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  • Originally posted by lambdacoug View Post
    Not terribly surprising from the 10 team Big 12.
    How many teams does the BIG have now?

    Also, who are the idiots in charge of these supposed institutions of higher learning that came up with these conference names?

    "What do you want people to know about our conference?"
    "That we have a certain number of teams, and that we're BIG."
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

    Dig your own grave, and save!

    "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

    "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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    • Originally posted by The_Douger View Post
      Temple, lol
      A person familiar with the dealings, says that Temple remains in conversation with the Big 12 as the league looks for potential expansion schools.
      http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/s...th-Big-12.html

      So only ECU is man enough to admit they've been rejected.
      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

      Dig your own grave, and save!

      "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

      "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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      • Originally posted by falafel View Post
        How many teams does the BIG have now?

        Also, who are the idiots in charge of these supposed institutions of higher learning that came up with these conference names?

        "What do you want people to know about our conference?"
        "That we have a certain number of teams, and that we're BIG."
        Well, most of these administrators probably do have liberal arts degrees...
        Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
        - Howard Aiken

        Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
        - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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        • Originally posted by lambdacoug View Post
          Well, most of these administrators probably do have liberal arts degrees...
          no kidding they probably got a maths score like 22 or something on the ACT.
          PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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          • This thing can't drag on until the middle of October. This is going to drive me to drink (or xanax at least). The trolls are starting to get to me.

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            • 6-8 balloons to 12



              Warm up the flight tracker and monitor TH facial expressions!

              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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              • 6-8 teams. Or 12. either way.
                Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                • Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
                  6-8 balloons to 12
                  So the Big 12 had to run and get another half-dozen roses.
                  "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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                  • "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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                    • UNM not among Big 12’s expansion finalists

                      The Big 12 Conference this week has put together a list of finalists to consider for expansion of the 10-school league.
                      The University of New Mexico, which was one of a reported 30 schools expressing interest in joining the conference, did not make the cut.


                      UNM President Robert G. Frank confirmed the Lobos have been informed of the conference’s decision.
                      [...]
                      Two Mountain West schools still in the running, according to media reports in Colorado, are Air Force as a possible football only member, according to CBS4 television in Denver, and Colorado State as a full member, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
                      [...]
                      Among the schools around the country confirming they didn’t make the Big 12’s cut was UNM’s fellow Mountain West member UNLV. In a statement from school president Len Jessup and athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, the Rebels were informed of the Big 12’s decision on Tuesday.
                      https://www.abqjournal.com/836938/un...finalists.html
                      "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 myboynoah View Post
                        What happened to Memphis? They were listed as one of the favorites by a lot of the twitter "insiders".
                        "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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                        • I think I have it figured out. They said "6 or 8" teams. The 'or' is obviously referring to the logical OR which is also written '+'. So clearly they meant "6 + 8" teams which, according to Big 12 maths, is actually 12.
                          Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
                          - Howard Aiken

                          Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
                          - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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                          • Originally posted by lambdacoug View Post
                            I think I have it figured out. They said "6 or 8" teams. The 'or' is obviously referring to the logical OR which is also written '+'. So clearly they meant "6 + 8" teams which, according to Big 12 maths, is actually 12.
                            What if it means 6 Oregon teams? Plus two to equal 8? Oregon, OSU, Portland State, Western, BYU helped talk up UP, I've seen billboards all up and down I5 for some school called George Fox that has a football team now.
                            Get confident, stupid
                            -landpoke

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                            • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                              What happened to Memphis? They were listed as one of the favorites by a lot of the twitter "insiders".
                              They probably cut them just to avoid the unlucky number 13. They wouldn't want to look bad by having an odd number which is also unlucky. On the other hand, 13 is a prime number, which is cool, but I don't think the Big XII is concerned with being cool.
                              Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
                              - Howard Aiken

                              Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
                              - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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                              • The latest tweet on this:

                                John R. Neeleman (@JohnRNeeleman)
                                8/31/16, 11:23 PM
                                You heard it from me first: The Big 12 is giving BYU only courtesy consideration. Cultural issues are dispositive.
                                When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                                --Jonathan Swift

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