New Big 12 Expansion Rumor

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by LonghornCatholic, Dec 8, 2014.

  1. HornSwoggler

    HornSwoggler Horn Fan

    Hell, just form a conference of the Independents. ND, BYU, Army and UMass. When UT abandons the B12, OU would likely leave. Join the Indies and that makes 6. Only need 6 more for a 12 team conference and the Indie CCG. Pick up a West Coast (USC, Stanford Oregon or UCLA) team plus Nebraska and a couple from the East Coast (Miami and E Carolina?) and , of course, TCU and Okie St will be glad to come along. Nationwide media footprint. Huge followings for most of the teams. Lots of tradition. Only drawback is UMass. They CAN be eliminated. Better than the big12 by a long shot.
     
  2. LonghornDave

    LonghornDave 1,000+ Posts

    me too
     
  3. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Swoggler,

    I have a few business associates in Boise, who are Mormon and also Boise State supporters. They have told me that Idaho State has a large percentage of Mormons, and that Boise State does as well. When I asked the guy in Boise this afternoon, and he said the he believes the percentage is over 50. I do not know for sure.

    That said, BSU brings nothing to the table including football. They had a nice little run including beating an OU team that would rather have been anywhere else and played like it. Their day in the sun has come and gone.

    BYU will be a hard sell in Oklahoma, but who knows, maybe our expansion in some way pisses them off, and our administration can bend over for them as well.

    McRaven and Fenves keep ******* around, and OU and oSu are going to surprise everyone by bolting, leaving the Big XII with eight that nobody will watch on TV.
     
  4. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    That IS me and I have not given one f-ing penny to UT since then. My money goes where my kid goes - to UNT, where he carries a 3.78 GPA in MechE.
     
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  5. JustWin

    JustWin 250+ Posts

    Without going all "West Mall", I'll just offer that the political reality today is much different than our past.
    Bob Bullock and Frank Erwin ain't walking through that door.
    And you kids get off my lawn.
     
  6. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    +1
     
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

     
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  8. blonthang

    blonthang 2,500+ Posts

    I guess I'm a bit of a contrarian w/r/t most posts on this subject.

    First off, there are a whole bunch of bottom feeders in the other P5 conferences. Allways have been, always will be, not unique to what the Big12 might become in the short run.

    Was a time that the SWC was dominated by the Horns and the Big8 was known as OU, NU, and the 6 dwarves.

    And Texas did just fine with that backdrop for about 50 years. I know, times have changed. Duh.

    Right now, IMHO, Texas has few options beyond bringing in, say 4, puppies to wean and maybe help rsise into big dogs.

    Realistically, the SEC is pretty much set for a while. Dittto. B1G. Ditto Pac 14.

    That leaves the ACC, as in THE ATLANTIC Coast, and non-P5 up and comers. Or call them cannon fodder for UT, OU, OsU, etc.

    As long as it gives Texas a CC game and auto qualifier to work for, I'm cool with that.

    Not going to get Bama, Meatchicken, tOSU, USC, etc to bolt and join the Big12. I know, hyperbolic comment, but neither are aggy, NU, Mizzou returning.

    Hook 'em.

    P.S., I'm much more concerned about how Texas football has sucked the past 2 years than what, if any, conference we're in. Right now I'm not so sure UT could easily handle a UH, Louisville, BYU, etc in football.
     
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  9. n64ra

    n64ra 1,000+ Posts

    No thanks. We the Business School would rather tear down Player's to build a new MBA building than use rusty old English classes.
     
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  10. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

     
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  11. BevoQ

    BevoQ 250+ Posts

    This is gold
     
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  12. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Thanks to this, they're either going to boot K State from the league or deliberately go after Arizona State and Central Florida to turn those horns down...
     
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  13. militaryhorn

    militaryhorn Prediction Contest Manager

    Looks like Bandera is still ******!
     
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  14. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    That's classic!! :bow:
     
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  15. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

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  16. BevoQ

    BevoQ 250+ Posts

  17. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    We're going to be perceived lower than the SEC, PAC, B1G and ACC, so we might as well get used to it.
     
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  18. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Catholic,

    Try to stay positive, the Las Colinas Cretin Corp still has us above the Mountain West and Big Sky conferences. You can always look down at them, along with the Southland Conference, some of whom may beat Tulane in football.
     
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  19. bystander

    bystander 10,000+ Posts

    I hear you on that. I think it will hurt recruiting if the conference is diluted further. It's a shame that a handful of people can be so callous and arrogant and still benefit ($$$).
     
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  20. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    "reputations of these institutions for integrity" and "the academic standards … and the level or research and teaching."

    From a conference with only 3 AAU schools, and a school that has fostered an environment that has led to a murder and untold number of rapes by athletes.
     
  21. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    A friend called me a few minutes ago and said UH to the B12 is virtually a done deal... anyone else heard that or seen anything in the media about that?
     
  22. Run Pincher

    Run Pincher 2,500+ Posts

    SWC days are here again.
     
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  23. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    And thats not a good thing.
     
  24. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

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  25. Horns11

    Horns11 10,000+ Posts

    Ah one of the classic posts.
     
  26. HornSwoggler

    HornSwoggler Horn Fan

    Poor Bandera - that is hilarious. :bow:
     
  27. easy

    easy 2,500+ Posts

  28. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

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    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

  30. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

    I think E. Carolina fits well with W. Virginia.
     
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