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  • Originally posted by Hot Lunch View Post
    Not back peddling. Just explaining my reasoning.
    You went from "BYU is out" to "BYU could be out". If that's not a backpedal, I don't know what is.
    Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

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    • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
      BYU will be just fine in the Big 12 along with ND. With the anchor teams of Texas, OU, ND, and BYU. The Pac 12 should be worried about some of their better teams being poached for the Big 16 super conference.
      Going from being a non-bcs team to an anchor of a conference is a big jump. Good for you guys.
      "Take it to the Bank"

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      • Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
        These random tweets are funny. The people never seem to think their logic through to the end.
        No kidding... What would Texas do with the LHN if they joined the Pac whatever? Texas would go independent before going to the Pac.
        "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 Hot Lunch View Post
          Going from being a non-bcs team to an anchor of a conference is a big jump. Good for you guys.
          Independence, baby!!

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          • Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
            You went from "BYU is out" to "BYU could be out". If that's not a backpedal, I don't know what is.
            Just my opinion. It really doesn't mean anything and it doesn't mean much to BYU fans anymore. Oh well. Just trying to discuss some college football.
            "Take it to the Bank"

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            • Originally posted by Hot Lunch View Post
              Just my opinion. It really doesn't mean anything and it doesn't mean much to BYU fans anymore. Oh well. Just trying to discuss some college football.
              Don't listen, it's just the uneasiness of the situation that's causing the caustic responses.
              "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

              "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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              • Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                These random tweets are funny. The people never seem to think their logic through to the end.
                this is the Austin reporter. He's like Texas's Dick Harmon

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                • Oh wait... Is aTm really gone?

                  Texas A&M University today officially notified the Big 12 Conference that the institution will submit an application to join another athletic conference. Should this application be accepted, Texas A&M will end its membership in the Big 12 Conference effective June 30, 2012.
                  Damnit... what if the SEC turns them down?
                  "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 dixdog View Post
                    this is the Austin reporter. He's like Texas's Dick Harmon
                    That's awfully harsh.
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                    • Originally posted by Flystripper View Post
                      geographically, politically, academically...etc etc. Basically the Pac 10 sensibilities would probably crush us.
                      The only way to prevent this scenario is to prove we belong on the field of play (e.g., we can't just be above average, we have to turn heads).
                      Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                      "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                      • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                        Oh wait... Is aTm really gone?



                        Damnit... what if the SEC turns them down?
                        No way they make that move without a wink wink agreement. They are not BYU and could not survive independence. The 12th man advantage would disappear forever.
                        "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

                        "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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                        • Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                          Agreed. I've always admired them. I hope BYU gets into the Big 12, but A&M bolting didn't need to happen for that to happen, eventually. I think A&M is crazy to do this.
                          In my view, that is (Texas A&M leaving) exactly what needed to occur for BYU to join the Big 12. If there were another program to pair BYU with, the Big 12 would have expanded back to 12 teams. But since Texas (and Baylor) wouldn't accept TCU, BYU was left at the alter. Now that A&M is out the door, the Big 12 needs BYU.

                          I'm not sure the Aggies are as crazy as some think. Armed with the LHN, the Longhorns have yet another tool to beat the Aggies over the head with and they already have almost every advantage over Texas A&M. It's a bold move (and perhaps a crazy one) but Texas A&M is trying to "change the game". The gamble is that Texas A&M will be able to recruit Texas blue chippers with the allure of playing in the SEC and still going to college in Texas. At present, these blue chippers are all pretty much signing with Texas or with LSU or Alabama if they want to play in the SEC.

                          Nebraska is making a similar gamble in their move to the Big Ten. They weren't going to often defeat Texas and OU using players that the Longhorns and Sooners didn't offer. Instead, the Huskers hope to get the occasional Texas player who wants to play in the Big Ten as well as continue to recruit California, Florida, and midwestern players who want to play in the Big Ten.
                          “Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
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                          • Originally posted by dixdog View Post
                            this is the Austin reporter. He's like Texas's Dick Harmon

                            Perfect. full of it, texas style.

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                            • Pres Samuelson about to speak on kbyu!
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                              "And you people wonder why you've had extermination orders issued against you." - landpoke
                              "Can't . . . let . . . foolish statements . . . by . . . BYU fans . . . go . . . unanswered . . . ." - LA Ute

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                              • Originally posted by DU Ute View Post
                                Pres Samuelson about to speak on kbyu!
                                Is it from 2007?
                                "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

                                "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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