The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[creekster]

where did he say there were any no votes?

exactly. While this is reading too much into it, to me it sounds like this is a rolling vote process. Rahter than saying that there are 2 or more no votes, my impression is that they havent heard from all schools.

[Mormon Red Death]

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/coll...xpansion-talks



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[Mormon Red Death]

Stewart Mandel says houston and cincy. http://www.foxsports.com/college-foo...cenario-080416

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[old_gregg]

bro you are really being a pretty big bummer with all your posts itt

[creekster]

Stewart Mandel says houston and cincy. http://www.foxsports.com/college-foo...cenario-080416

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Here's what he actually said:

Presumably you could get eight of 10 presidents to agree on two schools, perhaps Cincinnati and Houston.

That's a far cry from predicting it. He is just speculating, and a bit wildly. Stop bringing that Ute born shade over here.

[Mormon Red Death]

Here's what he actually said:


That's a far cry from predicting it. He is just speculating, and a bit wildly. Stop bringing that Ute born shade over here.

Aren't they all speculating wildly?

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[creekster]

Aren't they all speculating wildly?

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But he doesnt even CLAIM to have sources. At least proffer somebody who lies from authority,.

[Solon]

But he doesnt even CLAIM to have sources. At least proffer somebody who lies from authority,.

LOL. if we start demanding rationality and sources, this thread gets pretty small.

[lambdacoug]

LOL. if we start demanding rationality and sources, this thread gets pretty small.

Oh shut up! Thinner, yes, but far less entertaining.

[Uncle Ted]

H-Cougars are betting it all on getting into a P5... including making backroom deals.

UH banks on joining big leagues to 'sustain' athletics spending

[...]
It's also a costly gamble. UH has spent more than $21 million in each of the past three years supporting an athletics program that doesn't make enough money to sustain itself. Last year, UH gave $26 million to its athletics program - the seventh-highest subsidy in the nation, according to an annual analysis of NCAA finances by USA Today. Athletics spending has frustrated some UH faculty and has driven up the cost of attendance. Rising student fees accounted for nearly 20 percent of athletic revenue at UH in 2014.


It's a practice that UH apparently realizes it cannot keep up. Chancellor Renu Khator wrote as much in an email obtained by the Houston Chronicle. If UH does not get into a major conference soon, "it will be difficult for us to sustain it," she wrote in 2014 to a UH professor who sent her an article about college athletics spending.
[...]
The most surprising supporter, however, was the Texas flagship college in Austin - home to one of the most profitable athletics programs in the nation, which has long sought to keep UH out of the Big 12.


"UH is a huge asset for Texas," UT President Gregory Fenves tweeted in July.


There's a long history of bad blood between UH and UT. Recently, UH called UT's plan to expand on 300 acres in Houston an "invasion." UT has long believed that it dominates the college football television market in Houston, while there has been lingering animosity from UH and its fan base after the breakup of the Southwest Conference in the 1990s. Since then, UT also has been unwilling or disinterested in scheduling UH in any of the major collegiate sports.


UT's sudden support sparked speculation that a backroom deal had been struck - that Houston university officials would drop their opposition to UT's Houston expansion if UT helped them get into the Big 12. Officials at UT denied any such discussions took place and said there's no such agreement. UH declined to comment on the matter.
[...]
Khator conducted in-person meetings with eight of the 10 Big 12 university presidents, and Yurachek met in person or had phone calls with every Big 12 athletic director. Khator and Yurachek conducted an in-person meeting with Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany in Chicago. Yurachek met with Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott in San Francisco.


Khator exchanged at times flattering emails with several university leaders in the Big 12, including Fenves at UT and E. Gordon Gee at West Virginia, who visited UH's main campus last November.


[...]
Late last year, Khator asked her chief of staff to have UH's communications team send holiday cards to all of the Big 12 presidents, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and Big Ten commissioner Delany.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news...636.1470501400

Maybe the B1G will take them.

[Uncle Ted]

Los Lobos make their pitch to the Big 12...

UNM makes pitch for Big 12 expansion in letter (w/ full letter)

Two weeks ago, the University of New Mexico was hardly alone in expressing interest in the surprising news that the Big 12 Conference was considering adding as many as four members.


Fans debated whether the Lobos’ chances of inclusion in any potential expansion are realistic or not, but what is clear is the university wasn’t merely paying lip service to the idea.

[...]

“I think it’s important that our fans know that we’re very happy members of the Mountain West Conference,” Krebs said. “That’s what my original statement (released to the Journal on July 20) said. But we’re always going to look out for what’s in the best interest of the University of New Mexico and, in this case, our student athletes.”

http://www.abqjournal.com/821353/unm...he-big-12.html

"Hey, we like the girlfriend we have now but are always looking for someone better."

Maybe Walter White can help improve their chances?

[Blueintheface]

Los Lobos make their pitch to the Big 12...


http://www.abqjournal.com/821353/unm...he-big-12.html

"Hey, we like the girlfriend we have now but are always looking for someone better."

Maybe Walter White can help improve their chances?

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I think Lloyd Christmas would even be pessimistic

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