The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Red Legger]

Texas needs to stop sucking before the b12 can expand

http://saturdayblitz.com/2015/08/03/...xpansion-plan/

Why? Maybe the reason Teja$ sucks is because of structural problems in the Big12. In the 4 years of the round robin, no team has succeeded in getting through the conference slate undefeated. More often than not, the Big12 RR has resulted in multiple teams tied for the top spot which subsequently results in poor performance in the polls. The format punishes rebuilding efforts w/ no room to hide from the top ranked teams and doesn't reward fans w/ interesting non-conference home date opportunities to either play some patsies (as KU/ISU need) or rebuild old rivalries (UT/aTM, KU/Slavers). Honestly, NotreDame/BYU's schedules are much more conducive to allowing the administrators to meet the current needs of the program than the Big12. The 9 game Big12 RR feels more and more like a death march on Groundhog Day year after year. Give UT's administrators 2 or 3 more years of trying to sell 100000 season tickets to a fanbase w/out either OU or aTm visits and I'll bet they'll be good and ready to work a deal out. I can guarantee you the KU AD would sign up to a 12 team Big 12 in a heartbeat.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

[Jeff Lebowski]

Texas needs to stop sucking before the b12 can expand

http://saturdayblitz.com/2015/08/03/...xpansion-plan/

Reads like it was written by some dumb kid. Sure enough:

http://saturdayblitz.com/author/jlea/

[TripletDaddy]

Apparently BYU is very happy being independent

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...oin-conference

In spite of recent comments from coaches that Notre Dame should join a conference, there is no discussion of forcing independent teams to become a member of a league in order to participate in the College Football Playoff, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday.
"The three independents are perfectly happy being independent," Hancock said of the Irish, BYU and Army. "They have the ability to craft their schedules to fit their needs. If their need and goal is to be in the playoff, then they're in the same boat as everybody else. You better play a good schedule if you want to be in the playoff."

[TripletDaddy]

Meanwhile, should Texas go Indy and be happy like BYU and Notre Dame?

http://www.stakingtheplains.com/2015...ve-the-big-12/

And it’s that ability to craft their on schedules that should intrigue UT and its fan base–and potentially assuage member schools that the Longhorns would leave behind. An independent UT could maintain its annual matchups with Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech. The Red River Rivalry could remain a staple of the Texas State Fair, and perhaps, most importantly, the Thanksgiving game with Texas A&M could–and should–resume. Throw in Arkansas, a service academy or two and an annual trip out west and the Longhorns’ schedule would be worthy of its own ESPN affiliated network.

[lambdacoug]

Meanwhile, should Texas go Indy and be happy like BYU and Notre Dame?

http://www.stakingtheplains.com/2015...ve-the-big-12/

Maybe they can also become our best buddies like ND.

[TripletDaddy]

The Dude of WV has gone private on twitter! smoke??

[Commando]

The Dude of WV has gone private on twitter! smoke??

Dang! should have followed when i had a chance.

[TripletDaddy]

Swaim blames texas, just like everyone else

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The Sooners must be loving all of this Texas hate in the media. I would ask babes what she thinks about this but obviously she has mixed allegiances now.

[YOhio]

I would ask babes what she thinks about this but obviously she has mixed allegiances now.

Babs doesn't post here anymore. IIRC it's because she was upset that Robin was banned.

[TripletDaddy]

Swaim feeling it now. Keeps talking...

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[TripletDaddy]

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
My wife wasn't happy with the "love" I've been receiving. So I had to make this account private.

[TripletDaddy]

Not to be outdone by Swaim, the Dude of WV gets his own schtick going today, too. To his credit looks like he has received at least one legit response:

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
So I've asked 7 possible expansion candidates for data comprising 11 different metrics. Answers are coming in...

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
The schools I contacted are: BYU, Cincinnati, ECU, Houston, Memphis, UCF & UCONN.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
So far I've heard back from 4 schools that they will respond.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
All the data I've asked for is publicly available but I wanted the schools to have a say.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
Once I have the data I'm going to have a survey asking your opinion about each school.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 3h3 hours ago
I'll use your brand impression for each school to compile my very own Q Score and then rank the candidates.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
ECU was the first to provide all the data.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
ECU with some impressive numbers... special thanks to Tom McClellan
Assistant AD/Media Relations at ECU.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
Fundraising – Pirate Club membership of 15,980 ranks 1st in the American Conference #ECU#Big12Expansion

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
#ECU home TV market: Home television market – 5th largest (includes Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, Wilmington, Greenville),

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
#ECU Home TV market PII: 16th (includes Raleigh/Durham, Wilmington, Greenville), 99th (Greenville)

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
That @ECUPiratesFB home DMA is extremely valuable... darn...

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV 2h2 hours ago
Is it just me or do the metrics speak kindly of @ECUPiratesFB? The G5 program few mention for the B12 - except the Big 12 knows.

[Commando]

What a dummy. He probably got followed by some porn spam account and it went to his head.

[TripletDaddy]

Swaim goes there! Warns of the involvement of the OKLAHOMA legislature!

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Texas is just getting slapped around now. It is OU's world.

[Armenag]

A sad day when even the realignment faux insider community falls to the level of internecine cyberbullying.