The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Uncle Ted]

Two fools met. The B12 offered AFA and AFA turned them down.

The AFA is going to save the Big East...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Get ready to kiss Air Force goodbye. The Mountain West Conference is on the verge of losing a charter member.
The Falcons are looking to fly far away to save the Big East from disintegration, with the hope that fellow military academies Navy and Army will join them in the league.

"Our interest is high in the Big East. That's fair to say," Air Force athletic director Hans Mueh told me Saturday.

"This stuff is moving fast."

[Blueintheface]

The AFA is going to save the Big East...

At what point does the Big East lose it's AQ status? It's not like the these additions are suddenly going to start recruiting better. Dilution at its finest.

[Uncle Ted]

At what point does the Big East lose it's AQ status? It's not like the these additions are suddenly going to start recruiting better. Dilution at its finest.

2014

[Jacob]

My personal, not updated from anyone opinion is that BYU rejected an invite and now finds itself on the outside, looking in, hoping for a 12 team conference and that WVU is SEC-bound.

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So your position is that BYU recently rejected an offer to join the B12 and is now hoping and praying for an offer from the B12?

Could the Big East save us? They are down to 6 football teams and apparently want AF. They could possibly save themselves by going to 12 teams and having an east/west split. Why not add AF, BYU, and Boise? If the B12 hadn't stolen TCU, you'd have had a nice West division. And the geography issue isn't as bad with a few Western neighbors.

As for the guy from AF, isn't is something that he is living in reality? He wants to be able to play competitive sports, and he admits that AF simply can't do that in the B12. That's nice to see.

[Viking]

So your position is that BYU recently rejected an offer to join the B12 and is now hoping and praying for an offer from the B12?

Could the Big East save us? They are down to 6 football teams and apparently want AF. They could possibly save themselves by going to 12 teams and having an east/west split. Why not add AF, BYU, and Boise? If the B12 hadn't stolen TCU, you'd have had a nice West division. And the geography issue isn't as bad with a few Western neighbors.

As for the guy from AF, isn't is something that he is living in reality? He wants to be able to play competitive sports, and he admits that AF simply can't do that in the B12. That's nice to see.

i guess "rejected" needs to be qualified...the absence of acceptance takes the form of a de facto rejection ("if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice").

i don't know and honestly, I won't even try to find out anymore. It's just that stupid at this point.

[KillerDog]

Ah yes, the same old lie that those that leave the Mormon church only did so because they couldn't cut it. Talk about tired schtick.

You're very perceptive and really interpret emoticons well. Do you think it is possible you might read a post or two without focusing on how you will respond to them? Maybe even read some of the older posts to determine how we all fit into the spectrum you are obviously newly moving along? Also, put your religious comments into the foyer.

[jay santos]

Ah yes, the same old lie that those that leave the Mormon church only did so because they couldn't cut it. Talk about tired schtick.

Atheist. I invite you to start over on this site. Lose all the preconceived notions you have about fellow BYU fans and start over. Or leave. Either.

[Hsaru]

One other knock against staying Indy is that Navy and Army are both joining the Big East and will have zero desire to schedule us like Holmoe and Bronco have been championing as potential late season games against our Indy brethren. Indy scheduling getting worse by the day with conference realignment and every conference moving towards 9 league games instead of 8.

[Omaha 680]

Return of Shoganai

He's claiming over on CB the Big 12 and BYU have reached agreement and it is awaiting approval by the BOT, but they haven't moved on it yet. I have no idea if there is any truth to this.

[TripletDaddy]

Return of Shoganai

He's claiming over on CB the Big 12 and BYU have reached agreement and it is awaiting approval by the BOT, but they haven't moved on it yet. I have no idea if there is any truth to this.

This is a nice bookend companion to piece to shoganai's other greatest hit, Cecil Samuelson's lunchtime diatribe, "WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING WE MEAN IT, WE'RE NEVER JOINING THE BIG 12!"

[San Juan Sun]

This is a nice bookend companion to piece to shoganai's other greatest hit, Cecil Samuelson's lunchtime diatribe, "WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING WE MEAN IT, WE'RE NEVER JOINING THE BIG 12!"

Just like everyone else on CB and Twitter with "sources", he's going to have all eventualities covered.

[Tone Loc]

Return of Shoganai

He's claiming over on CB the Big 12 and BYU have reached agreement and it is awaiting approval by the BOT, but they haven't moved on it yet. I have no idea if there is any truth to this.

I actually heard the same thing. Not that that really matters, but I really think he is right about this one.

[Green Monstah]

I actually heard the same thing. Not that that really matters, but I really think he is right about this one.

Let's hope.

[Uncle Ted]

Return of Shoganai

He's claiming over on CB the Big 12 and BYU have reached agreement and it is awaiting approval by the BOT, but they haven't moved on it yet. I have no idea if there is any truth to this.

It's never going to be approved because apparently some members of the BOT are worried about their adopted little brother, Utah State, and other matters of the state of Utah.

[TripletDaddy]

It's never going to be approved because apparently some members of the BOT are worried about their adopted little brother, Utah State, and other matters of the state of Utah.

Wait until the Texas legislature gets involved!