Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 22m22 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust In that 2/4 meeting Boren, Gee & Starr have to build a consensus on expansion.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 22m22 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust Building that consensus requires balancing the needs of their media partners & geographical concerns.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 21m21 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust With the needs of existing members.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 21m21 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust UC is in great shape because it ticks off a few boxes. It's close to WVU. It's in between WVU & the B12 proper.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 19m19 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust But the decisions they make during the meetings will supersede decisions made under the threat of needing 12.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 17m17 minutes ago
@Hindstr4 @CincyP5orbust UC, & every other hopefuls, greatest cause for concern, is that now expansion is only feasible with a network.
Christopher Lambert
@theDudeofWV If you refuse to listen to me about the B12 then listen to Berry Tramel:
http://newsok.com/does-ou-want-the-big-12-to-survive/article/5472760 …
Albert Ruscitto @CincyP5orbust · 4h4 hours ago
@theDudeofWV Why listen to Berry Tramel when Tuxedo Yoda is on the story? Yoda says UT on board; Cincy and UConn locks.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h3 hours ago
@CincyP5orbust Yoda is as clueless as the rest. Everything is TBD. Tramel is right.
The Real Bob Mayhew
@HabibHaddad @theDudeofWV If they don't listen to you, they won't listen to Berry. Sadly, most have agendas that aren't based in reality.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 18m18 minutes ago
@HabibHaddad Indeed. It frustrates me. I may just quit Twitter until the Big 12 meetings are over.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 13m13 minutes ago
So Fenves at UT has said Texas is committed to the Big 12 but will not give up LHN:
http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/col...-12-vibrant-school-committed-longhorn-network …
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 12m12 minutes ago
This is not an issue. Boren knows a network is not possible at this time.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 9m9 minutes ago
Let me be clear: ESPN is short on cash. They will not outlay the funds to transform LHN into a B12N. They can't.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 8m8 minutes ago
It's unfair to Texas to ask them to give up $15m a year. Boren wouldn't do it if it were OU's check ESPN was writing.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 7m7 minutes ago
Boren knows this. He's not a idiot. He is using LHN as a tool to finally get UT to agree to expansion. It's called compromise.
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 7m7 minutes ago
Boren will give up the idea of a network now if UT agrees to expand.