The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Color Me Badd Fan]

The Big 12 is probably the second best basketball conference in the country, maybe third best at worst. The basketball games would be a huuuge step up alone. If I were Rose, I would quit if BYU turned down a Big 12 invite.

[Omaha 680]

The Big 12 is probably the second best basketball conference in the country, maybe third best at worst. The basketball games would be a huuuge step up alone. If I were Rose, I would quit if BYU turned down a Big 12 invite.

Not to mention baseball and track. I realize football drives everything, but when you have your very good basketball program and your nonrevenue sports stranded, you have to take the invite if it comes from the Big 12. Even if it is a lateral move in football (it is huge step up IMO), the benefit to the rest of the athletic department would be phenomenal.

[Babs]

Seeing that I have seen at least 2 other "big 12 AD's"quoted with BYU as the top canidate after ND, I am not sure what to think.

I am thinking that the quoted AD is from one of the schools that doesn't have the resources to travel.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Not to mention baseball and track. I realize football drives everything, but when you have your very good basketball program and your nonrevenue sports stranded, you have to take the invite if it comes from the Big 12. Even if it is a lateral move in football (it is huge step up IMO), the benefit to the rest of the athletic department would be phenomenal.

Baseball is the sport that could cause problems for BYU. They routinely play on Sunday and often have back to back games on the weekends. I think BYU would actually have to be limited to basketball and football because scheduling the minor sports would be too difficult with BYU.

[byu71]

Baseball is the sport that could cause problems for BYU. They routinely play on Sunday and often have back to back games on the weekends. I think BYU would actually have to be limited to basketball and football because scheduling the minor sports would be too difficult with BYU.

Where did we consistently finish in the MWC in baseball?

[Blueintheface]

Baseball is the sport that could cause problems for BYU. They routinely play on Sunday and often have back to back games on the weekends. I think BYU would actually have to be limited to basketball and football because scheduling the minor sports would be too difficult with BYU.

Right, because baseball teams never play double headers.

[Omaha 680]

Where did we consistently finish in the MWC in baseball?

3-4. Sometimes 2. We never finished ahead of TCU.

Baseball is the sport that could cause problems for BYU. They routinely play on Sunday and often have back to back games on the weekends. I think BYU would actually have to be limited to basketball and football because scheduling the minor sports would be too difficult with BYU.

Why must you crush my dreams? How about double headers on Saturday when you play BYU? They'd go for that, right?

Edit: BITF beat me while I was learning how to use the quote feature.

[Cougarmandias]

Goodwill is a myth. I have to believe that the Church's owned-industries haven't gotten as rich as they are on anything other than a clear-eyed assessment of what the world is about. If not, the 'goodwill' we had with Utah and with the MWC, which meant exactly squat when push came to shove, should have taught us something.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Right, because baseball teams never play double headers.

http://insidetexas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16408

Here's Texas's baseball schedule. They didn't play a single doubleheader the entire year. I suppose there may have been a rain delay mixed in here are there.

And two thirds of BYU's games would be double headers since all of the games are three-game series that run Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

[Blueintheface]

http://insidetexas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16408

Here's Texas's baseball schedule. They didn't play a single doubleheader the entire year. I suppose there may have been a rain delay mixed in here are there.

And two thirds of BYU's games would be double headers since all of the games are three-game series that run Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

Small price to pay for Texas et al to bask in our deliciousness.

[Omaha 680]

Small price to pay for Texas et al to bask in our deliciousness.

Maybe the prospect of padding their HR numbers in the thin air of Miller Park will sweeten the deal for them.

[TripletDaddy]

http://insidetexas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16408

Here's Texas's baseball schedule. They didn't play a single doubleheader the entire year. I suppose there may have been a rain delay mixed in here are there.

And two thirds of BYU's games would be double headers since all of the games are three-game series that run Friday-Saturday-Sunday.

this seems like an insurmountable issue for each B12 school to play two Thurs-Fri-Sat series a year. Add to that the fact that no other conference has ever agreed to accomodate a No Sunday play rule before and that pretty much kills the BYU to B12 rumors.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

this seems like an insurmountable issue for each B12 school to play two Thurs-Fri-Sat series a year. Add to that the fact that no other conference has ever agreed to accomodate a No Sunday play rule before and that pretty much kills the BYU to B12 rumors.

I never said insurmountable, but a ton of the smaller sports play on Sunday and I'm sure conference tourneys commonly have games on Sunday. I don't know if the Big 12 would be fine only having BYU for basketball and football, but BYU probably wouldn't be fine with it since I doubt the WCC would be cool with us staying in the conference with everything besides basketball.

[oxcoug]

I am thinking that the quoted AD is from one of the schools that doesn't have the resources to travel.

Or it's the Baylor AD who is a Momo-hating fundamentalist.

I don't know if that's true, but this would be my Mom's theory.

[SeattleUte]

I am thinking that the quoted AD is from one of the schools that doesn't have the resources to travel.

Babs, don't lead them along. You know the problem. Tell them: Texas is just Cal Berkely wearing a long horn head dress.