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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1313003, member: 1737"] [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593518427165175808']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] I just spoke to Chuck Neinas the former Big XII Commissioner during their last expansion. When I asked him why [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] was not offered he said: [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593518764001374208']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] made NO demands on anything. Neinas said the process did not work that way a committee met with officials from the schools targeted ... [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593518985280294912']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] ...and [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] was gracious and made a compelling case, but that [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/TCU?src=hash']#[B]TCU[/B][/URL] was an easy choice by geography and West Virginia was a land grant school [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593519310888284160']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] ...w/ a rich history of athletic achievement and Washington DC Metro area was very attractive if the conference was going to have to travel [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593519668024848384']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Neinas was very clear "There is no negative to [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] Sunday play or otherwise". When I asked about [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] TV and how that played in Neinas said [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593519933645922305']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] "ESPN was part of the process, they had a voice in the evaluation... [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] TV was not a sticking point, it did not come up". [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593520404964085761']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Neinas also said if the Big XII gets an exemption to play a Championship Game at 10 they will never expand past 10 because of finances... [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593520644089753600']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Neinas: "The membership is aware they have a good financial model, going to 12 or 14 means a smaller piece of the pie for everyone" [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593520961632141312']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Big XII also likes being at 10 for round robin conference play, single round robin in football, double round robin in basketball... [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593521356999827456']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Before getting off the phone [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Neinas?src=hash']#[B]Neinas[/B][/URL] strongly said "people need to stop asking question with no answer, [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] is one of the most respected... [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593521701993873408']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] ...institutions in the country and we found nothing negative with them, West Virginia and Louisville for that matter, were just better fits" [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow'][B]Tim Montemayor[/B] @TheMontyShow [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow/status/593521893895901184']18h 18 hours ago [/URL] Neinas was clear that Louisville was a strong contender and likely would have been selected over [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYU?src=hash']#[B]BYU[/B][/URL] even if W.V. was not the choice. [SIZE=6][B]Tim Montemayor [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][URL='https://twitter.com/TheMontyShow']@TheMontyShow[/URL] [/B][/SIZE] Monty in the Morning [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIM?src=hash']#[B]MIM[/B][/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/1320KFAN']@[B]1320KFAN[/B][/URL] Salt Lake City, UT [/QUOTE]

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