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  • Originally posted by Maximus View Post
    If byu even considers saying no I will be extremely pissed. Indy will always be there.
    If TAMU leaves and BYU turns down an invite then I can see us being taken off UT's future schedule for a couple of reasons: the thanksgiving UT/a&m game will take an OOC slot (there is just too much money/tradition to stop) and nobody can turn down the UT Big 12 conference and can live to tell about it (except maybe ND). Don't worry, however, I am sure one of the "states" (i.e. Idaho St, NM St, San Jose St, or even Weber St) would step in to fill the hole in BYU's indy schedule.
    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
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    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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    • It appears the other teams joining aTm are Clemson, FSU and Missouri.

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      • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
        If TAMU leaves and BYU turns down an invite then I can see us being taken off UT's future schedule for a couple of reasons: the thanksgiving UT/a&m game will take an OOC slot (there is just too much money/tradition to stop) and nobody can turn down the UT Big 12 conference and can live to tell about it (except maybe ND). Don't worry, however, I am sure one of the "states" (i.e. Idaho St, NM St, San Jose St, or even Weber St) would step in to fill the hole in BYU's indy schedule.
        No way BYU would turn that down. Would they?
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        • Texas has royally effed this up. First Nebraska and now aTm and now the SEC is apparently getting into Texas. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that proclamations of Dodds' metaphorical poker playing prowess is pure bullshit. In the long term, a conference sans Nebraska and aTm is much weaker than what they had before.

          On the other hand, they conned the PAC 10 into taking it's sloppy seconds off its hands. Maybe Dodds does know what he's doing.
          Last edited by Color Me Badd Fan; 08-13-2011, 07:39 AM.
          Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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          • Well this is the best news I've heard in a long time on the subject. Like Utah, we just have to cross our fingers, and hope we get lucky.

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            • Originally posted by Surfah View Post
              And abandon Duke? I can't believe they'd do that.
              nor can I. that would be a sad day if UNC ever left the ACC.
              Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
              God forgives many things for an act of mercy
              Alessandro Manzoni

              Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

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              • All this makes me wonder if BYU jumped to independence too quickly. Letting everything play out another year may have been a better option.
                "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

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                • Someone needs to be emailing pictures of the HD truck to Texas, like NOW!
                  Get confident, stupid
                  -landpoke

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                  • Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                    Someone needs to be emailing pictures of the HD truck to Texas, like NOW!
                    mbn? mbn? Anyone know how to get hold of mbn?

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                    • Originally posted by Jarid in Cedar View Post
                      All this makes me wonder if BYU jumped to independence too quickly. Letting everything play out another year may have been a better option.
                      Why would it be better to be a MWestie right now?

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                      • Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                        No way BYU would turn that down. Would they?
                        I say this in all seriousness. If BYU turns down the Big 12 for Indy/WCC, I am out.
                        Dyslexics are teople poo...

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                        • Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
                          Someone needs to be emailing pictures of the HD truck to Texas, like NOW!
                          I've got a feeling the truck will physically be in Texas around Sep 10....hopefully it's not too late.
                          "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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                          • Originally posted by EuropeanFootballMale View Post
                            Why would it be better to be a MWestie right now?
                            Less money in the MWC but better conference than the WCC for all other sports. Staying in the MWC would have been better for fans but it is as of yet unknown if it is better for the school.
                            Dyslexics are teople poo...

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                            • Originally posted by Flystripper View Post
                              Less money in the MWC but better conference than the WCC for all other sports. Staying in the MWC would have been better for fans but it is as of yet unknown if it is better for the school.
                              For one year? Who cares? In fact I'd take the increased coverage anyway.

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                              • Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                                I've got a feeling the truck will physically be in Texas around Sep 10....hopefully it's not too late.
                                Yes that will be too late. It needs to be there now.
                                Get confident, stupid
                                -landpoke

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