The PAC 10 expansion groundswell

[Uncle Ted]

According to the Chris Level talking dog the Pac-10 road show is heading to Kansas...

That plane that is current in Austin just booked their flight plan for the next leg of their trip. Next stop? Kansas

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That flight to KC is scheduled to leave Austin at 8:10pm tonight and land at 9:48pm assuming they leave on time. What a day for Larry Scott.

[USUC]

According to Chris Level, the plane that is carrying Larry Scott is planning on making a trip to Kansas

http://twitter.com/chrislevel

[Babs]

According to the Chris Level talking dog the Pac-10 road show is heading to Kansas...

According to Chris Level, the plane that is carrying Larry Scott is planning on making a trip to Kansas

http://twitter.com/chrislevel

lol. How much time are all you guys spending following this stuff?

[OrangeUte]

Hawkeye Pierce just said "5 more steps back to the right."

[USUC]

According to the Chris Level talking dog the Pac-10 road show is heading to Kansas...

Beat me by one minute

[OrangeUte]

I like A&M. When Utah has played the Aggies their fans have been great. They travel well, too. In 2004 I rode Trax from my hotel in downtown SLC with a car full of well-behaved Ags in full gear. I was in Utah gear and had several pleasant, intelligent conversations with some of them.

I had the same exact experience - including being on Trax. They are a very classy fanbase.

[Uncle Ted]

I had the same exact experience - including being on Trax. They are a very classy fanbase.

That is generally true about TCU fans as well. I usually tailgate with my TCU friends even at BYU games. It is about the love for the sport with these fans.

[SteelBlue]

According to Chris Level, the plane that is carrying Larry Scott is planning on making a trip to Kansas

http://twitter.com/chrislevel

But he also says the plane was in SLC on June 3rd and again on Friday the 11th.

[OrangeUte]

But he also says the plane was in SLC on June 3rd and again on Friday the 11th.

This whole thing is murky. Where is the tribune or desnews's version of chipper brown?

[SeattleUte]

This whole thing is murky. Where is the tribune or desnews's version of chipper brown?

One thing this experience has confirmed about newspapers is that unless it's doing an in-depth investigative story (something most can't afford) or a book review or a wrapper for your fried fish, a newspaper is totally worthless.

[myboynoah]

Know what would be cool? Some good news for BYU. That would be really cool.

Here is some hope from ESPN Insider Rumor Central:

Big 12 could absorb Mountain West

Most of the talk about the future of the five Big 12 leftovers has revolved around their being picked up by the Mountain West. But MWC sources tell Matt Tait of the Lawrence Journal-World that the exact opposite might happen -- that the five-member Big 12 would actually absorb the entire MWC to protect the conference's automatic BCS berth and its NCAA tournament revenue.

This scenario very well could have been discussed on a conference call among representatives from the five prospective orphans, which the Kansas City Star reported.

"I know that both sides are going to be very sensitive to how that part's handled," one source said, "so that it doesn't jeopardize the BCS bid or any of the basketball shares that those schools have earned."

Tait points out that one other benefit to this would be that a Big 12 would still exist to collect penalties (which would be high) from the departing members. A three-quarters vote (nine schools) is required to dissolve the Big 12, and with five schools remaining, the seven others wouldn't have enough votes to do away with their financial obligations.

ESPN links this article on KUsports.com as a source.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

One thing this experience has confirmed about newspapers is that unless it's doing an in-depth investigative story (something most can't afford) or a book review or a wrapper for your fried fish, a newspaper is totally worthless.

What about crossword puzzles? Don't you like mental challenges?

[LA Ute]

Here is some hope from ESPN Insider Rumor Central:



ESPN links this article on KUsports.com as a source.

I think that would be a real case of landing on your feet. In fact, I'm not sure that would not be better than being in a PAC16.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I think that would be a real case of landing on your feet. In fact, I'm not sure that would not be better than being in a PAC16.

Only if two of the 5 leftovers the article references are Texas and Oklahoma.

[LA Ute]

Only if two of the 5 leftovers the article references are Texas and Oklahoma.

Well, regardless of whether Texas of OU are there, if it's an AQ conference BYU has come out ahead of where it is now.