The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Uncle Ted]

Mike Gundy on conference realignment: “It’s just getting started. [...] It’s gotten quiet now for a month now right? We haven’t really heard a lot, so that means it’s going on.”

On what the Big 12 is doing about conference expansion: "I think [Commish Brett Yormark] is a wheeler dealer."

[falafel]

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I think this shows that Aranda doesn't know the difference between BYU and Utah, not that Utah is imminent to the Big 12.

[USUC]

I think this shows that Aranda doesn't know the difference between BYU and Utah, not that Utah is imminent to the Big 12.

I think it was just a slip of the tongue. If I remember, a couple of sentences earlier he was talking about expanding the footprint geography wise. He had geography on his mind, not institution. He fully knows the distinction between Utah and BYU. He was the DC at USU and faced BYU.

[Uncle Ted]

The Big 12 is getting a jump on the media contract discussions...

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PAC-12-2 seems worried...

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[Uncle Ted]

Yeah, officially the discussions will be starting after labor day...

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[LiveCoug]

I kinda feel bad for Wilner at this point

[Pelado]

I kinda feel bad for Wilner at this point

I don't. Why should I?

[LiveCoug]

I don't. Why should I?

You shouldn't. And neither should I.

It's just kinda patheticly sad seeing him try so hard to hold onto P12 hope.

[Uncle Ted]

You shouldn't. And neither should I.

It's just kinda patheticly sad seeing him try so hard to hold onto P12 hope.

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Wilner ^^^^

[USUC]

The latest rumor* is that the Big-XII will take ASU, AZ, Colo, and Stanford. I look forward to the remaining schools joining the MWC. It's a conference on the rise.

*started by me.

[Uncle Ted]

Yormark is getting under the Pac-12's skin...

Canzano: Latest Big 12 jab falls flat in Pac-12 footprint
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Yormark was visiting the University of Cincinnati on Wednesday. Yormark told reporters that when it came to potential expansion targets, his conference wants to go “out west” in the fourth time zone.

“A program that has national recognition,” Yormark said. “One that competes at the highest level in basketball and football, stands for the right things, is a good cultural fit.”

The Big 12’s commissioner declined to get more specific. When he says “out west” is he talking about San Diego State? How about Fresno State? Or maybe Utah, Colorado, Arizona or Arizona State?
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https://www.johncanzano.com/p/canzan...-expansion-jab

Hmm... "A program that has national recognition. One that competes at the highest level in basketball and football, stands for the right things, is a good cultural fit.”

Well, that is definitely not Utah.

[Green Monstah]

The Dude of WV (for what it is worth) claiming that B12 negotiations with streaming services are lucrative. We’ll see.

[Uncle Ted]

The Dude of WV (for what it is worth) claiming that B12 negotiations with streaming services are lucrative. We’ll see.

And Dennis Dobb is reporting Amazon is stepping up as "a significant party in college football media rights talks and therefore may become a player in further conference realignment.":

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And that George Kliavkoff guaranteed that no Pac-12-2 school will leave for the Big 12...

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[SteelBlue]

The Dude of WV (for what it is worth)

Very little imo. Has he ever been right about anything? Fun to read, but rarely correct. I put him in Greg Swaim territory.

[myboynoah]

This is awesome.

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