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  • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
    bated breath
    Err... baited.
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    • Originally posted by atheistcougar View Post
      Err... baited.
      Err... Bated.

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      • Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
        Err... Bated.
        "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

        "They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression."

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        • Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
          Err... Bated.
          Err... shit! My bad, I shouldn't be all grammar nazi after a few beers.
          I stand corrected...
          Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
          - Howard Aiken

          Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
          - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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          • Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            Chip Brown is full of it. Listen to me, not him. He knows about Texas not BYU. BYU never got "cold feet" about the Big 12. That's absurd.
            Yes, that's absurd. It was the Pac-whatever not the Big 12 that BYU got "cold feet" about. It has always been BYU's plan to be the 12th school to join the Big 12 just like it has always been ND's plan to be the 16th school join the Big 12. ND, to show their commitment to the Big 12, will be moving their non-football sports over soon. The dominos are falling and the pieces are coming together.

            The question now is who will the Pac-whatever get for their super conference. I think they should go after BSU before the Big East gets them. If the Pac is smart they will get Wyoming as well and pair them up like they did with Utah and Colorado.
            "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 Uncle Ted View Post
              Yes, that's absurd. It was the Pac-whatever not the Big 12 that BYU got "cold feet" about. It has always been BYU's plan to be the 12th school to join the Big 12 just like it has always been ND's plan to be the 16th school join the Big 12. ND, to show their commitment to the Big 12, will be moving their non-football sports over soon. The dominos are falling and the pieces are coming together.

              The question now is who will the Pac-whatever get for their super conference. I think they should go after BSU before the Big East gets them. If the Pac is smart they will get Wyoming as well and pair them up like they did with Utah and Colorado.
              I know you are being facetious but if the PAC-12 had to absolutely go to 14 teams for football they would bring in Air Force FB only for the South and Hawaii FB only for the north.
              "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

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              • Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
                I know you are being facetious but if the PAC-12 had to absolutely go to 14 teams for football they would bring in Air Force FB only for the South and Hawaii FB only for the north.
                I didn't know that Hawaii was a research university.

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                • Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                  Chip Brown is full of it. Listen to me, not him. He knows about Texas not BYU. BYU never got "cold feet" about the Big 12. That's absurd.
                  I don't read chip for information. I read him to find out what texas wants said.

                  texas (and consequently, the B12) still wants to work out the issues with BYU. If they weren't, they would stop mentioning them altogether.
                  At least the Big Ten went after a big-time addition in Nebraska; the Pac-10 wanted a game so badly, it added Utah
                  -Berry Trammel, 12/3/10

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                  • Originally posted by BemidjiCoug View Post
                    I didn't know that Hawaii was a research university.
                    If it got to that point where there HAD to be 2 more football schools then those two make the most sense.

                    As for hawaii here are their research awards

                    http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/...ch/awards.html Seems they do some research there.
                    "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                    "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                    • I think Mormonredeath has proven that if the PAC had to go to 14 or 16, it would be in trouble.
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                      • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                        I think Mormonredeath has proven that if the PAC had to go to 14 or 16, it would be in trouble.
                        Yes.. there just is not enough schools in the west that make sense.
                        "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                        "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                        • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                          I think Mormonredeath has proven that if the PAC had to go to 14 or 16, it would be in trouble.
                          If the have to take AFA and Hawaii to get to 14, what kind of also-rans do the need to ge to 16? SDSU? UNLV? Grossmont CC?
                          "Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."

                          - Ty Cobb

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                          • Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
                            If it got to that point where there HAD to be 2 more football schools then those two make the most sense.

                            As for hawaii here are their research awards

                            http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/...ch/awards.html Seems they do some research there.
                            The amount they were awarded for research by the federal government has gone up by $64 million since Obama took office. He must really want to see Hawaii get BCS access.

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                            • Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                              I think Mormonredeath has proven that if the PAC had to go to 14 or 16, it would be in trouble.
                              The PAC doesn't have to go to 14 or 16 teams. They could play the winner out of the new MWC/C-USA conference to see who gets to go to the BCS playoffs (after 2014 when the BCS goes to the super conference playoff system).
                              "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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                              • More talk of BYU as a Missouri Replacement

                                Brigham Young is not out of the Big 12 expansion picture, an official said. BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said on Saturday that there have been discussions between the Big 12 and BYU but no invitation.

                                Holmoe smartly reminded reporters how quickly the TCU action transpired, in a matter of days from the initial call from Big 12 interim athletic director Chuck Neinas to the press conference introducing the Horned Frogs to the conference.

                                As for potential Big East candidates, that league has voted to raise its exit fee from $5 to $10 million. Big East bylaws also require a 27-month notice, which wouldn’t make any member available to a new conference until the middle of the 2013-14 season.

                                Later today, Big East Commissioner John Marinatto will hold a news conference to discuss his league's future.
                                Wrubell tweeted this article, FWIW.

                                Edit: The 27 month waiting period for Big East teams is key. If Missouri leaves, it looks like the Big 12 opportunity will be there for BYU if they want it.

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