The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[MarkGrace]

If veddarhall is correct then our negotiations with the Big 12/Texas have not gone well. Why would we agree to play Texas in Austin every year?!?

Basketball.

[Uncle Ted]

Basketball.

Impossible. We are committed to the WCC for basketball.

[KillerDog]

I haven't heard anything new but I will say that based on aTm's announcement, WE ARE IN BITCHES! I can't wait until next year. I'm going to every conference road game for the first two years. See you in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Missouri etc.

[BoylenOver]

Is Colorado getting the same deal? What was the official explanation for phasing in revenue to a school that you invite to join up? I was AWOL last summer and so I never read the daily deets like I am this time around.

Also, it is my understanding that the full share does not come in year 2, correct?

Colorado was 75% in year one, then full in year two (IIRC they're phased in faster because they were already a BCS school).

Utah gets a share of the P12 title game revenue in year one (but no TV revenue), 50% in year two, 75% in year three, and full in year four.

[doctorcoug]

Colorado was 75% in year one, then full in year two (IIRC they're phased in faster because they were already a BCS school).

Utah gets a share of the P12 title game revenue in year one (but no TV revenue), 50% in year two, 75% in year three, and full in year four.

So much for the spirit of equality...

[Surfah]

Colorado was 75% in year one, then full in year two (IIRC they're phased in faster because they were already a BCS school).

Utah gets a share of the P12 title game revenue in year one (but no TV revenue), 50% in year two, 75% in year three, and full in year four.

Why? Has that ever been explained? Was it simply because they could do it to Utah?

[TripletDaddy]

Why? Has that ever been explained? Was it simply because they could do it to Utah?

That was the main question (although I did ask for deets). What is the official explanation?

Were similar deals given to schools such as South Florida or East Carolina when they joined up with their conferences?

Of course, if, big if, BYU joins up with the B12, let's see what happens to them, too.

I imagine it would be different because BYU is currently making much more than Utah was making as a member of the MWC when it jumped to the PAC. Still seems like a weird deal, though.

[oxcoug]

LOL.. and now veddarhall lays the smackdown on bluebrotha

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...tml?id=7450619

The certainty on both sides of the coin is funny

And right on the scene is UteStar trying to make everything sexy

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...tml?id=7450653

[BoylenOver]

Why? Has that ever been explained? Was it simply because they could do it to Utah?

Utah wanted to give the other eleven P12 teams a head start.

[Surfah]

I didn't believe these BYU fans existed, but this guy's last two tweets kill me:

#TAMU is free from the tyranny of the Big XII. WOOHOO! Now, let's all stop the STUPID idea that #BYU should join the Big 12.

#BYU, listen to a #TAMU Aggie: Joining the Big XII would be a HUGE mistake.

http://twitter.com/#!/Russwarne

Also, he's a theater blogger. Senioritis beware.

[ERCougar]

If veddarhall is correct then our negotiations with the Big 12/Texas have not gone well. Why would we agree to play Texas in Austin every year?!?

Are you taking him too literally here? I don't think that he meant that we were literally playing in Austin every year. Why would the other B12 members be cool with Texas getting a special deal?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Utah wanted to give the other eleven P12 teams a head start.

Thanks, charity is a hallmark of the state of Utah.

[Surfah]

Are you taking him too literally here? I don't think that he meant that we were literally playing in Austin every year. Why would the other B12 members be cool with Texas getting a special deal?

I think your TIC meter needs calibration.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

So much for the spirit of equality...

You don't understand. In exchange for fewer dollars they got an extra share of glamour. That's better than money anyway.

[BoylenOver]

You don't understand. In exchange for fewer dollars they got an extra share of glamour. That's better than money anyway.

Don't forget more exposure on national tv!!!