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[sportsart]

This make anyone else nervous? I found it on twitter but just copied the link. Documents leaking school officials asking for big 12 inclusion. Never a mention of us.

Big 12 drawing interest from Houston, Memphis

When you are already in there is no need to lobby for inclusion.

 

[Hoophound]

Not really. There has been all kinds of begging going on. However, this does give some credibility to FedEx getting involved, though I don't see any mention of them buying Memphis' way into the B12.

 

[CL82]

Not really. There has been all kinds of begging going on. However, this does give some credibility to FedEx getting involved, though I don't see any mention of them buying Memphis' way into the B12.

Let me know when you do so I can file a shareholder suit.

 

[noeynox]

Let me know when you do so I file a shareholder suit.

That will probably as effective as Blumenthals suit. Jokes aside, I pray we are doing everything possible to join the Big 12.

 

[huskymedic]

Not really. There has been all kinds of begging going on. However, this does give some credibility to FedEx getting involved, though I don't see any mention of them buying Memphis' way into the B12.

Close though (wihout reading letter it in full)...

>>On Feb. 24, Memphis president David Rudd penned a letter to Gee and copied Oklahoma president David Boren and Baylor president Ken Starr, the other two members of the composition committee, as well as former Big 12 board chairman and Kansas State president Kirk Schulz. In the letter, Rudd pledged that Memphis will make a $500 million investment in academic and athletic infrastructure over the next five years. Rudd also enclosed a letter from FedEx chairman Fred Smith, who stated that the delivery services giant headquartered in Memphis will be behind the school's Big 12 campaign.

"We strongly support the university's efforts to become a member of an expanded Big 12 athletic conference," Smith wrote to Rudd in a letter dated Feb. 23. "In support of [Memphis'] Big 12 aspirations, we have researched college conference sponsorships and are prepared to become a major Big 12 sponsor of football and basketball."<<

 

[Hoophound]

Close though (wihout reading letter it in full)...

>>On Feb. 24, Memphis president David Rudd penned a letter to Gee and copied Oklahoma president David Boren and Baylor president Ken Starr, the other two members of the composition committee, as well as former Big 12 board chairman and Kansas State president Kirk Schulz. In the letter, Rudd pledged that Memphis will make a $500 million investment in academic and athletic infrastructure over the next five years. Rudd also enclosed a letter from FedEx chairman Fred Smith, who stated that the delivery services giant headquartered in Memphis will be behind the school's Big 12 campaign.

"We strongly support the university's efforts to become a member of an expanded Big 12 athletic conference," Smith wrote to Rudd in a letter dated Feb. 23. "In support of [Memphis'] Big 12 aspirations, we have researched college conference sponsorships and are prepared to become a major Big 12 sponsor of football and basketball."<<

That's what I meant. It shows FedEx will get involved by sponsoring things but it doesn't say "we'll pay the Big 12 $25,000,000 if you include Memphis", as some claim. Pretty sure we could recruit a sponsor if it came down to it.

 

[junglehusky]

 

[huskymedic]

memphisnews 8:07pm via Twitter Web Client
U of M to invest $500 M in push for Big 12 expansion
University of Memphis, in Big 12 pitch, pledges $500 million in spending, FedEx involvement

 

[WestHartHusk]

memphisnews 8:07pm via Twitter Web Client
U of M to invest $500 M in push for Big 12 expansion
University of Memphis, in Big 12 pitch, pledges $500 million in spending, FedEx involvement

If this matters, then surely our $2B investment in our school has to count for something, right? $500m is about 2x our new recreation center.

 

[jostar1]

Greg S wa im ‏@G Swa im · 3h3 hours ago
If the #Big12 wants to eventually have a conference TV network (and they do), then #BYU and #UConn are going to be the choices.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Greg S wa im ‏@G Swa im · 3h3 hours ago
If the #Big12 wants to eventually have a conference TV network (and they do), then #BYU and #UConn are going to be the choices.

I feel dirty for liking a post from that idiot.

 

[djct1999]

If this matters, then surely our $2B investment in our school has to count for something, right? $500m is about 2x our new recreation center.

Unless that reads fed ex will pay Boren 500 million directly these pledges are meaningless.

 

[jostar1]

Chadd Scott‏@ChaddScott
This is how it works and if other candidates aren't playing same leverage game, shame on them.


Chadd Scott added,
Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter Documents obtained show FedEx primed to back Memphis’ Big 12 candidacy, prepared to sponsor Big 12 title game: Big 12 drawing interest from Houston, Memphis …

Chadd Scott
@ChaddScott
Jacksonville, FL based radio personality.

 

[noeynox]

Chadd Scott‏@ChaddScott
This is how it works and if other candidates aren't playing same leverage game, shame on them.


Chadd Scott added,
Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter Documents obtained show FedEx primed to back Memphis’ Big 12 candidacy, prepared to sponsor Big 12 title game: Big 12 drawing interest from Houston, Memphis …

Chadd Scott
@ChaddScott
Jacksonville, FL based radio personality.

If fed ex guy could pay so much money, Memphis wouldn't need p5, money to come close to us in athletic revenue.

Memphis promised this conference the Liberty Bowl. Still waiting......

 

[huskymedic]

Joseph_Duarte 9:20pm via TweetDeck
UH AD @HunterYurachek confirms West Virginia prez Gordon Gee visited last November but “he was not here in regards to [Big 12] expansion."

Joseph_Duarte 9:21pm via TweetDeck
West Virginia prez Gee was on UH campus last November to discuss UH’s capital campaign. School took opportunity to show upgraded facilities

LOL

 

[CL82]

Excellent!

 

[whaler11]

It kills me when people here mock Memphis to the Big 12.

Do you really need to Boneyard jinx the Tigers into the Big 12? Did Louisville to the ACC teach you nothing?

You are missing the forest for the trees if you think they aren't a viable candidate should the Big 12 expand.

 

[noeynox]

It kills me when people here mock Memphis to the Big 12.

Do you really need to Boneyard jinx the Tigers into the Big 12? Did Louisville to the ACC teach you nothing?

You are missing the forest for the trees if you think they aren't a viable candidate should the Big 12 expand.

Viable candidate? Yes, but their fan base/press likes to throw sheet against the wall and see what sticks. Case in point? Remember that tidbit about Memphis producing the most talent to the SEC or however it went? Even you repeating it here. Upon closer inspection it was BS.

So many schools/fan bases put out so much puffery, but we get upset because one of our fans put out a graphic that painted our attendance in a more favorable light than may be the reality.

I don't believe in jinxes, if they get in over us, more power to them but Louisville is a way better athletic program than them with much more revenue and success. Losing to these guys while not impossible would suck on so many levels. Tennessee has roughly the same population as CT I think, yet they get 3 P5 teams and we get none? That would suck donkey balls.

 

[Fishy]

If you can grab the third-best program in Tennessee, you gotta do it.

 

[noeynox]

If you can grab the third-best program in Tennessee, you gotta do it.

Why stop there East Carolina is available. I hear they have an SEC like rabid fanbase.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If you can grab the third-best program in Tennessee, you gotta do it.

All the more so when the other two are in the SEC and there is another SEC school just over an hour away in Mississippi. Fortunately the SEC isn't popular, so the Big 12 would have smooth sailing.

 

[whaler11]

Viable candidate? Yes, but their fan base/press likes to throw sheet against the wall and see what sticks. Case in point? Remember that tidbit about Memphis producing the most talent to the SEC or however it went? Even you repeating it here. Upon closer inspection it was BS.

So many schools/fan bases put out so much puffery, but we get upset because one of our fans put out a graphic that painted our attendance in a more favorable light than may be the reality.

I don't believe in jinxes, if they get in over us, more power to them but Louisville is a way better athletic program than them with much more revenue and success. Losing to these guys while not impossible would suck on so many levels. Tennessee has roughly the same population as CT I think, yet they get 3 P5 teams and we get none? That would suck donkey balls.

Obviously I don't believe in jinxes either.

You are watching the most disfunctional organization on the planet implode.

That they could land on Memphis for whatever stupid reason would not be surprising in the least.

 

[huskymedic]

DaveBorges9:31am via TweetDeck
Everybody (media, conference commishes, school presidents, etc.) overthinks when it comes to conference expansion. Hence: Rutgers, Big 10.

 

[huskymedic]

Joseph_Duarte 9:20pm via TweetDeck
UH AD @HunterYurachek confirms West Virginia prez Gordon Gee visited last November but “he was not here in regards to [Big 12] expansion."

Joseph_Duarte 9:21pm via TweetDeck
West Virginia prez Gee was on UH campus last November to discuss UH’s capital campaign. School took opportunity to show upgraded facilities

LOL

UH officials hope Gordon Gee recalls visit when Big 12 mulls expansion

 

[Exit 4]

UH officials hope Gordon Gee recalls visit when Big 12 mulls expansion

Nothing is faster (snark alert!) to a B12 network than adding your fifth texas school. UH should just call the ACC.