The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[venkman]

I literally got sick contemplating a return to the MWC.

[San Juan Sun]

I've got flystripper and sjs with me, aka the awesome guys club!

[creekster]

I fell in love with the greatest sport in the history of mankind in the aluminum bleachers of Cougar Stadium.

That was a nice post. I didn't know they had bike races at cougar stadium!

[dabrockster]

Barry Switzer has been converted..

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2016/5/10/11653354/barry-switzer-oklahoma-says-byu-best-option-for-big-12-expansion

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[originalsocal]

[QUOTE=dabrockster;1258804]Barry Switzer has been converted..

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2016/5/10/11653354/barry-switzer-oklahoma-says-byu-best-option-for-big-12-expansion

Okay...now I've seen it all. This is how weird it has gotten...BYU fans loving Barry Switzer. I remember cursing this man's name on a continuous loop in the 80's and now this?

[Paperback Writer]

[QUOTE=originalsocal;1258817]

Barry Switzer has been converted..

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2016/5/10/11653354/barry-switzer-oklahoma-says-byu-best-option-for-big-12-expansion

Okay...now I've seen it all. This is how weird it has gotten...BYU fans loving Barry Switzer. I remember cursing this man's name on a continuous loop in the 80's and now this?

Very few on CS have cursed Barry Switzer more than I during the 1980's. I actually got an earlier start with my cursing of Switzer in the 1970s. But Switzer usually knows what he's talking about when it comes to college football. He is on the mark now about Big 12 expansion and wasn't far off the mark back in 1984.

[Omaha 680]

Boren walks it back a bit.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2016/05/12/oklahoma-sooners-president-david-boren-league-expansion-tv-network/84298114/

Not quite a year after saying the Big 12 was “psychologically disadvantaged” and needed to expand, Oklahoma president David Boren appeared to retreat during an interview Thursday afternoon.

He said the Big 12 remained in a “fact-finding stage,” and suggested decisions on three important issues facing the Big 12 — a conference television network, expansion and a conference championship game — are not imminent. A realistic timeline, he said, might be “by the end of the year.” Which means it’s probably best to dial back the expansion speculation, at least for a while.

“Do we have any kind of a list?” Boren asked. “Are we likely to vote in the very near future on ‘University of X’ or ‘University of Y’? No.”

[Commando]

Boren walks it back a bit.

Not quite a year after saying the Big 12 was “psychologically disadvantaged” and needed to expand, Oklahoma president David Boren appeared to retreat during an interview Thursday afternoon.

He said the Big 12 remained in a “fact-finding stage,” and suggested decisions on three important issues facing the Big 12 — a conference television network, expansion and a conference championship game — are not imminent. A realistic timeline, he said, might be “by the end of the year.” Which means it’s probably best to dial back the expansion speculation, at least for a while.

“Do we have any kind of a list?” Boren asked. “Are we likely to vote in the very near future on ‘University of X’ or ‘University of Y’? No.”

[Uncle Ted]

Boren walks it back a bit.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2016/05/12/oklahoma-sooners-president-david-boren-league-expansion-tv-network/84298114/

Not quite a year after saying the Big 12 was “psychologically disadvantaged” and needed to expand, Oklahoma president David Boren appeared to retreat during an interview Thursday afternoon.


He said the Big 12 remained in a “fact-finding stage,” and suggested decisions on three important issues facing the Big 12 — a conference television network, expansion and a conference championship game — are not imminent. A realistic timeline, he said, might be “by the end of the year.” Which means it’s probably best to dial back the expansion speculation, at least for a while.


“Do we have any kind of a list?” Boren asked. “Are we likely to vote in the very near future on ‘University of X’ or ‘University of Y’? No.”

So it's down to Xavier and BYU... cool.

[lambdacoug]

Barry Switzer has been converted..

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-football/2016/5/10/11653354/barry-switzer-oklahoma-says-byu-best-option-for-big-12-expansion

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Who's next? Bo Schembechler?

[imanihonjin]

Who's next? Bo Schembechler?

He's dead, so his work has probably already been done.

[Omaha 680]

He's dead, so his work has probably already been done.

Nah, Schembechler is in the same boat as Martin Van Buren.

[Green Monstah]

Who's next? Bo Schembechler?

No, Bryant Gumbel.

[lambdacoug]

No, Bryant Gumbel.

Is he not dead yet? How troublesome...

[YOhio]

CRAP! @BYUandUtah is all saying that the Big12 called and said 'not it.' Super polite of them, though. Also, makes a lot of sense that ESPN would rather invest in ratings locks like memphis, UCF, etc

https://twitter.com/BYUandUTAH