The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[lambdacoug]

Clever.

Very. +1

[Uncle Ted]

Most of the 12 are Ute fans, so I've been told. It's their fault, and I believe it was intentional sabotage of BYU.

What gave you that idea?

[TripletDaddy]

Dude sez: Not So Fast, My Houston Friends.....

The playoff committee is bending over backwards to justify defeats. Early kick offs, rain, etc.

Nobody in the nation, except Alabama, has a win over a team like TCU as Oklahoma State has on its resume

The committee had best apply the same criteria to ND as they did the Big 12 champ last year too

I understand the situation with the Big 12 much better today. Not so fast on Houston

This may be too complicated for twitter. A post maybe in order to explain things properly

I'm not going to wait for a post so I'll just tweet what I know... (lazy)

I spoke to a contact in the Texas gov's office late last night

He said a faction within the Big 12 wants Houston to counter TAMU's domination of Houston recruiting. That faction is Baylor's Ken Starr

Texas and Texas Tech are dead set against UH. I'm not sure of TCU's position

The president of the U of Texas doesn't want to get involved in sports and the interim AD is far too busy cleaning up Patterson's mess

So Boren of OU has assumed power and is basically running the conf

Boren is pro expansion. So is WVU and Baylor but that's it especially with UH in the mix

Nobody in the Big 12 is excited about the candidates. Expansion is a desperate last resort. The Big 12 would rather play a CCG with 10.

The gov. of Texas WILL not pressure UT or the Big 12 to add Houston

The contact in the gov's office says Lt. gov. Dan Patrick lacks the political clout to pressure UT or the Big 12 to add UH

Abbott will not get involved

I am 100% confident this is accurate due to the source

I'm told Patrick has expressed his desire to see UH in the Big 12 to the UT prez. That's where this uh stuff came from

But right now UT is not a leader. They are not even trying. Boren has seized the opportunity

Even OU isn't too keen on the expansion candidates available

Even if the Big 12 misses the playoffs again they will not expand

If anything the pressure from the UH supporters has angered UT and TT

The source who introduced me to the contact in Abbott's office said that under no circumstances will UT support UH's membership in the B12.

Both are UT graduates

[TripletDaddy]

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[TripletDaddy]

can someone explain the whole "travel partner" thing? I have heard that term thrown out for years now...what is it?

[old_gregg]

i like rc cola

[myboynoah]

Not even a mention of the Texas legislature. That guy doesn't know a damn thing.

[Jeff Lebowski]

He said a faction within the Big 12 wants Houston to counter TAMU's domination of Houston recruiting. That faction is Baylor's Ken Starr

That makes perfect sense. There is a desperate need to counter TAMU's domination. Let's fix that by having another team in our conference that gets all the Houston recruits.

Also funny: the thought of UH competing with aTm.

[TripletDaddy]

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[BlueK]

can someone explain the whole "travel partner" thing? I have heard that term thrown out for years now...what is it?

The only thing it really means in this context is that WVU is whining about being too far away from all the other teams and wants one or two teams in the league that are closer geographically.

[TripletDaddy]

I do agree with Flugaur on the Boren stuff. Boren's comments were in direct contradiction with everything the B12 had been saying as a conference and were a scathing assessment of the current health of the conference as well as the albatross that is the LHN. As the president of the university, you don't say those things without an endgame in mind.

[TripletDaddy]

The only thing it really means in this context is that WVU is whining about being too far away from all the other teams and wants one or two teams in the league that are closer geographically.

So basically every other year WVU gets to take one road trip that is maybe an hour closer by plane? That's what this is all about? One game every other year?

[old_gregg]

So basically every other year WVU gets to take one road trip that is maybe an hour closer by plane? That's what this is all about? One game every other year?

other sports

[BlueK]

So basically every other year WVU gets to take one road trip that is maybe an hour closer by plane? That's what this is all about? One game every other year?

Something like that. Keep in mind that WVU is the lowest ranking school in the P5 when it comes to academics.

[SCcoug]

can someone explain the whole "travel partner" thing? I have heard that term thrown out for years now...what is it?

The idea is organize consecutive road games at near by schools so the traveling team only has to take one trip. For example BYU basketball having a game in Norman on Thursday and Stillwater on Saturday.