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  • Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
    Every post by a Ute fan, wuap or Robin Finderson must be taken away from the total. That will give us some more time.
    You have to include Wuap, as well. Sorry buddy. You don't count here.

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    • Originally posted by Viking View Post
      You have to include Wuap, as well. Sorry buddy. You don't count here.
      I'm pretty sure he did.

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      • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
        I'm pretty sure he did.
        Oh man, i've had a little too much to drink.

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        • Originally posted by Viking View Post
          Oh man, i've had a little too much to drink.
          So what are your contacts saying, Viking? Are we in the Big 12?

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          • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
            So what are your contacts saying, Viking? Are we in the Big 12?
            My contacts hurt today. I need to put on my glasses.

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            • Originally posted by Viking View Post
              My contacts hurt today. I need to put on my glasses.
              Sounds like you need to put down the glass. C'mon. Spill it. Is it that you don't have insider information? Or are your insiders just not talking?

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              • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                Sounds like you need to put down the glass. C'mon. Spill it. Is it that you don't have insider information? Or are your insiders just not talking?
                More like a bottle.

                I haven't spoken with a soul about it. Want me to call someone?

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                • Originally posted by Viking View Post
                  More like a bottle.

                  I haven't spoken with a soul about it. Want me to call someone?
                  Yes, and not your sponsor, appropriate though that might be.

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                  • Still no settlement between WVU and the Big E...

                    So much for that quick resolution between the Big East and West Virginia.

                    Amid multiple reports of a possible settlement, the sides met Thursday in a Rhode Island court to discuss the status of their mediation negotiations aimed at resolving were the Mountaineers will play this season.

                    [...]

                    The lack of agreement Thursday leaves both the Big East and Big 12 in limbo. Neither conference has not released football schedules for the coming season.

                    The Big 12 sent its proposed schedule to ESPN by the Feb. 1 deadline, but no details have been made public.
                    The rumor is that it may cost WV $20M to leave the Big East to start the 2012 season in the B12.

                    CB said this the other day about the WVU-Big East case...

                    There might be a new development in the Big East-West Virginia case that could cause some real friction.

                    I was told in the last 24 hours by a source close to the Big East that the Big East wants Boise State to accelerate its entry into the Big East for the 2012-13 (to replace WVU) instead of waiting for the 2013-14 school year.

                    If another school doesn't come into the Big East for 2012-13 to replace WVU - preferably Boise - the Big East could/would be prepared to sue the Big 12 for damages, the source said.
                    He did go on to say they expected a settlement today and the B12 to announce their 2012 football schedule tomorrow. It doesn't look like either is going to happen in the near future.
                    "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 PaloAltoCougar View Post
                      Yes, and not your sponsor, appropriate though that might be.
                      Ha! Actually, I've only had Joseph Smith-sanctioned beverages tonight and in moderation

                      Me: "Hey, one time member of PAC's stake high council, what's the scoop?"

                      Not a word.

                      I bet it's happening.

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                      • Originally posted by Viking View Post
                        Ha! Actually, I've only had Joseph Smith-sanctioned beverages tonight and in moderation

                        Me: "Hey, one time member of PAC's stake high council, what's the scoop?"

                        Not a word.

                        I bet it's happening.
                        Excellent, I'm now convinced.

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                        • If I were in a position to advise a trustee of a B12 university, I'd highlight that they should consider a scenario wherein the B12 invites BYU and UL and signals that WVU is in a limbo of sorts. Then, WVU could allege that the BEast was REALLY impairing its long-term opportunity with all of the brinksmanship and they better get ready for a big damages claim if the B12 train left the station without them.

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                          • Remember when Viking was so confident of a BYU invite to the B12 that he promised a one-year vacation from the board if it didn't happen by a certain date? Good times.
                            "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.
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                            • Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                              Remember when Viking was so confident of a BYU invite to the B12 that he promised a one-year vacation from the board if it didn't happen by a certain date? Good times.
                              You win some. You lose some. And sometimes you welch on the bet. As long as no money is involved, I might welch.

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                              • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                                Still no settlement between WVU and the Big E...



                                The rumor is that it may cost WV $20M to leave the Big East to start the 2012 season in the B12.

                                CB said this the other day about the WVU-Big East case...



                                He did go on to say they expected a settlement today and the B12 to announce their 2012 football schedule tomorrow. It doesn't look like either is going to happen in the near future.
                                McMurphy says they've reached a conditional settlement.

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