The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[YOhio]

Sounds like the meeting has gotten out of hand...

Lol! That kind of sums up the whole B12 fiasco, doesnt it?

[LiveCoug]

Sounds like the meeting has gotten out of hand...

This is hilarious

There are now 103 participants on the mu boc call. Cannot wait until they go to phones and everyone asks question at once. Tower of Babel

[Coach McGuirk]

lol.

davidubben David Ubben
Teleconference now featuring an "S-E-C!" chant. Assuming it was not from Brady Deaton himself.

[Flystripper]

LOL OMG Bu-bye Mizzou you are a joke!

[Omaha 680]

Wrubell Changes Tune about Big 12

A little more than a year ago, the Big 12 was not calling BYU's number. I understand that, since the league was trying its best to keep the league's members together and happy, without allowing expansion to confuse the message. As it turned out, it had a hard time accomplishing either task, as discord reigned until one its members opted for the SEC a year later, with another still posturing to this very day.

Nevertheless, the Big 12 is on the expansion threshold now, and now, BYU appears to be a most valuable asset. In the absence of a BCS offer last season, the school did what it had to do to remain viable: go independent in football and find a conference home for its other sports. It is doubtful that BYU envisioned having to alter its course so soon after forging its new path, but things are moving quickly in today's collegiate athletics environment, and a sort of "kill or be killed" mentality prevails. To that end, BYU will certainly prefer the former to the latter, if death is to mean a position on the outside looking in on super-conference membership and the potential extinction of the high-level independents.

I have no doubt that President Cecil O. Samuelson and his leadership team made deals with ESPN and the WCC with every intent of honoring them for the long term. While not ideal in terms of BCS access, there was comfort and stability in those arrangements, and some security in knowing schools like Notre Dame and service academies were in the same boat. Given the current climate, with academies now targeted by BCS leagues, and Notre Dame's future options and Big East security in question, comfort and stability without "superconference" BCS access represents potentially treacherous waters to navigate.

The wild-and-crazy and borderline hodge-podge nature of the new conference patchworks may not be exactly the environment in which BYU prefers to do business, but these are tumultuous times, and the school is in position to play a hand that may have been forced just a little ahead of schedule. That said, membership in the Big 12 now has to be viewed as a desired objective, assuming BYU's conditions are all met; the alternatives appear less appealing with every passing day.

BYU fans are ready for the big-time; BYU as an institution has been ready for years. A year after waiting by the phone, the big time, and the Big 12, appear to be calling.

If Wrubell is going to start beating the Big 12 drum, you know it's close.

[Flystripper]

Wrubell Changes Tune about Big 12



If Wrubell is going to start beating the Big 12 drum, you know it's close.

Wrubell

[Jacob]

Wrubell Changes Tune about Big 12



If Wrubell is going to start beating the Big 12 drum, you know it's close.

It is doubtful that BYU envisioned having to alter its course so soon after forging its new path, but things are moving quickly in today's collegiate athletics environment, and a sort of "kill or be killed" mentality prevails.

I'd say he has that exactly wrong. It is certain that BYU envisioned this exact scenario when the B12 decided to stay at 10 teams, temporarily.

[Uncle Ted]

FYI, Mizzou's presser is going live at http://www.komu.com/streaming-newscast/

Any time now.

[falafel]

LOL OMG Bu-bye Mizzou you are a joke!

If everyone is in on the teleconference, why isn't anyone tweeting the actual details?

[Flystripper]

If everyone is in on the teleconference, why isn't anyone tweeting the actual details?

too busy chanting S-E-C ?

[Omaha 680]

Wrubell

Yeah, I know. It's not so much the information I think is useful, but the tone. It has been noted in this thread that Wrubell is a company guy, that's why he was an independence honk back when this all started weeks ago. If he's changed his tune that can onlyl be good news.

[Blueintheface]

FYI, Mizzou's presser is going live at http://www.komu.com/streaming-newscast/

Any time now.

I can't help thinking the MU on the wall stands for Mucking it Up.

[falafel]

Yeah, I know. It's not so much the information I think is useful, but the tone. It has been noted in this thread that Wrubell is a company guy, that's why he was an independence honk back when this all started weeks ago. If he's changed his tune that can onlyl be good news.

I think (think) that flystripper's rolling his eyes at Wrubell, not you.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

I'm fine with Mizz leaving as it looks like the B12 will continue regardless. They've made no secret of wanting out and appear to be giant freaking tools in any case.

[Flystripper]

Yeah, I know. It's not so much the information I think is useful, but the tone. It has been noted in this thread that Wrubell is a company guy, that's why he was an independence honk back when this all started weeks ago. If he's changed his tune that can onlyl be good news.

yeah it is good news. He is the dictionary definition of fanboy. It's cool. I like the guy. After all, he is OUR fanboy. I wonder sometimes if he is self aware though.