The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[oxcoug]

I read that. I can't believe that's a serious article. TCU, SMU, and Houston are threats to Texas and that's why they're not being considered?

That's hysterical - spectacular spin.

Good article here confirming that A&M is gone, barring an act of the Almighty. And some other stuff.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/colle...c42992271.html

[SeattleUte]

This Aggie joke is on the Longhorns

Yikes. This article is such a slap in the face for BYU; BYU's eagerness to be Texas' lap dog is what makes it attractive.

These sentences gave me warm and fuzzies:

The Aggies are trading Waco, Lubbock and Stillwater for Athens, Oxford and Tuscaloosa, and who wouldn't make that swap?

How about trading any of those places for Los Angeles, Berkeley, Palo Alto, Eugene, Seattle, Boulder?

The SEC is forever. Regardless of how many times college football's cards are shuffled over the next few years, A&M knows where it will be.

Meanwhile, the Big 12 remains a house of cards. When Oklahoma finally joins the Pac-12, the Big 12 is toast.

So is the Pac forever. Come on down Oklahoma and Kansas!

[SeattleUte]

There are some serous insomniacs here. I went to bed last night after midnight. Slept six hours and the same people are here as when I signed off. Is it this Big 12 thing? You poor dears.

[smokymountainrain]

Yikes. This article is such a slap in the face for BYU; BYU's eagerness to be Texas' lap dog is what makes it attractive.

These sentences gave me warm and fuzzies:



How about trading any of those places for Los Angeles, Berkeley, Palo Alto, Eugene, Seattle, Boulder?



So is the Pac forever. Come on down Oklahoma and Kansas!

When your team is mediocre, it's always a good idea to latch on to your conference for bragging rights. This is a wise move, SU.

[oxcoug]

There are some serous insomniacs here. I went to bed last night after midnight. Slept six hours and the same people are here as when I signed off. Is it this Big 12 thing? You poor dears.

Note the technique -

SU slapped this gratuitous post on to the previous purely because he saw the chance to land the top spot on the next page.

[byu71]

There are some serous insomniacs here. I went to bed last night after midnight. Slept six hours and the same people are here as when I signed off. Is it this Big 12 thing? You poor dears.

Not me. I got sick Saturday night I didn't even read the boards from Saturday night until this morning. It is comforting to know I didn't miss anything new from you.

Then again, I haven't missed anything new from you in the last 10 years.

[Uncle Ted]

This Aggie joke is on the Longhorns

Justice wears maroon colored glasses and illustrates the crazy logic of the aggies. Read Jerome Solomon's column in the Chron instead...

Again, why is A&M going to the SEC?
Until I get a good answer, I am going to keep asking that question, because as I wrote in today’s paper, it makes little sense to me.

Perhaps the most bothersome aspect of the Texas A&M move to the SEC is the personal shots tossed this way from a large number of Aggies.

And by bothersome, I mean, funny. Cracks me up.

It does amaze me that so many of you think for a person to be against the move he must be anti-A&M. That’s self-loathing behavior.

The “You just want A&M to always be in Texas’ shadow, Jerome,” crowd is a sad group indeed.

I have gone back-and-forth with so man on this via e-mail and on the radio, but let me state it again: A&M-to-the-SEC is a good thing for me personally.

It would open the door for a different kind of college coverage that the Chronicle hasn’t had in some time. New markets, new teams, new adventures, new barbecue places to eat at on an expense account.

My objections to the move aren’t about me. They are about preserving history and tradition. They are about having the state’s two signature programs, the two best athletic programs in the state (and, no, that doesn’t mean I am anti-TCU or anti-Tech, though I guarantee you that will draw nasty e-mail from those two as well) staying together as they always have and always should.

That’s the simple.

Now the deeper one, is I am still waiting for the Aggies’ powers that be to explain how the move makes sense academically, athletically or financially.

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So if the move isn’t for academics, athletics or money, then what in the world is it for?

[oxcoug]

Not me. I got sick Saturday night I didn't even read the boards from Saturday night until this morning. It is comforting to know I didn't miss anything new from you.

Then again, I haven't missed anything new from you in the last 10 years.

Hey you two are like CUF"s own Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau!

[Uncle Ted]

So is the Pac forever.?

I am assuming you meant this to be a question.

Answer: Yes, it seems the PAC will be forever behind the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, etc.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I am assuming you meant this to be a question.

Answer: Yes, it seems the PAC will be forever behind the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, etc.

[LA Ute]

This Aggie joke is on the Longhorns

Lots of signature lines in that article, if BYU makes the Big 12 and Ute fans want to emulate CMBF and ER.

[Uncle Ted]

Back to the subject at hand... ND not likely to join the Big 12 right now:

Even though the Big 12 has reached out to the Irish as a possible replacement for Texas A&M should the Aggies bolt for the SEC as is widely assumed, Notre Dame, in all likelihood, is staying put as an independent, its athletic director just told me.

“Our priority — and our clear priority — is maintaining our football independence and continuing to build our relationship with the Big East with our other sports,” Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Monday morning when asked if there was a viable chance his school could join the Big 12 now or in the near future.

[DapperDan]

Back to the subject at hand... ND not likely to join the Big 12 right now:

So does this mean BYU will join the Big East? You know to better align with Notre Dame.

[byu71]

Back to the subject at hand... ND not likely to join the Big 12 right now:

For those who want BYU in the BIG 12, this might be good news. ND agreeing to join the BIG 12 would make the league needing BYU a much lower need.

[Uncle Ted]

So does this mean BYU will join the Big East? You know to better align with Notre Dame.

ND is coming to the Big 12 but not until the super conference land grab begins.