I empathize with you that it's frustrating, but let's be serious about the discussion...Comment
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Let me start by saying you're far more fluent on this issue than I am. But would the president and wealthy alums at UT sign up to join a conference (the ACC) that requires all their sports teams to travel at least 1,000 miles for an event ( Georgia Tech in Atlanta is the closest ACC school to UT =970 miles)??
Texas in the same conference with Syracuse, Pitt, BC, etc?? I bet their Olympic sports teams will love that.Comment
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You're right I'm tired of all of it. The Big 12 looks more inept now than the old Big East did, but that perception can be moderated somewhat by extending the GOR. I just don't want a repeat of what happened when the Big East folded, that didn't work out so well for us. As for entertainment value, to me the biggest opportunity would be hosting Kansas at 5/3 arena on Big Monday.Comment
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Sometimes even a loss draws positive attention...
https://www.cleveland.com/osu/index....g_12_expa.htmlComment
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Pete Thamel from SI on UH UC and BYU .
Brent Wyrick
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Texas loses to Cal, and Oklahoma loses their 2nd game already (badly I might add).
Looks like the Big12 presidents will have lots of time on their hands over the holidays to play their little expansion games cause theyre certainly not going to have a team in the playoffs (again).Comment
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Sure they will. Just ask any West Virginia fan. ha.Comment
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On a side note, ND played themselves out of the playoffs again.Comment
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