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

[superjohn]

He’s had a diminished role lately. Probably because Hurley has a preference to keep things tight lipped. But he appears to have good connections. 99 has contacts with media personnel that are close to the program but Matrim appears to have sources in the AD.

99 gets real info but I was noticing a pattern going back with Matrim and someone pm'd me he piggybacked info he gave him and then put the winky face on the board. He said he's full of it. Also, if there was any real substance to him as an insider we would be cheering on Taylor Bol-Bowen, Gavin Griffiths, Reid Ducharme, JJ Starling next season. We would've been cheering on Landers Nolley, Dylan Cardwell...

 

[RedStickHusky]

where the hell are BC and Cuse going.

I know where they can go... in a hand basket.

 

[ctchamps]

why would oklahoma care about what happens to the Big XII?

Because maybe they would prefer that the conference they’re leaving stays weak reducing or eliminating any competition in the region. They are not a stand alone like Texas.

 

[Ha Who]

Oklahoma is the new Nebraska

 

[ctchamps]

ASU fans don't think the Big XII is even on their presidents radar and that they're totally asleep at the wheel. They're freaking out more than anyone here is.

As they should.

 

[GoKU]

Because maybe they would prefer that the conference they’re leaving stays weak reducing or eliminating any competition in the region. They are not a stand alone like Texas.

Oklahoma has no vote.

 

[ctchamps]

People underestimate the PAC academic arrogance. They didn't want to be associated with B12 schools in the past. They even turned down Oklahoma if Texas didn't come along.

Of course, desperate people do desperate things. Many in the PAC are getting desperate right now after Colorado left.

We pinched our nose when Aresco brought in the AAC teams to add to UConn, Cinci and USF.

It’s arrogance or preference.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I think some of these Presidents are just very anti-northeast. Probably OkSt based on Tramel carrying water for someone.

Tremel sources are in OKU AD office. Maybe also Tulsa admins who are upset that Tulsa isn't part of the talk.

 

[ctchamps]

Oklahoma has no vote.

I know. This about if Tramel is a stooge for OSU.

 

[greenday61892]

To @JMick ’s point… the problem is that the words/opinions of the people carrying water for others gets amplified in other industry publications: From today’s D1 Ticker Newsletter:

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TIL hiring a really good coach and building a facility whose quality far outmatched our team's quality when it was built is "indifference to football"

Gimme a friggin break DingleBerry

 

[uconnyankee]

Ironically, the current ACC is likely in the same position as the old Big East. If we get into the B12 at 15/16 where the hell are BC and Cuse going. This is why getting in is imperative.

Exactly. ND could solve the issue by joining ACC. Same way they could have stabilized BE.
They will wait until ACC is nothing but a she’ll and move to next conference.
But, they may see that next conference is Big. And they have clout to not cater to ND as much. Maybe ND makes move

 

[ctchamps]

I sense a pattern here:

U.S. Mormon Population by State

BTW Mexico has approximately 1.5 million.
Also more Mormons outside U.S. than inside.

 

[Waquoit]

I think it's time for some classic yacht rock that nails the current mood.

 

[History Geek]

I think it's time for some classic yacht rock that nails the current mood.

What’s with the random flamingo?

 

[JMick]

Because maybe they would prefer that the conference they’re leaving stays weak reducing or eliminating any competition in the region. They are not a stand alone like Texas.

lolno

 

[CL82]

He posted a video last night.

He doesn't say that we're out, per se. Just that things have gotten harder for us.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I know. This about if Tramel is a stooge for OSU.

He is an OU guy. I don't think he's relaying anybody's message but his own. He hates us and the idea that we'd get in and sully his old conference still bothers him. Think about UMass replacing UConn in the Big East. He's just an annoying jerk.

 

[CL82]

If AD DB wasnt confident, would he really have given Hurley a contract that is more than the tv revenue. His actions say one thing that people are ignroing, his words........well, its been radio silence.

Torres notes this as well.

 

[Waquoit]

What’s with the random flamingo?

This was his big album:

 

[ctchamps]

He is an OU guy. I don't think he's relaying anybody's message but his own. He hates us and the idea that we'd get in and sully his old conference still bothers him. Think about UMass replacing UConn in the Big East. He's just an annoying jerk.

The narrative ran for a short while that OSU is against us and he was their puppet. Sure there will be fans who look at us like we looked at ECU because we are from a foreign territory but the conference presidents have been on board with us since May.

 

[CL82]

Tramel is repeating what someone is telling him (or he is making things up/misinterpreting them). Sure it's an "opinion piece" by him but it's really someone elses opinion and he's putting it out into the ether as some part of a strategic play. If that wasn't the case then administrators from one or a couple schools wouldn't be talking to him and giving him their perspective.

On the other hand, if it were a certainty in Connecticut were out, why would either Trammel or his source bother? It kind of seems to me Connecticut submission may still be subject to debate in the Trammel piece is intended to influence public opinion.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

UConn would tarnish the football reputation of the Big12 too much! Only powerhouses like Colorado!

 

[jostar1]

It’s in the first few minutes, and it’s based on the Big 12 only going to 14. He’s he hearing Arizona would be 14 and that the big 12 would stop there.

However, I still think that the Big saying we only want 14 is to create multiple options out of the PAC vying for that spot.

I think we’re in at 16.

Regardless of what Torres is hearing, Bill Self said that they could be going to 16 and a Big East school could be in the mix.

 

[Muddler]

He is an OU guy. I don't think he's relaying anybody's message but his own. He hates us and the idea that we'd get in and sully his old conference still bothers him. Think about UMass replacing UConn in the Big East. He's just an annoying jerk.

Maybe...but he also has decent size platform in the college football space. If you are OSU and you don't want UConn, he's the logical guy to propagate your anti-Uconn argument. He gets to say publicly everything you can't say out loud. Why does a guy in OK care so much about UConn--so much so that he's written multiple articles. He doesn't.

 

[upstater]

Bill Self seems to think it’s 16. I’m going with that