The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Red Legger]

Here's a submission for KU's 1980s highlight. BYU has KU to thank for playing a part in their 1984 national title. That year, KU upset OU in Lawrence. If that doesn't happen, OU goes into the Orange Bowl with a 10-0-1 record against Washington (10-1) and many in the media would have billed that as a national title game despite BYU being undefeated. The Huskies beating an undefeated Sooners team in Miami might have been enough to get them voted #1.

On page 69 of that modern day masterpiece 'The Bootlegger's Boy' by the Bootlegger's Boy, "The University of Kansas cost me an undefeated national championship in 75 and a national championship in 84."

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

[San Juan Sun]

It is becoming apparent to more of the Big12 that BYU would be a tremendous addition. The placement of the Cougars in a power 5 conference would likely signal the end of realignment for the next 30 years and beginning of the power 5's breakaway from the NCAA. If the Cougars are aligned in the Big12, the Big6/7/8/12's 120 y/o collection of wannabees, outcasts and misfits survives into another generation in the story of college football. If we're lucky, the knuckleheads down in Dallas figure this out sooner rather than later.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

[clanclasher]

Ah yes, this thread lives on. I started following it back in the summer of 2010. I check back at least once a year to make sure there are still believers out there.....

[Armenag]

Every option floated has its issues, but BYU sure seems like the easiest choice.

Cincinnati is at least merely 2nd fiddle in its state (unlike UCF, Houston, etc.), but their finances are apparently a disaster -- saw somewhere that adding this year's Big 12 payout on top of their current conference money still wouldn't put them in the black. Apparently the athletic department has been looting tuition funds to some absurd degree.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Ah yes, this thread lives on. I started following it back in the summer of 2010. I check back at least once a year to make sure there are still believers out there.....

Wow. That is a lot of lurking.

[TripletDaddy]

It is becoming apparent to more of the Big12 that BYU would be a tremendous addition. The placement of the Cougars in a power 5 conference would likely signal the end of realignment for the next 30 years and beginning of the power 5's breakaway from the NCAA. If the Cougars are aligned in the Big12, the Big6/7/8/12's 120 y/o collection of wannabees, outcasts and misfits survives into another generation in the story of college football. If we're lucky, the knuckleheads down in Dallas figure this out sooner rather than later.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

great post!

[Flystripper]

Ah yes, this thread lives on. I started following it back in the summer of 2010. I check back at least once a year to make sure there are still believers out there.....

gowipe yourself

[SandYFan]

I've officially moved into believing BYU will never get a P5 invite, and be left out in the cold when the massive realignment happens.

At least this way there's a chance I can be pleasantly surprised.

[TripletDaddy]

Houston very happy not being in the B12, also apparently is dominating the AAC

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/houston-cougars-football-aac-big12

Meanwhile, officially speaking, Houston is very happy as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Just ask new head football coach Tom Herman, who says: “We love the American Athletic Conference.”Hunter Yurachek, Houston’s vice president of intercollegiate athletics, sounds a similar note.
“I think everybody aspires, whether you’re a coach or an administrator, to compete at the highest level,” Yurachek says. “So we’re going to try to put ourselves into a position, by being very successful and dominating the American Athletic Conference, that if there is a change in the collegiate landscape, that we’re a viable candidate to be a part of that change.”

[BlueK]

Houston very happy not being in the B12, also apparently is dominating the AAC

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/hous...ball-aac-big12

Translation: UH has been told by their contacts within the Big 12 that they have no chance of getting invited.

[Paperback Writer]

Translation: UH has been told by their contacts within the Big 12 that they have no chance of getting invited.

"their contacts within the Big 12" means UT. And Houston was not even invited to join the SWC until the mid-1970s. So Houston is in the queue behind Rice and SMU.

[Red Legger]

I've officially moved into believing BYU will never get a P5 invite, and be left out in the cold when the massive realignment happens.

At least this way there's a chance I can be pleasantly surprised.

Go undefeated in September and let the inevitable screw job commence over TCU/Baylor and ya'll are closer than you think. Tough part of this is BYU going undefeated in September.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

[Red Legger]

Houston very happy not being in the B12, also apparently is dominating the AAC

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/hous...ball-aac-big12

Tom Herman doesn't want to compete at the highest level. He could be playing a Big12 schedule this fall in Larryville and chose the Cougars over the RedLeggers. Guy is gunning for a top 10 paycheck w/out earning it like the BucktoothedWizard over in Mancrappie.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk, Beat Mizzou

[TripletDaddy]

B12 cognoscenti set innovative goal for this season: make playoffs

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/columnists/chuck-carlton/20150815-2015-big-12-football-preview-league-s-mission---make-the-playoff.ece

[YOhio]

This twitter account is awesome.

https://twitter.com/CSUtoBigTen