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superjohn said:
Place looks like a dump.
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The entire campus could consist of a series of Waffle Houses, massage parlors, and dollar stores and it would make absolutely no difference. If UT and UT alone says they are in, then they will be in.

The reality is that there are only two candidates whose all around resumes demand P5 Inclusion. BYU and UCONN. There are a bunch of other candidates that can make an argument for inclusion, but just as many or more counter arguments could be made against this group.

Common sense dictates that these two should be a slam dunk, but The Big 12 has never demonstrated even one iota of possessing any. Complicating matters further is how politically motivated their decisions seem to be. I will honestly not be surprised by any outcome, unless it includes UT signing an extended GOR.
 
If the Big 12 is only taking two, they should take UCONN and Houston. The reason is, that it is possible that the B1G or ACC will take UCONN in the future. It is also possible the PAC12 could take Houston to get into Texas. BYU and Cinn. will always be available, no other P5 conference is going to take them. If the Big 12 goes to 14, you can go ahead and add them.
 
CougarRed said:
Cougar High is an Aggie chant that began in the 1950s referring to the fact our original campus in the 1920s was a converted high school. We moved to our current location in 1936...
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Sure it wasn't Rice fans? 'Cougar High' almost sounds too witty for Aggies to have come up with it. They're the people who think referring to the University of Texas as tu is the height of cleverness.
 
dr.holiday said:
If the Big 12 is only taking two, they should take UCONN and Houston. The reason is, that it is possible that the B1G or ACC will take UCONN in the future. It is also possible the PAC12 could take Houston to get into Texas. BYU and Cinn. will always be available, no other P5 conference is going to take them. If the Big 12 goes to 14, you can go ahead and add them.
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Why would you leave all those millions on the table you can get under your current contract by going to 14? There's no guarantee when that contract is up you will even still have 14 teams. It's not a beauty contest, and between wv being stranded with no north division and more texas tv's, not a lot of new ground broken for the future tv contract. They have to spread their product to new areas or that next contract will not likely be a keeper for the big schools.
 
jostar1 said:
Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire · 3h3 hours ago
All the data
All the negotiations
All the campaigning
All the horse trading of votes
All comes down to thumbs up from University of Texas
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Earlier tweets by Greg Fenves and Jamie Pollard seem to suggest it all comes down to Iowa State University. Texas is on board provided Houston's considered. ISU isn't convinced by anything.
 
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CAHUSKY said:
Aren't they all?
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Charley Horse said:
Earlier tweets by Greg Fenves and Jamie Pollard seem to suggest it all comes down to Iowa State University. Texas is on board provided Houston's considered. ISU isn't convinced by anything.
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Iowa State can't pull two other votes to stop expansion.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
I picked the worst two weeks for a vacation--if we get passed over, the whole darn trip will be ruined
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I picked a bad time to start at a new job! It'll take all my willpower to avoid checking news / social media.
 
atom58 said:
Apples and oranges - the FB schools would have revolted had another "basketball school" been selected.
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Bullcrap!! I contend they (FSU/Clemson) never were serious with that threat, and their signing of the GOR...twice, backs me up.
 
NickyNewark said:
You're right....you're not a guru....UConn wasn't contiginous OR even a consideration.....RU had been on an unofficial waiting list for years....do a little research..
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Ok, so I did a little research and it appears that Rutgers has been on the waiting list for a championship list a long f!?king time. You were right!
 
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DefCONNOne said:
Bullcrap!! I contend they (FSU/Clemson) never were serious with that threat, and their signing of the GOR...twice, backs me up.
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Still wrong - that was in Nov. 2012 and the GOR was in April 2013. The FB schools were throwing their weight around as 85% of the TV $$ comes from FB. The other schools had to defer to them to keep them happy. Likely included was Ga Tech, Va Tech, and Miami too as they are FB schools.
 
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noeynox said:
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I feel it's pretty ignorant at this point to exclude UConn from expansion candidate lists from these so called journalists. Not that we'd top this list in this article but still my point stands.
 
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4in16 said:
I feel it's pretty ignorant at this point to exclude UConn from expansion candidate lists from these so called journalists. Not that we'd top this list in this article but still my point stands.
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Believe me, USF doesn't have a chance. Their academic fraud scandal has come at a terrible time.
 
shizzle787 said:
Believe me, USF doesn't have a chance. Their academic fraud scandal has come at a terrible time.
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Seriously? Read my post again and tell me where I needed you to believe USF doesn't have a chance. My post was about the ignorance of these journalists covering expansion, just happened to use a USF beat piece as an example.
 
4in16 said:
Seriously? Read my post again and tell me where I needed you to believe USF doesn't have a chance. My post was about the ignorance of these journalists covering expansion, just happened to use a USF beat piece as an example.
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I know, I was just passing along my opinion since the letters USF came up. Btw, I didn't read the piece.
 
atom58 said:
Still wrong - that was in Nov. 2012 and the GOR was in April 2013. The FB schools were throwing their weight around as 85% of the TV $$ comes from FB. The other schools had to defer to them to keep them happy. Likely included was Ga Tech, Va Tech, and Miami too as they are FB schools.
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FSU was serious enough that the President ordered a financial study of travel costs and prepped the BOT....

The GOR was signed because ESPN promised a network, Louisville was added, Notre Dame came on for five games and ESPN bumped the payout.
 
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