Maybe Texas now has a broken heart and contrite spirite.
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The only thing that will come out of this that provides a small consolation is that there will be a bunch of former crappy BCS teams who will now be left out in the cold and will feel the pain of BYU, TCU and others.
Say the Big 12 is cut down to Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Baylor.
Any chance they could add Louisville, Houston, SMU, TCU, BYU, maybe West Virginia or other Big East dregs and continue to be a BCS conference?
That's not a terrible group -- probably as good as the current Big East.
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Originally posted by CardiacCoug View PostThe only thing that will come out of this that provides a small consolation is that there will be a bunch of former crappy BCS teams who will now be left out in the cold and will feel the pain of BYU, TCU and others.
Say the Big 12 is cut down to Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Baylor.
Any chance they could add Louisville, Houston, SMU, TCU, BYU, maybe West Virginia or other Big East dregs and continue to be a BCS conference?
That's not a terrible group -- probably as good as the current Big East.
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View Postthey won't tell the California schools what to do. It would be a different paradigm. California is the most populous state in the country, and has 50% more people than the second most, Texas. Also, there are four Cal schools, and between them they have about five times as much whatever as Texas, however you choose to measure. Texas would come because of the Pac's incomparable glamour and allur. Texas would be an equal Pac 16 citizen.
I take it a lot of those Californians don't care about football. The attendance at the UCLA/Texas this weekend was about 54,000. As a comparison there were nearly 59,000 people at UTSA's (That is, the University of Texas - San Antonio) first football game ever a few weeks ago."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View PostThe SEC, Big 10 and ACC will scoop up the best of the rest. There won't be much left for BYU to join up with.
If the Big East gets blown up it will be interesting to see what Notre Dame's response will be (for non-football sports but maybe even would affect football). I guess they could always go to the Big 10. Or would the Big 10 take ND's non-football sports alone?
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
I take it a lot of those Californians don't care about football. The attendance at the UCLA/Texas this weekend was about 54,000. As a comparison there were nearly 59,000 people at UTSA's (That is, the University of Texas - San Antonio) first football game ever a few weeks ago.
Here is what we know: now Texas has to beg, give concessions, and get in line with everyone else to find a home. It has lost the leverage it thought it had and all because Aggie finally got one over on them. All this access to Texas talent has produced one national title and one Heisman in what....40-50 years? And that is across ALL Texas schools....including UTSA...that is, the University of Texas - San Antonio.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View PostMakes sense. So, WVU to SEC, UCONN and Rutgers (maybe?) to ACC. 2 more for the SEC... Louisville and Mizzou? That leaves 4 for the Big 10... KU, KSU, ND, ISU (?)
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
All this access to Texas talent has produced one national title and one Heisman in what....40-50 years? And that is across ALL Texas schools....including UTSA...that is, the University of Texas - San Antonio.
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by LiveCoug View PostMakes sense. So, WVU to SEC, UCONN and Rutgers (maybe?) to ACC. 2 more for the SEC... Louisville and Mizzou? That leaves 4 for the Big 10... KU, KSU, ND, ISU (?)
Cincy, South Florida, Baylor, TCU, BYU, Boise State come to mind.
Mizzou seems like a much more natural fit for the Big Ten than the Kansas schools -- although I guess Kansas and Nebraska go together as much as Illinois and Mizzous.
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Realignment update after getting some feedback from those who know: Pump the brakes on Tex/Pac-12. Might happen. Not imminent.
34 minutes ago via TweetDeck"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
I've been thinking this was the outcome for a few weeks now, ever since OKU put the brakes on Big-12 expansion.
Ever since I voted for Sarah Palin I haven't had any trust in SU.Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."
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Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou
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Hmm... Texas and either ND or Tech is still on the table for ACC expansion:
The ACC is considering three options as it awaits decisions from Texas and Oklahoma, according to an official. The first one is the league's home run swing at luring both Texas and Notre Dame. Plan B is to invite Texas and Texas Tech. Rutgers and Connecticut are Plan C, with a college official saying Connecticut and the ACC have had discussions the past two days."If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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