Not suggesting they are, but letting Texas politicians influence a situation where Houston basically adds nothing to the conference maybe equally as short sighted.Yes, the foobaw coaches should be consulted on long term decisions handled on the presidential level.
One of my favorite rants ever...Mike Gundy is a man.
How is it clear we are doing all possible? C'mon. AND Wharton is full of beans too spewing stuff anyone can write based on what's out there. How is what they are doing now (Suzy and Benedict) which is what, tight lipped, and what Suzy and Warde did when Louisville ate our lunch? (Again tight lipped do nothing ). Saying we are doing things behind closed doors and stating all these muckety mucks are advocating, and no evidence or leaks?
Hope so, but highly suspect.
Maybe @Alum86 has a good point: i didn't see this posted anywhere else and seems appropriate here. Memphis sends ribs to TT and Cinci has Kasich pushing (already known). Seems a little hokey to send ribs but little things like this probably don't hurt their chances. I have always felt Suzy & Co. have been doing everything possible but maybe more could be done. Maybe we are but its behind the scenes. Maybe Suzy is sending lobsters and butter.
Memphis, seeking spot in Big 12 expansion, sends tasty appeal to Texas Tech
We are doing things behind the scenes. As an example, I know Suzy attended a meeting with the B12 folks a couple of months back, from a credible inside source. However, the President of UH, Renu Khator, has been sitting in on B12 meetings for many months, at their invitation. She's a very sharp lady and is extremely popular with the UH alumni and fanbase. Whether or not that gives UH a leg up over us I don't know.
Whatever things we're doing beyond the scope of FOIA requests is one thing, however this is the exact same approach that didn't get us into the ACC.
We're in the era of instant online news and social media saturation. It's the 21st century and that's our current reality. News clips, sound bites, and every scrap of info on any topic is immediately disseminated in many different ways on the internet. That's what's happening with this entire B12 expansion story. Every time the media extracts a piece of information about any attempts made by all the candidate schools it gets made part of a new story, or its the subject matter of a new story. That's news, even though manufactured, but it supplies content for newspapers, blogs, fan message sites, etc. It gets everybody talking about the particular schools involved.
Right now, rightly or wrongly, there just isn't much of any buzz out there about UConn because there aren't daily stories being written about the latest letters or documents uncovered by a FOIA media request. We seem to be taking a 19th century approach in a 21st century social media world. Maybe Suzy wouldn't be influenced by ham handed attempts to curry favor like receiving BBQ ribs from Memphis if she were a B12 president right now making these decisions. Maybe she's applying her own set of values in not wanting to engage in any tawdry, transparent attempts to turn the entire process into nothing but being another game show contestant. Or maybe she's privately sending them gifts, who knows.
The point is every other school in this process appears to be playing this game differently than UConn is. Their approach worked for Louisville the last time. If it works for them again this time at our expense, our administration will have an awful lot to answer for.
Only one choice for pizza...Quick, let's send all the B12 members a pizza and local craft brew. Which pizza and beer should we choose?
If it isn't Bacon Jalapeno Mac and Cheese we're not trying...Quick, let's send all the B12 members a pizza and local craft brew. Which pizza and beer should we choose?
ESPN sources saying Big 12 is gonna have phone interviews with 17 schools. 17?! Holy hell. Also, McMurphy tweeted that adding 4 seems less likely.
What happened to 'we are only going look at schools who have already indicated interest?'ESPN sources saying Big 12 is gonna have "conference calls" with 17 schools. 17?! Holy hell. Also, McMurphy tweeted that adding 4 seems less likely.
This is turning into a shittt show
There aren't 17 schools the AAC would be interested in.ESPN sources saying Big 12 is gonna have "conference calls" with 17 schools. 17?! Holy hell. Also, McMurphy tweeted that adding 4 seems less likely.
This is turning into a shittt show
Cinci is quiet now because they are probably assured a spot. They were not quiet for a long time with a lobbying outspoken president pushing their case. The advertising may have helped their cause. Same with Houston. Since "Suzy and Warde" were steering the ship when the Louisville thing went down, they indeed are responsible. Didn't keep up pressure, sat back and did nothing. No they are just as responsible, sorry.Cinci is also quiet, probably for good reason. These decisions aren't made by bloggers or moonshine crackpot Twitter theorists or who can send the best local cuisine. Alum86 can choose to say "boy it's quiet there's nothing going on!" but it's an insanely dumb premise for many reasons. These aren't decisions that are made on a whim. If you want to blame anyone for Louisville blame the administration prior to Suzy who didn't do enough to seal the deal.
ESPN sources saying Big 12 is gonna have "conference calls" with 17 schools. 17?! Holy hell. Also, McMurphy tweeted that adding 4 seems less likely.
This is turning into a shittt show
17 schools?
There's just no way.
Either that's wrong or these guys aren't serious.
Anyone else notice that at the bottom the sources lists the 17 schools to present but only lists 14...
The 17 schools that will make their presentations to the Big 12 include Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, South Florida, UCF, UConn, Memphis, Colorado State, Boise State, Tulane, Temple, East Carolina, SMU and New Mexico, sources said.
Consider the source. McMurphy is an ESPN mouthpiece - he's going to make expansion look as messy and unlikely as possible.
Yea, there is no way this is talking about 17 candidates. So I am guessing the 17 must include 10 of the B12 schools and perhaps 7 candidates. A total of 17 schools taking part in a back and forth.There aren't 17 schools the AAC would be interested in.
ESPN sources saying Big 12 is gonna have "conference calls" with 17 schools. 17?! Holy hell. Also, McMurphy tweeted that adding 4 seems less likely.
This is turning into a shittt show