The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Donuthole]

Probably. But can you honestly tell when BYU71 is trolling?

I can't always tell when he is trolling, but there are occasions when I am certain he is.

[byu71]

There is no basis for a discrimination lawsuit. BYU would look stupid to file such a suit. And even if it were somehow successful, it would be a terrible way to join a conference.

Incredibly dumb idea all the way around.

Thanks for an answer. That would have been plenty without the added commentary.

[kccougar]

Here is a stupid tweet:

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It's also a mis-quoted tweet.

[The_Douger]

Can you give some clarification then?

[kccougar]

Can you give some clarification then?

The referenced quote was from the media roundtable last month where Tom Holmoe was answering a question about a Notre Dame style arrangement. He said that no conferences were interested in a scheduling agreement with BYU at this time.

[byu71]

The referenced quote was from the media roundtable last month where Tom Holmoe was answering a question about a Notre Dame style arrangement. He said that no conferences were interested in a scheduling agreement with BYU at this time.

You are well connected. Do you think Holmoe was misled by ESPN as far as having the ability to get big name schools to play at BYU. I don't mean 1 per year but maybe 2 or 3 and by big name I mean upper half of P5 conferences.

I know Tom and I highly doubt he would have blown smoke up our fannies on his own.

[pelagius]

You are well connected.

You can be well connect too: http://espn960sports.com/espn960-int...ssion-2-24-15/

[New Mexican Disaster]

If the other P5 conferences allow the Big 12 to get a championship without 12 members, what was the point of all the stupid expansion? Do Pitt and Syracuse, Rutgers, Maryland, Louisville, TCU and West Virginia bring enough to the table to justify splitting the pie more ways? The whole things is baffling from that perspective.

[LiveCoug]

Looks like we are back in the Big 12!

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[Pelado]

Looks like we are back in the Big 12!

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The out of context take is not that surprising. I was reading/listening to the "Cuts and Quotes" on the ESPN 960 site the other day. Rather than the traditional methodology employed with quotations, seemed like they preferred to throw some quote marks around paraphrased statements.

[mtnbiker]

If the other P5 conferences allow the Big 12 to get a championship without 12 members, what was the point of all the stupid expansion? Do Pitt and Syracuse, Rutgers, Maryland, Louisville, TCU and West Virginia bring enough to the table to justify splitting the pie more ways? The whole things is baffling from that perspective.

I think the Big 10/11/whatever added teams just to add tv markets to get more revenue, not as much to get to a championship game. I have no idea why the big 12 added TCU and WV other than to just stay afloat.

[Uncle Ted]

If the other P5 conferences allow the Big 12 to get a championship without 12 members, what was the point of all the stupid expansion? Do Pitt and Syracuse, Rutgers, Maryland, Louisville, TCU and West Virginia bring enough to the table to justify splitting the pie more ways? The whole things is baffling from that perspective.

Wasn't TCU B12 conference one true (co-)champions? Or was that Baylor?

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Maybe 8 is enough.

[Omaha 680]

Wasn't TCU B12 conference one true (co-)champions? Or was that Baylor?

Maybe 8 is enough.

That old school Big 8 cartoon is great for those of us who grew up with the league. The artist clearly put a lot of thought into it.

Oklahoma frowning in the middle because they own the place and everyone knows it.
Nebraska standing next to Oklahoma, but annoyed with upstart Colorado.
Colorado thinking they can play with the Big 2.
Kansas only caring about Missouri.
Missouri knowing they are supposed to care about Kansas, but secretly hating Nebraska more.
Oklahoma State marginalized and bitter towards big Brother Oklahoma for not paying more attention to them.
Kansas State cross eyed in the background because they would get lost heading from the locker room to the field.

I really miss the Big 8. Feel free to move this post to the "Nebraska is effing weird" thread.

[Paperback Writer]

That old school Big 8 cartoon is great for those of us who grew up with the league. The artist clearly put a lot of thought into it.

Oklahoma frowning in the middle because they own the place and everyone knows it.
Nebraska standing next to Oklahoma, but annoyed with upstart Colorado.
Colorado thinking they can play with the Big 2.
Kansas only caring about Missouri.
Missouri knowing they are supposed to care about Kansas, but secretly hating Nebraska more.
Oklahoma State marginalized and bitter towards big Brother Oklahoma for not paying more attention to them.
Kansas State cross eyed in the background because they would get lost heading from the locker room to the field.

I really miss the Big 8. Feel free to move this post to the "Nebraska is effing weird" thread.

Excellent descriptions. Especially with the omission of Iowa St. who is looking at everyone else and wondering if he is really invisible. I also miss the Big 8.

[lambdacoug]

Excellent descriptions. Especially with the omission of Iowa St. who is looking at everyone else and wondering if he is really invisible. I also miss the Big 8.

I took the omission as perhaps the best description of Iowa St in the Big 8.