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  • myboynoah
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 21719

    #19531




    So now we wait.

    I don't understand the 30-day deadline. Or what, B12?

    Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

    For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

    Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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    • Uncle Ted
      The Big 12 money shot.
      • Apr 2010
      • 28853

      #19532
      Originally posted by myboynoah View Post




      So now we wait.

      I don't understand the 30-day deadline. Or what, B12?
      College football starts in like 50 days... Conference realignment season is quickly coming to an end.
      "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
      "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
      "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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      • Moliere
        One man.....one pie
        • Oct 2009
        • 27790

        #19533
        Originally posted by Applejack View Post

        Is the BIGXII (minus two big draws) a better financial place to be? It seems like sixes to me. Plus we don't have to step foot in Houston
        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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        • Art Vandelay
          Striving for mediocrity
          • Jul 2009
          • 10516

          #19534


          Swaim is usually one of the more reputable sources when it comes to the B12

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          • Uncle Ted
            The Big 12 money shot.
            • Apr 2010
            • 28853

            #19535
            Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post


            Swaim is usually one of the more reputable sources when it comes to the B12
            No mention of the #Utes...



            Maybe the B12 is going to offer Boise St instead.
            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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            • myboynoah
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 21719

              #19536
              lol
              Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

              For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

              Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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              • jadesroom
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2021
                • 138

                #19537
                Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post


                Swaim is usually one of the more reputable sources when it comes to the B12
                Reputable? He's in the same league as the west Virginia dudes.

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                • Jeff Lebowski
                  Corporate lackey for Jesus
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 69452

                  #19538
                  Originally posted by jadesroom View Post

                  Reputable? He's in the same league as the west Virginia dudes.
                  Wrong. Swaim has a career in sports journalism. The WV dudes are just a few nerds with zero real sources echoing rumors they hear from others.
                  "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                  "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                  "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • Moliere
                    One man.....one pie
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 27790

                    #19539
                    Originally posted by jadesroom View Post

                    Reputable? He's in the same league as the west Virginia dudes.
                    Yeah, he's about one step above MHver...
                    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                    • Jeff Lebowski
                      Corporate lackey for Jesus
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 69452

                      #19540
                      Originally posted by Moliere View Post

                      Yeah, he's about one step above MHver...
                      My point was not a defense of Swaim as much as a reality check on those WV idiots.
                      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                      • myboynoah
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 21719

                        #19541
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                        My point was not a defense of Swaim as much as a reality check on those WV idiots.
                        Party pooper!
                        Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                        For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                        Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                        • myboynoah
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 21719

                          #19542
                          This would be nice.

                          Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                          For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                          Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                          • Uncle Ted
                            The Big 12 money shot.
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 28853

                            #19543
                            Originally posted by jadesroom View Post

                            Reputable? He's in the same league as the west Virginia dudes.
                            He did report WVU going to the Big 12 before anyone else... other than that, no.
                            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                            • Uncle Ted
                              The Big 12 money shot.
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 28853

                              #19544
                              Well, someone needs to do it...



                              ​​​​​​​But the UofU should suffer in MWC hell.
                              "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                              "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                              "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                              GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                              • Joe Public
                                8.1 YPC
                                • Apr 2011
                                • 8499

                                #19545
                                Originally posted by Moliere View Post

                                Yeah, he's about one step above MHver...
                                I’ll need to know his status relative to Tuxedo Yoda before I can triangulate his credibility.
                                "What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone

                                "What choice?" - Abe Petrovsky

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