The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Blueintheface]

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[Jeff Lebowski]

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Viking

Remember when he promised to not post for an entire year if BYU didn't get a B12 invite within a certain time frame? Then he stayed away for what? Two weeks? That was funny.

[Applejack]

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This proves what I've always said about Ute fans: classy to a fault. In the ultimate pie-in-the-face thread for Cougar fans--the BEG thread--no Utes are found among the top 10 posters. Even our prophet of the reorganization, ye even SeattleUte, has restrained himself to fewer than 350 posts. Well done, Utes!

P.S. I'm assuming that the Viking that posted 641 times is not the same Viking that is diehard Longhorns fan.

[TripletDaddy]

It is the same. He is also the same Viking that is a diehard Utes basketball fan, largely in part to the fact that one of his relatives has a building named after him on the Utah campus.

[Applejack]

It is the same. He is also the same Viking that is a diehard Utes basketball fan, largely in part to the fact that one of his relatives has a building named after him on the Utah campus.

I'll give myself a pass on missing the connection - it's hard to keep track of all the new fans of the #9 ranked team in the USA.

[TripletDaddy]

I'll give myself a pass on missing the connection - it's hard to keep track of all the new fans of the #9 ranked team in the USA.

i know what you mean. similar thing happened (although on larger scale) when the BYU womens volleyball team was playing for the national championship a few weeks ago.

[Uncle Ted]

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This just goes to show y'all who are the real Big 12 fans around here... the rest of you are posers.

[Applejack]

i know what you mean. similar thing happened (although on larger scale) when the BYU womens volleyball team was playing for the national championship a few weeks ago.

Did they lose in the finals? Nothing to celebrate.

[TripletDaddy]

Did they lose in the finals? Nothing to celebrate.

byu threw a parade for finishing second.

[New Mexican Disaster]

I disagree.

Your women's gymnastics program is really good, no need for false modesty.

[TripletDaddy]

bowlsby sez nothing

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12151783/bob-bowlsby-says-big-12-continue-discuss-how-crowns-conference-champion

Bowlsby said the Big 12 also needs to find out just how important a 13th game will be to a playoff résumé moving forward. When Ohio State was selected as the No. 4 team, Long made it clear that the Buckeyes' opportunity to pick up another win against a ranked opponent in a title game was a factor.
"One of the things we really have to do some soul-searching on and ask a few questions around: Is a 13-game portfolio more valuable than a 12-game portfolio?" he said. "There was some indication that the 13th game made a difference in this selection process. That was the first time we heard that. Everybody knew we weren't going to play a 13th game, so I need to go back and our ADs need to go back and ask questions around that to see how it's going to be dealt with in the future, because in the case of comparing Ohio State and Wisconsin and Baylor and Kansas State, Baylor was higher-ranked and played a higher-ranked team, and won convincingly and yet fell back. If it was really the 13th game, we need to know that. If we don't have a championship game and we also don't find some way to play a 13th game, then we know we're at a disadvantage."

[Eddie]

bowlsby sez nothing

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...rence-champion

Coming soon - half of the Big12 with scheduling agreements to play Hawaii on the islands, picking up a 13th game in the process.

[TripletDaddy]

Coming soon - half of the Big12 with scheduling agreements to play Hawaii on the islands, picking up a 13th game in the process.

that thought did come to my mind, too.

Not sure what the b12 does here if they refuse to expand for CULTural reasons. They are likely going to address the lackluster non-con issue but even that can't be changed for at least a few seasons. What do you do in the interim?

[Blueintheface]

that thought did come to my mind, too.

Not sure what the b12 does here if they refuse to expand for CULTural reasons. They are likely going to address the lackluster non-con issue but even that can't be changed for at least a few seasons. What do you do in the interim?

You know the answer, DDD. Now go and get Bowlsby to partake.

[Paperback Writer]

bowlsby sez nothing

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...rence-champion

Bowlsby is being dumb...again. The Big 12 had a chance to expand when Colorado and Nebraska left and they should have added TCU and BYU. But they got greedy when they learned that they could split the same size pie with two fewer schools. Then when Missouri and Texas A&M left, they hastily added TCU and West Virginia because their TV contract requires 10 teams. They should have gone back to 12 teams and added BYU and Louisville. Now Bowlsby is saying, "we didn't know that by not playing a 13th game our playoff chances would be hurt". BS! Playing an extra game against a team that is likely to be ranked will almost always help a playoff resume. I don't think it is as much CULTural as not having another team to pair with BYU now that all the other acceptable options except Notre Dame are gone.