The Big 12 expansion groundswell

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  • New Mexican Disaster
    Suomalainen
    • Nov 2008
    • 4549

    #10861
    Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
    D1 football athletes signed in 2010 to letters of intent.

    Utah 30
    WVU 3
    Where did you get this info?

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    • Blueintheface
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 15382

      #10862
      Originally posted by Tim View Post
      West Virginia may be the most beautiful state in the United States. Gorgeous country!

      Hicks in West Virginia are on par with hicks in any other state.
      We made the mistake though of trying to take a short cut through WV on a trip to DC. I'm guessing the phrase "short cut" has never been uttered in that state. Beautiful country but if someone in WV gives you directions which include 'as the crow flies' just plan on it taking a while.
      "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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      • creekster
        It is NOT a monkey!
        • Nov 2008
        • 22661

        #10863
        Originally posted by Tim View Post
        West Virginia may be the most beautiful state in the United States. Gorgeous country!

        Hicks in West Virginia are on par with hicks in any other state.
        It is pretty but I think you are selling them short. Their hicks are exceptional!
        PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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        • Surfah
          Where's Wallace?
          • Nov 2008
          • 33726

          #10864
          Originally posted by Tim View Post
          Hicks in West Virginia are on par with hicks in any other state.
          I disagree. Rural Appalachia in West Virginia is something else. And different than other parts in neighboring states.
          "Nobody listens to Turtle."
          -Turtle
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          • EuropeanFootballMale
            Karate/Friendship Master
            • Aug 2010
            • 1339

            #10865
            Was 12,000 the post number that got us into the B12? Let's get on that please.

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            • Coach McGuirk
              1
              • Nov 2008
              • 12109

              #10866
              Originally posted by Hot Lunch View Post
              How do you do a fan-base estimate? I know BYU counts their 11 Million (I don't remember the total members of the church now. I missed the audit report for conference) members in the world as their fan-base.
              14 million, bitch!

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              • Coach McGuirk
                1
                • Nov 2008
                • 12109

                #10867
                Originally posted by New Mexican Disaster View Post
                Where did you get this info?

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                • Omaha 680
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 11167

                  #10868
                  Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                  14 million, bitch!
                  And I believe that's a direct quote from the conference statistical report.

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                  • PolyCougar
                    Junior Member
                    • Jul 2010
                    • 242

                    #10869
                    Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                    If anyone wants to know anything about West Virginia, watch the documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

                    [YOUTUBE]w3ysuG2O0zw[/YOUTUBE]
                    Good Lord!!!

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                    • lambdacoug
                      Junior Member
                      • Oct 2011
                      • 3981

                      #10870
                      Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
                      14 million, bitch!
                      14 million... lol
                      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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                      • Uncle Ted
                        The Big 12 money shot.
                        • Apr 2010
                        • 28853

                        #10871
                        The Big East counter sues and the Big 12 may need to consider other options...

                        The Big East conference is suing West Virginia as the two take their heated fight off the athletic fields and into court.

                        The breach of contract lawsuit is an attempt to get WVU to comply with the conference’s 27-month notification practice before exiting the league for the Big 12. Earlier this week, WVU filed suit against the Big East, claiming that the conference has breached its contract by forgoing a competitive football-basketball balance in the league.

                        [...]

                        The Big 12 announced that West Virginia has accepted an invitation to join the league. The school has paid half of the Big East’s $5 million exit fee, but the Big East has said it will not allow WVU to compete in the Big 12 in 2012 as the school desires.

                        Also, Big 12 interim commissioner Chuck Neinas said that for scheduling purposes, the conference needs to have a 10-team roster. If Missouri leaves for the SEC, and West Virginia can not compete in the league next season, the Big 12 may be forced to explore other options—options that would not include any teams from the Big East, including Louisville, which was also a target for the Big 12.
                        What are the Big 12's other options?
                        "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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                        • Jeff Lebowski
                          Corporate lackey for Jesus
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 69457

                          #10872
                          Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                          Bwahahahaha.....
                          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                          • Blueintheface
                            Senior Member
                            • Sep 2009
                            • 15382

                            #10873
                            Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                            I would hope that perhaps BYU might seize the opportunity to once again express their interest in joining forces with these very grown up children.

                            Hey, the BCS is broken but it's the only group that this fan wants to be a part of.
                            "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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                            • ERCougar
                              Junior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 10978

                              #10874
                              Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                              It's all good. Theyll just make Mizzou stick around for 27 months.
                              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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                              • myboynoah
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 21719

                                #10875
                                Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
                                It's all good. Theyll just make Mizzou stick around for 27 months.
                                I gotta think that Mizzou wants out ASAP but is delaying its official departure until the Big 12 finds a replacement. For waiting I bet the Big 12 is giving Mizzou a break on its exit penalties. But how long will Mizzou be willing to wait? Another year? I can't imagine them wanting to go through a year and a half of being a Big 12 lame duck. Plus the SEC needs a resolution soon as well.

                                Is this all really just a matter of the right price for the be? Or do they need Pitt, Syracuse, and WV to stick around for some reason?
                                Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                                For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                                Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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