This is ESPN pissing in the pool by ensuring that Rice gets a mention as a candidate.
Hard to imagine the B12 handling this any more poorly.
In premium as well.
ESPN McMurphy: Sources: Big 12 cuts expansion list to at least 12
>>While at least a dozen schools made the cut, several others did not, including Arkansas State, Boise State, East Carolina, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Diego State and UNLV, sources said. ESPN could not confirm if Memphis, which was also under consideration by the league, made the cut.
As part of the next step in the process, representatives from each school will make in-person presentations to Big 12 officials in Dallas next week, sources say.<<
Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter 10m 10 minutes ago
Lot of people asking about Memphis… As of this evening, we’ve been unable to confirm where the Tigers stand.
Hard to imagine the B12 handling this any more poorly.
Blauds is going to milk this for all it's worth. He will keep us in contention for clicks until the bitter end.Mark Blaudschun @blauds 11h 11 hours ago
UConn is STILL in the mix with the Big 12. How long can the Huskies hold on? Lots depends on BYU. Read about in http://TMGcollegesports.com
Mark Blaudschun @blauds 10m 10 minutes ago
Reports say Big 12 interview list is 12 schools. Too many I think it will be 3 schools for two spots http://TMGcollegesports.com
Mark Blaudschun @blauds 9m 9 minutes ago
BYU is key to Big 12 expansion chatter. I think it will be 3 schools fighting for 2 spots. Find out who. http://TMGcollegesports.com
Mark Blaudschun @blauds 8m 8 minutes ago
Big 12 expansion nonsense goes on with schools who have no chance being told they do or might http://TMGcollegesports.com
FWIW --- He's reporting that he believes the Presidents knock BYU out and it comes down to UConn, Cincy and Houston.
Blauds is going to milk this for all it's worth. He will keep us in contention for clicks until the bitter end.
Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter 10m 10 minutes ago
Lot of people asking about Memphis… As of this evening, we’ve been unable to confirm where the Tigers stand.
Nothing makes me happier. No fanbase across the various forums talking CR has been more arrogant and sure that they were the clear #11. Yet, I don't see how they can even be top 6-7. I think the academics are simply disqualifying (as with Boise St.), the basketball is mediocre, the football worse than that, and the market saturated by UTenn and Ole Miss.
Some Memphis guy on CSNbbs actually said that Memphis could be to the Big 12 what Kentucky is to the SEC. To a league that has Kansas...unreal.
If UConn is left out, I will vomit if I read a post like this on this board: (Memphis fans from the CSNBBS boards)
"B12 is so dysfunctional, I'm not sure we need to get in--league is going to blow up in 2025 when we starting getting over $5-6 million a year; probably end up losing money taking into account AAC exit fee and $10M a year loss due to deemphasis of BB."
Memphis hoops are better than mediocre. They actually would fit in the Big East (except they want to play football too).Nothing makes me happier. No fanbase across the various forums talking CR has been more arrogant and sure that they were the clear #11. Yet, I don't see how they can even be top 6-7. I think the academics are simply disqualifying (as with Boise St.), the basketball is mediocre, the football worse than that, and the market saturated by UTenn and Ole Miss.
Some Memphis guy on CSNbbs actually said that Memphis could be to the Big 12 what Kentucky is to the SEC. To a league that has Kansas...unreal.
Memphis hoops are better than mediocre. They actually would fit in the Big East (except they want to play football too).
Memphis hoops are better than mediocre. They actually would fit in the Big East (except they want to play football too).
Nothing makes me happier. No fanbase across the various forums talking CR has been more arrogant and sure that they were the clear #11....
Admittedly, their vociferous twitter spokesman, Tiger Mike, lacks any semblance of tact, eloquence and charm...
But as a group, BYU fans have struck me as the most arrogant.
They honestly seem to believe that they are absolutely perfect and that anybody who disagrees is an unamerican religious liberty violator.
I believe Joseph Smith dug up the golden tablets (which he wouldn't allow anyone to actually see) in upstate NY. I read about the religion's origin story because it was fascinating how people can have faith in most anything. I feel the same way about all religions, but not many have a contemporaneous history that we can trust.Well when your school was founded by a guy who claims he found brand new chapters of the Bible in freakin' Utah, you shouldn't be shocked by the arrogance.
Freakin' upstate New York actually.Well when your school was founded by a guy who claims he found brand new chapters of the Bible in freakin' Utah, you shouldn't be shocked by the arrogance.
I always thought of Mormonism as Christian fan fictionI believe Joseph Smith dug up the golden tablets (which he wouldn't allow anyone to actually see) in upstate NY. I read about the religion's origin story because it was fascinating how people can have faith in most anything. I feel the same way about all religions, but not many have a contemporaneous history that we can trust.