The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[LA Ute]

this is not helpful at all given that nobody was discussing the scenario by which Utah was invited to the PAC.

Further, it is also unhelpful because it is inaccurate. As SeattleUte, Tom Holmoe and others have pointed out, BYU was and has previously been in the discussion, it just has likely never been a viable candidate or a likely pick.

Moran.

You're wrong in this post much more than you're right, but it matters not. And I am no moran. Maroon, I'll cop to.

[Uncle Ted]

It is difficult to take seriously any report that begins with:

BYU was contacted by the BigXII in regards to conference membership yesterday

Forgive them... the contributors for that blog are non-BYU graduates.

[pelagius]

Maroon, I'll cop to.

Pretty sure that AA and I are the only Maroons on the board.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

If you don't accept that state law affects Utah's SAT scores I can't help you.

State law doesn't seem to keeping UCLA, Cal Tech, Cal or...um...the South Carolina Cocks down on this regard. I guess Utah is more progressive than California, it has no use for standardized tests.

[Uncle Ted]

BYU watching to see what Notre Dame does is about the dumbest thing I've heard in this whole thing. I hope in two years when Notre Dame joins a super conference and reschedules their game with us to September, that we don't act all pissed off at ND for breaking the promise we had that we were a package deal.

I had to laugh at this part as well...

BYU wants a contractually stipulated agreement in place, guaranteeing Texas' commitment to the Big 12.

Didn't aTm sign a 10 year contract to stay in the Big 12 last year?

[All-American]

Pretty sure that AA and I are the only Maroons on the board.

Go u of c. Rah rah.

[TripletDaddy]

You're wrong in this post much more than you're right, but it matters not. And I am no moran. Maroon, I'll cop to.

So I was wrong about your being a Moran, right about everything else.

I will take that.

[SeattleUte]

So I was wrong about your being a Moran, right about everything else.

I will take that.

I see that you struggle with this Koranic I- touch keyboard.

[SeattleUte]

The US News "rankings" are worthless. The last time I looked at them was when I was a sophomore at BYU. When I saw "perceived prestige" I puked. That same feeling overwhelms my bowels whenever I see a post from you.

You think puke comes from the bowels? Yikes. Are you really a doctor?

[ERCougar]

You think puke comes from the bowels? Yikes. Are you really a doctor?

I know youre really adept with wikipedia, so why dont you look up small bowel obstruction and let me know what you find.

[TripletDaddy]

I know youre really adept with wikipedia, so why dont you look up small bowel obstruction and let me know what you find.

[Solon]

I don't mean this to sound trollish, and I think this is a thread for the byu-fans, but I'm genuinely curious why the Big-12 doesn't just invite the byu regardless of aTm's decision.

As many have pointed out, there are some good arguments for putting the byu into the Big-12. If I'm the byu, I'm pissed that somehow membership is contingent on whether or not another team bolts, like it's some kind of nightclub with a velvet rope across the entrance.

I know we like these things to be in nice even numbers, but the Big 10 had 11 teams for 20 years.

That's why I think we're missing the bus a bit in speculating about who's leaving, staying, package-deals, etc. If negotiations and conversations between the byu and the Big-12 are going on, I think they should be headed along those lines.

At any rate, I wish the least amount of anxiety with maximum hope to my amigos that are byu fans.

[Babs]

I don't mean this to sound trollish, and I think this is a thread for the byu-fans, but I'm genuinely curious why the Big-12 doesn't just invite the byu regardless of aTm's decision.

As many have pointed out, there are some good arguments for putting the byu into the Big-12. If I'm the byu, I'm pissed that somehow membership is contingent on whether or not another team bolts, like it's some kind of nightclub with a velvet rope across the entrance.

I know we like these things to be in nice even numbers, but the Big 10 had 11 teams for 20 years.

That's why I think we're missing the bus a bit in speculating about who's leaving, staying, package-deals, etc. If negotiations and conversations between the byu and the Big-12 are going on, I think they should be headed along those lines.

At any rate, I wish the least amount of anxiety with maximum hope to my amigos that are byu fans.

I had no idea there were students of LA Ute's posts.

[myboynoah]

I don't mean this to sound trollish, and I think this is a thread for the byu-fans, but I'm genuinely curious why the Big-12 doesn't just invite the byu regardless of aTm's decision.

As many have pointed out, there are some good arguments for putting the byu into the Big-12. If I'm the byu, I'm pissed that somehow membership is contingent on whether or not another team bolts, like it's some kind of nightclub with a velvet rope across the entrance.

I know we like these things to be in nice even numbers, but the Big 10 had 11 teams for 20 years.

That's why I think we're missing the bus a bit in speculating about who's leaving, staying, package-deals, etc. If negotiations and conversations between the byu and the Big-12 are going on, I think they should be headed along those lines.

At any rate, I wish the least amount of anxiety with maximum hope to my amigos that are byu fans.

I think that's a good question. As I recall, for a number of reasons, the B-12 decided to stay 10 schools after Nebraska and Colorado left. I suspect if aTm wasn't leaving, the B-12 would have stayed at 10 schools for a few more years to see how that worked, and then probably considered further expansion. With aTm leaving, the conference needs to do something to get back to at least 10 schools, if not to expand beyond that.

[smokymountainrain]

membership is contingent on whether or not another team bolts

Is it? Link?