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Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

dayooper said:
Sorry, we in the Great Lakes State already claim Hell. It's a tiny town in Southeast Michigan. We also lay claim to Paradise.

Still waiting for that Detriot Lions Super Bowl win:
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My grandparents honeymooned there. :p
 
I would classify these two tweets as UH President publicly begging...

Renu Khator ‏@UHpres 3m3 minutes ago
'Billion Dollar Buyer' star makes strong case for Houston in the Big 12 - http://CBSSports.com
'Billion Dollar Buyer' star makes strong case for Houston in the Big 12 A powerful board of regents chairman at Houston believes the Cougars are not only a no-brainer for Big 12 expansion, they should already be in the conference cbssports.com


Renu Khator ‏@UHpres 5m5 minutes ago
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Houston chairman thinks Texas is too scared to let the Cougars into the Big 12 There's a lot of history between Houston and its Big 12 counterparts around Texas. sbnation.com
 
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From Susan Herbst's letter dated December 12, 2012:

"I realize that this is aggravating to hear, but as in all things, we can only affect what is in our control. As a result, we strive for excellence at UConn daily across all departments, something very much in our control. We stand tall at UConn and we need not beg, plead, nor despair. That is not who we are, and my reading of our university history -- from 1881 to today -- conveys the pride of every generation, in good times and bad."
 
Dooley said:
Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 3m3 minutes ago
Texas booster Red McCombs tells ESPN radio in San Antonio, Big 12 needs to expand by 2 teams: "Houston & your choice of several others"
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This is exactly what can happen in these situations. Metrics are all in, they should drive the decision in one direction, and then an influencer from the old boy network steps in and metrics step out. Not saying it will, but would anyone be shocked if it did.
 
Huskygrad88 said:
This is exactly what can happen in these situations. Metrics are all in, they should drive the decision in one direction, and then an influencer from the old boy network steps in and metrics step out. Not saying it will, but would anyone be shocked if it did.
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Yes, because adding Houston kills the TV network and kills the likelihood that OU sticks around. It may sound good in parts of Texas but it makes no sense every where else. The Big 12 is in survival mode, not invite two random teams to split the pot 12 ways instead of 10.
 
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If I was the Big 12 I would select Houston and UConn. That would have by far the most long term upside. UT always looks down at Houston's inferior academics so that may be a barrier. But deep down Houston has tons of potential in football and UT doesn't want to wake that sleeping giant.

Now in any business field someone may win because they outwork everyone else - in that case Cincy would get the nod.

Having said that the window will close very soon on UConn and the Big12 hasn't demonstrated an ability to take fast and strategic action. In CR the choices you have today aren't the choices available tomorrow.
 
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Chief00 said:
If I was the Big 12 I would select Houston and UConn. That would have by far the most long term upside. UT always looks down at Houston's inferior academics so that may be a barrier. But deep down Houston has tons of potential in football and UT doesn't want to wake that sleeping giant.

Now in any business field someone may win because they outwork everyone else - in that case Cincy would get the nod.

Having said that the window will close very soon on UConn and the Big12 hasn't demonstrated an ability to take fast and strategic action. In CR the choices you have today aren't the choices available tomorrow.
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I thought you just said uconn is,getting invited to a p5 this summer? I thought uconn had a plethora of options? What is going on here???
 
noeynox said:
I thought you just said uconn is,getting invited to a p5 this summer? I thought uconn had a plethora of options? What is going on here???
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Correct - please re-read carefully. But, it's not so much that UConn has options to pick from - it's more when movement starts and you look at all the TV analysis -UConn is the only Northeast footprint left; once UConn is off the table so is that option absence stealing from the Big 10 or ACC.
 
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Anyone have comparable data for the Hartford-New Haven market?
 
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Cable subscribers in Houston already pay for the Long Horn Network. If the Big Ten inviting Rutgers has shown anything it's that the University of Houston offers the Big XII nothing except a harder route to the Championship game for Texas.
 
huskymedic said:
This is now part of the UH Campaign:

MarkBermanFox26May 23, 11:02pm via Twitter for iPhone
Top 20 rated College football games n Houston market for 2015 season.Of top 10 games:SEC 60%, @UHCougarFB 20%, Big 12 20%
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Also, not for nothing but these aren't gangbuster numbers. The Houston-Temple game was the American title game, televised nationally on ESPN with no competition. Additionally, Navy has an enormous presence in Texas and was pretty damn good this past year and that match up on the last day of the regular season after we beat Houston was a de facto play in game for the AAC title.

The fact that Houston couldn't crack 4.4 on a single other game this season is more telling of their presence in that market, IMO.
 
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If timeline in @ChipBrownHD report is correct and Ken Starr is out by end of May, Big 12 will have 3 interim presidents at spring meetings.

Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken · 25m25 minutes ago
Even more reason to take a breath on expansion

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Which means nothing will get done on expansion.

R Boyd ‏@RRB4KU · 20m20 minutes ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN @ChipBrownHD Isn't Starr one of the three Big 12 presidents on the membership/expansion committee?

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@RRB4KU You are correct. Officially, it's called the "composition committee" and also includes Boren and Gee.

R Boyd ‏@RRB4KU · 17m17 minutes ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN This further strengthens Boren's role - if that's even possible. Wonder who would fill Starr's role?

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 15m15 minutes ago
@RRB4KU Great question. Tech and K-State presidents are interim as well.
 
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Dan Wolken ‏@DanWolken · 25m25 minutes ago
Even more reason to take a breath on expansion

Stewart Mandel Verified account 
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Which means nothing will get done on expansion.
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It's borderline hilarious how badly most in the national media do not want to see expansion happen. God forbid anything upset their status quo.
 
NYUConn said:
It's borderline hilarious how badly most in the national media do not want to see expansion happen. God forbid anything upset their status quo.
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I keep trying to convince myself that it's not a conspiracy designed to keep UConn out of the P5... but I don't remember them being all that anti-expansion when the SEC, the Big 10, the ACC, or the PAC-12 decided to expand...
 
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