The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[dabrockster]

All making sense now.

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...tml?id=7527285

Feels good to be wanted so badly that the Big 12 will add random teams just so they can satisfy our demands.

Following post is interesting.. Anyone knwo why we would need to be 11th or higher?? Me no comphrende..

Negotiate outside of the FOX deal thay have to be the 11th or higher school. this would explain the report that Louisville is the next invitee. If Missouri goes BYU is no. 11, if they stay BYU is no. 12, either way then our TV requiremnets can be met.

[Green Monstah]

Where the hell is Viking?

I'm so fucking sick of being a bridesmaid.

[TheBYUGuy]

WHERE IS VIKING IN ALL OF THIS?!?

WHAT IS HIS GUY TELLING HIM ABOUT BYU?

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[Hsaru]

If this ends like it is looking, it is time to move the sports programs to FCS, we have the worst admin in the history of sports.

I am oddly unemotional about this despite my hyperbole, I had a feeling BYU could screw this up.

[Uncle Ted]

Chip Brown's opinion on expansion (he nailed it about TCU)....

There is a debate going on among the presidents about whether to stop at 10 or grow to 12.

If Missouri stays in and the league grows to 12 - I think it will be Louisville and West Virginia.

If Missouri comes out and the league grows to 12 - I think it will be Louisville, West Virginia and BYU.

If Missouri comes out and the Big 12 wants to grow to 10 - I think it will be Louisville or West Virginia.

[Green Monstah]

WHERE IS VIKING IN ALL OF THIS?!?

WHAT IS HIS GUY TELLING HIM ABOUT BYU?

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Great minds think alike.

I bet Vike is passed out drunk in some seedy watering hole in Rio. It's hard to blame him right now.

[Scorcho]

wow ... Jay Drew just tweeted that his source (from texas Tech) said Big XII took BYU off their list last week.

If true, sorry Cougars that is horroble news. My heart goes out to you.

[Omaha 680]

Chip Brown's opinion on expansion (he nailed it about TCU)....

I agree with his reasoning, but there is one flaw. He assumes that if Missouri stays in the Big 12, West Virginia will be available as an expansion target.

[Uncle Ted]

I agree with his reasoning, but there is one flaw. He assumes that if Missouri stays in the Big 12, West Virginia will be available as an expansion target.

Yep, that's true. The SEC may jump on West Virginia before the Big 12.

[BemidjiCoug]

to all those that had their hopes up, and to all those that still do. Sorry.

[USUC]

to all those that had their hopes up, and to all those that still do. Sorry.

Yeah, this dream is gone and over. It'll be interesting to see what comes out as far as how this all went down. BYU is screwed, no Big-12 and no Pac-12... there is no other way. I'm sick over this.

[Maximus]

Yeah, this dream is gone and over. It'll be interesting to see what comes out as far as how this all went down. BYU is screwed, no Big-12 and no Pac-12... there is no other way. I'm sick over this.

it's not over.

[Uncle Ted]

Interesting... Mizzou owns and operates a TV station that shows high school football highlights:

From Wikipedia:

KOMU-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Mid-Missouri licensed to Columbia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at studios on US 63 southeast of downtown. The station can also be seen on Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Charter channel 7 as well as CenturyLink channel 8. Syndicated programming on the station includes: Wheel of Fortune, Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Rachael Ray. It is owned and operated by curators of the University of Missouri making KOMU one of only two commercial television stations in the United States to be owned by a public institution. The other one is Class A This TV affiliate WVUA-CA controlled by the University of Alabama.

OWNED AND OPERATED BY CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

If you visit the KOMU web site, which I will link, and visit the sports section, you will also find that they cover Missouri high school football in their "Friday Night Fever" section...

How is that so much different from the LHN? UT doesn't even own the LHN.

http://www.komu.com/home/

Double standard by Mizzou?

[BemidjiCoug]

Yeah, this dream is gone and over. It'll be interesting to see what comes out as far as how this all went down. BYU is screwed, no Big-12 and no Pac-12... there is no other way. I'm sick over this.

We could end up being a dominant FBS sub division power, I'm sure church leadership would love that.

[Uncle Ted]

We could end up being a dominant FBS sub division power I'm sure church leaders would love that.

Maybe now some of their verbal commits will drop and a spot will open up for our son. I see some positive things coming out of this.