MattMang23
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The man can't even spell "to" right. Memphis has a loooooong way to go.
Must be a Maymfuss grad. Probably Dean's List.
The man can't even spell "to" right. Memphis has a loooooong way to go.
Also mentioned in Platinum Top Shelf, the media tweeters are taking notice.
If Houston is in all sports, BYU doesn't have a chance. UCF doesn't either. I fear it's between us and Cincy.Latest MB Article synopsis
Pat Smith@patsmithradio 4 mins ago
Big XII two team expansion has one lock (Hou) & other 'serious' candidates of BYU (football only) Cinc, UCF & UCONN
Big 12 trifecta or bust
Did OU, OSU, KU, KSU, ISU and WV just stop caring about adding a 5th school from Texas?
Is the Houston market all of a sudden producing double it's number of households?
Is UH+1 revenue neutral to the corporations footing the bill for this?
UH as one of two adds in a 12 team league is no more likely today than it was a month ago. Please stop listening to media whores.
This. The addition of another Texas school to go to 12, thereby INCREASING the Texas influence in this already Texas-centric conference is completely untenable for the non-Texas schools. I have no doubt they will block any such notion. The only way it flies is if we go to 14 or UT and OU sign a new GOR. The latter will not happen with th we additions IMO.
Bingo, and if Texas really wants to hook everyone in, they offer to extend the GOR for a little bit, but leave themselves a legal backdoor in 2025. UH/BYU is a very, very, very real possibility.The reason there are so many Texas schools is because Texas has all the power. No one wants Texas to leave. And that gives them leverage.
Out of curiosity, how will the GOR be extended? They have no commitment from a network, they have no additioanl money, and UH/BYU wouldn't support either. Do you really believe OU would sign an extension, allow only Texas a legal backdoor, all while they 40+million waiting for them elsewhere. This makes absolutely no sense.Bingo, and if Texas really wants to hook everyone in, they offer to extend the GOR for a little bit, but leave themselves a legal backdoor in 2025. UH/BYU is a very, very, very real possibility.
Which wouldn't be a completely disastrous result for us. If we could pitch to UC a move where we both bring BB and Olympic sports to the Big East and move football to somewhere like the Mountain West, that could prove to be a moderately doable temporary home for our programs until another door opens down the road. It would certainly bolster Big East basketball, and we'd make two solid additions to another football conference, and we'd get out of the dumpster fire AAC.
Had the power. Going forward, OU has a voice in this as well. The LHN has alienated Texas and has really put them in no man's land regionally and nationally.The reason there are so many Texas schools is because Texas has all the power. No one wants Texas to leave. And that gives them leverage.
Bingo, and if Texas really wants to hook everyone in, they offer to extend the GOR for a little bit, but leave themselves a legal backdoor in 2025. UH/BYU is a very, very, very real possibility.
If we could pitch to UC a move where we both bring BB and Olympic sports to the Big East and move football to somewhere like the Mountain West, that could prove to be a moderately doable temporary home for our programs until another door opens down the road. It would certainly bolster Big East basketball, and we'd make two solid additions to another football conference, and we'd get out of the dumpster fire AAC.
Had the power. Going forward, OU has a voice in this as well. The LHN has alienated Texas and has really put them in no man's land regionally and nationally.
Of course, Texas has power. It has the Power of Veto. I don't think it has the same power to force more Texas schools down the Big12's throat. No school outside the state will ally with Texas. So, yeah, Texas has power. But not the same power it once had.Texas has no fear in any of this. They will be in a more powerful conference. But--if Texas leaves the B12, OU leaves too and it all unravels. This is a position of power. Schools like Kansas or Oklahoma State still believe that it is possible to find a solution that keeps Texas in the B12, and therefore the B12 viable. This is what gives Texas all the power.
Of course, Texas has power. It has the Power of Veto. I don't think it has the same power to force more Texas schools down the Big12's throat. No school outside the state will ally with Texas. So, yeah, Texas has power. But not the same power it once had.
What a stupid thing to insist being correct on. Memphis is never making the B12, it doesn't matter when it's eliminated.C. Austin Cox @C_Austin_Cox 2h2 hours ago
Think I'll spend my Labor Day looking for one single "source" - not traced back to ESPN - that says #Memphis is out of #Big12Expansion.
Someone needs to share the Ralph Russo AP Article w/ him... AP Source: Memphis, Temple cut from Big 12 expansion field
He'll probably just say Russo talked to McMurphy
What a stupid thing to insist being correct on. Memphis is never making the B12, it doesn't matter when it's eliminated.
UH as one of two adds in a 12 team league is no more likely today than it was a month ago.
TCU coach Gary Patterson has been on both sides of the expansion game and said he has no opinion, other than “I was very impressed by the game they played. But outside of that, it’s above my paygrade to decide. If we do expand, it’ll be because of financial reasons. Those people have their agendas on why they do things. Every conference I’ve been in, they’ve never asked my opinion about it. They’re probably not going to ask my opinion about it either.”
Bingo, and if Texas really wants to hook everyone in, they offer to extend the GOR for a little bit, but leave themselves a legal backdoor in 2025. UH/BYU is a very, very, very real possibility.
Which wouldn't be a completely disastrous result for us. If we could pitch to UC a move where we both bring BB and Olympic sports to the Big East and move football to somewhere like the Mountain West, that could prove to be a moderately doable temporary home for our programs until another door opens down the road. It would certainly bolster Big East basketball, and we'd make two solid additions to another football conference, and we'd get out of the dumpster fire AAC.
Perhaps that's the case with the MWC, but the AAC is no better. Big East bb is not overrated - they have the defending champs, a good GTown program, a very solid Xavier, and a consistent Butler program. In the scenario I posed where UC and UConn both go to the Big East that gives the conference 5-6 bids each year without a sweat and at least two national title contenders. That is miles ahead of the AAC. Not to mention the boost to BB ticket sales to be playing old local rivals again instead of Tulane, ECU, Tulsa, and UCF.Switching FB to the MWC would be a huge downgrade. That's no way to impress P5 conferences. And the Big East is vastly overrated in BB.
The Mountain West has put several teams in the p-5. I'm not sure the AAC can say that, yet.Just wondering why people think the Mountain West is such a better place? Almost every one of their schools applied to be on The List for the Big XII, too. No one wants to be in that league either. Both the AAC and the Mountain West are the Lands of Misfit Toys. It's P5 or bust for every school. Moving to the Mountain West solves nothing.