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huskymedic said:
George Schroeder@GeorgeSchroeder just now
After meeting today, Big 12 presidents likely to announce tabling of expansion consideration, at least for the near-term (several years).
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Why the hell would your meeting go over 2 hours late and still behind closed doors if it was going to be tabled?? Something must be happening for better or worse for UCONN Nation
 
UT will not give up their Big12 monopoly on a TV network, until they have gotten every concession possible and will not relent until they have to. With ACC network, they have to allow the league to get a network.

The only way that a Big12 network makes sense will be with expanding the coverage area - Iowa, Kansas & Oklahoma & West Virginia will not be enough. Expansion to population centers is an imperative FL & NE are best options.

If ACC teams & ND are out of reach - UConn is best option for Big10 & ACC to solidify the best market for their TV partners.

Something needs to give.......eventually. Another fight of stairs, keep marching upwards.
 
Big 12 Conference@Big12Conference 1 min ago
LISTEN LIVE: #Big12 Board of Directors teleconference set to begin at approx 4:30 CT
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Briuconn said:
Why the hell would your meeting go over 2 hours late and still behind closed doors if it was going to be tabled?? Something must be happening for better or worse for UCONN Nation
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My prediction: Baylor out, BYU, UConn and Cinci in.

Hey I can't let the moonshiners have all the fun....
 
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DiacosArmy said:
Have they not been actively evaluating candidates? What was that firm doing?
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He said "evaluate the interest of other schools". Isn't that already clear? They are plenty interested.
 
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davidubben: Boren: The Big 12 board of directors advised Bob Bowlsby to move forward and explore interest of institutions who want to join the league
 
Let me make a suggestion to B12 Board Members. Don't devalue the candidates you might need to promote later by suggesting that only teams like FSU have value.
 
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DiacosArmy said:
Have they not been actively evaluating candidates? What was that firm doing?
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The firms did their job. Texas had reasons to try to dismiss the reports and had convinced the other schools that they knew best for the league. The others aren't so sure now they weren't being sold down the Rio Grande.
 
I need to take some lessons in stalling from the Big 12. Next time my boss asks me to report in on a project I'm going to say "OK so I can confirm that you're interested in this project, and I've authorized Mike to begin evaluating candidates to do it"
 
billybud said:
davidubben: Boren: The Big 12 board of directors advised Bob Bowlsby to move forward and explore interest of institutions who want to join the league
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Got to be kidding me!!!! There are any number of schools that have offered Bowlsby "BJ's" for life for an invitation. What the hell qualifies as "interest?"
 
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Sounds to me that B12 is pissed that ESPN said no to them but yes to the ACC. So they are going to [mess with] ESPN/Fox by expanding. I wouldn't be surprised to 4 teams, provided that they'll all take a limited share through the end of the Big 12 GOR.

Boren:
General consensus to proceed. (Unanimous vote to follow up with schools who expressed interest to assess their preparedness and commitment.)
 
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The other possible line of thought here for the Big 12 may be, expand to 12-14 with the intention of pushing towards a network and pray that when current TV deal is up, they can shop that membership to NBC Sports or another non-ESPN partner to create a full-fledged, linear network.

(Assumes that OU and UT aren't gone by then).
 
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NYUConn said:
The other possible line of thought here for the Big 12 may be, expand to 12-14 with the intention of pushing towards a network and pray that when current TV deal is up, they can shop that membership to NBC Sports or another non-ESPN partner to create a full-fledged, linear network.

(Assumes that OU and UT aren't gone by then).
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Yep, its one way to approach this. A way that OU would probably push for if they learned their chances at the PAC12/B1G and SEC are not firm.
 
CL82 said:
Sounds to me that B12 is pissed that ESPN said no to them but yes to the ACC. So they are going to ESPN/Fox by expanding. I wouldn't be surprised to 4 teams, provided that they'll all take a limited share through the end of the Big 12 GOR.
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It's what they should do. Get the best overall candidates available, get $1B, work to lay the groundwork for a network and building up the new additions for the next round of TV negotiations.
 
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