The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Blueintheface]

At this point I genuinely believe aTm is leaving the Big-12 for the SEC.

Who else would the SEC add? I think the likely pick is Louisville.
How is the Big-12 going to move forward? Is it likely the add none, one or 3 teams?

I am thinking BYU's chances are best if the Big-12 chooses either of the last two scenarios I outlined!

I would think that the Big-12 has known about this for probably the last year and that the replacement(s) are already primed. Clearly, BYU fans seem to think that will include them but are any other fanbases that confident? I think BYU keeps their lid tighter than the Orem 453rd ward Laurel President thighs' on Prom night, but most other schools tend to be about as tight as Babs' sorierity sisters' thighs on a Saturday night. I would think that now would be the time to jump back to 12, but that would have to include Notre Dame and someone else. Is anyone out there that confident? I hope BYU's is legitimate.

Next couple of weeks should be fun!

FSU? Va Tech?

[BlueHair]

Never answer the first time they call. Return the call promptly but not immediately. Keep your tone casual and relaxed. Ask about his family and the weather. Segway into top conference matchups upcoming. Upon receiving the invitation act pensive (get down off the desk) and let him know in hushed slow tones that you'll pass on the request to the BOT. Thank him and end the call by asking him to show you how best to prepare a brisket. Laugh casually but not embarassingly at his reply. Hang up the phone...

THEN FREAK THE HELL OUT!!!!

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[Goatnapper'96]

I'm not worried about the B12 deciding to expand, it's what the suits and white shirts will say in response.

Why on earth do some of you think they will say no? I get the control issue, but these guys follow $$$ and the real decision makers are likely Holmoe, Bronco and Dave Rose.

What in the history of BYU sports causes one to think BYU would say no?

[Goatnapper'96]

FSU? Va Tech?

I would think FSU and Louisville are the likely other candidates as both have a natural rivalry in the SEC and clearly FSU's conference rival in the ACC is headed to a decade of some issues.

[pellegrino]

Why on earth do some of you think they will say no? I get the control issue, but these guys follow $$$ and the real decision makers are likely Holmoe, Bronco and Dave Rose.

What in the history of BYU sports causes one to think BYU would say no?

if anything we have learned that BYU sports is about the church, I just feel it in my gut that they'll be "inspired" to stay independent.

[BigPiney]

Why on earth do some of you think they will say no? I get the control issue, but these guys follow $$$ and the real decision makers are likely Holmoe, Bronco and Dave Rose.

What in the history of BYU sports causes one to think BYU would say no?

Sunday play is the one thing that can derail this.

[falafel]

if anything we have learned that BYU sports is about the church, I just feel it in my gut that they'll be "inspired" to stay independent.

I think I agree with Goatnapper '96 on this. I don't think it was the big guys at that COB that made the push for independence. I think I recall hearing that they took the recommendation from the BYU that this would be better for the school and they went with it. If BYU makes a new recommendation that the B12 is better than independence, why wouldn't the COB agree?

[USCoug]

Sunday play is the one thing that can derail this.

I was thinking the same thing.

[falafel]

I was thinking the same thing.

Are you US coug or USC oug?

Regardless of your answer, please explain.

[Blueintheface]

Sunday play is the one thing that can derail this.

I was thinking the same thing.

Baseball games will be played on alternate Tuesdays at midnight and incense will be used in all of leagues fog machines. Refs/umps will genuflex before every call and all trees on campus will be scoured for knots that resemble the Virgin Mary.

It's a red herring, people.

[Goatnapper'96]

Sunday play is the one thing that can derail this.

I agree about that. I think that if that were an impediment we would know that BYU was off the table months ago. I don't think the Big-12 views it as an impediment.

I just honestly don't understand the hand-wringing that BYU would say to the Big-12 "no thanks!" BYU has always demonstrated the desire for more exposure and a higher profile. Clearly, the folks who understand the ins and outs of college sports at BYU (Holmoe, Mendenhall, Rose and to a lesser extent Cecil O.) know that this would be beneficial to the bottom line financially and maximize exposure and BYU's profile. Mormons love that shit. If they can have it while being excused from Sunday play, which brings all sorts of attention to their sunday play excusal, it would make their nipples hard enough to pole vault.

I think as long as BYU can keep its Sabbath Day holy, the BYU admin will view it as a no-brainer and I struggle understanding why others think they might.

[Coach McGuirk]

if anything we have learned that BYU sports is about the church, I just feel it in my gut that they'll be "inspired" to stay independent.

I've been inspired to say you are wrong. That will not be the hangup.

[pellegrino]

Are you US coug or USC oug?

Regardless of your answer, please explain.

with the correct template.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

the real decision makers are likely Holmoe, Bronco and Dave Rose.

Not a chance. SLC is all over this one.

Edit: I agree that BYU will jump at a resonable Big12 offer should it come, but it will be because SLC wants it.

[Goatnapper'96]

I've been inspired to say you are wrong. That will not be the hangup.

It is all these disaffected intellectuals who have built up, in their own frenzied minds, some strange expectations of the BYU decision makers.

Do they not bleed when they are cut? If they have lung issues and have to pump some shitty ass schwinn all around East Germany, dodging unexploded ordinance, to deliver laundy are they not miraculously healed? Are not they disproportionatly represented by University Presidents who understand the bottom line$$? Will it not cause the Aggie faithful to turn into stringpulling male camel toe bitches whose packages would make the singers of Air Supply feel like they skydiving naked from an Aeroplane like Utah's old Offensive Coordinator?

Yea in all things BYU to the Big-12 will accomplish God's eternal purposes!