The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[myboynoah]

I think he just mixed up BYU with Baylor... What a dumbass.

Ummm, maybe, but Dodd shows a picture of Tayson while opining in that segment.

[TripletDaddy]

Possible additions to the B12: BYU still on the list!

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2...ls/#29037101=0

Also, a fair description of pros and cons that BYU brings

[TripletDaddy]

Corn sez: of the thanks very much!

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/barfkne...7bc322871.html

Boren’s comments are exactly why the Huskers left the Big 12 for the Big Ten. They are tired of the drama.

You don’t see Big Ten presidents lobbing grenades at Commissioner Jim Delany about being “disadvantaged.” The Big Ten is the poster boy for long-term stability and singular vision, which is what NU craved.

For Nebraska, Big Ten stability trumps Big 12 drama. Proof comes in something else Boren recently discussed — Texas’ Longhorn Network, something Nebraska and UT argued about strenuously for years.“The elephant in the room remains the network south of us that has struggled,” said Boren, increasing the jab by not mentioning Texas by name. “It’s a problem.”
The ESPN-affiliated Longhorn Network has battled distribution problems from the beginning. Texas kind of cares but kind of doesn’t because it gets paid really well whether the network is widespread or not.
The problem is the deal prohibits the Big 12 from creating a league-wide network like the Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 have. That creates a further national recognition imbalance in a league too often set into turmoil by the “haves” — particularly Texas — creating individual advantages over the group.

[TripletDaddy]

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[The_Douger]

the Big 12 is run by idiots.

[Paperback Writer]

the Big 12 is run by idiots.

Just a different way of stating what DDD has already pointed out:

It is all the fault of Texas (not a big surprise)

[Omaha 680]

the Big 12 is run by idiots.

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[Y84it]

the Big 12 is run by TEXAS.

FIFY

[TripletDaddy]

Dallas newspaper hopes for B12-style dysfunction in the ACC...so that ACC teams will want to join a dysfunctional B12

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/col...-in-big-12.ece

Instead of forcing it, the Big 12 should wait to see if inter-conference politics wreck another league as they did the Big 12.
For instance: If Florida State and Clemson get tired of North Carolina and Duke running things and start looking around, Bowlsby should show up on both doorsteps with roses.

[TripletDaddy]

Bowlsby too cool for school, doesnt research expansion cadidates, makes them come to him

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/201...GZ02/150729936

When the Big 12 eventually expands at least to the degree where its name matches its membership numbers — and, to be sure, that's “when'' and not “if'' — Bob Bowlsby won't have to scour the landscape in search of willing participants. No, he doesn't have a list of candidates at the ready, like an athletic director might in case he loses a coach. And, quite frankly, he hasn't done much research into the subject. “We don't have to,'' the Big 12 commissioner said. “They send us enough stuff. They prepare the dossier for us. We get stuff all the time.'' Indeed, apparently not a day goes by that the Big 12's mailbox doesn't include video clip, printed materials or requests from someone to come to suburban Dallas and meet. And who knows? Maybe one day Bowlsby will find a room or a filing cabinet somewhere in the Big 12 offices and begin keeping all that stuff. But the day hasn't arrived yet. “I have a round thing,'' Bowlsby cracked. “It's right by my desk.''

[TripletDaddy]

https://www.facebook.com/byutobig12

#groundswell

[byu71]

Bowlsby too cool for school, doesnt research expansion cadidates, makes them come to him

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/201...GZ02/150729936

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Sometimes you only get one side of the story or edited quotes. After reading quotes like this, I do lose some of the enthusiasm to join the B12.

It was kind of a fun position when we were thought of as the conference diks throwing around our weight.

[Donuthole]

Bowlsby too cool for school, doesnt research expansion cadidates, makes them come to him

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/201...GZ02/150729936

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lol! the ol' "round file" joke never gets old. Good to know that our future conference mates have a sophisticated and clean sense of humor. On a related note, I'm guessing the majority of people--or at least a plurality--have a rectangular shaped garbage can in their office.

[Paperback Writer]

Dallas newspaper hopes for B12-style dysfunction in the ACC...so that ACC teams will want to join a dysfunctional B12

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/col...-in-big-12.ece

Not to mention this gem from the above link:
"...I asked Bowlsby if he’d been in contact with the Big Ten about swapping names since neither league can count.
“Considering they’ve got 14 and we’ve got 10,” he said, smiling, “we probably ought to think about it.”
Frankly, it’s that kind of thinking that gives me hope for this league yet.

Since the SEC also has 14 teams, why not ask for Texas A&M and Missouri back? Or better yet, trade Missouri for West Virginia, get Texas A&M back, and add BYU.

I began to lose hope for the Big 12 once Texas let Texas A&M walk and gave up all hope when the Big 12 didn't add Louisville and BYU when they had the chance.

[Moliere]

I was on a bus yesterday with a bunch of Southland conference coaches. They didn't say anything about expansion but they also didn't say anything about not expanding. #southlandexpansiongroundswell