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Actually that's not accurate, in Cincy getting into the campus on a thursday for an early start with school in versus a lot of the fans being downtown already for a Bengals game favors going to the pro game. Particularly against a d1 teams where you're a 29 point favorite. It's the lessor of 2 evils, meaning you take whatever is the closest cold beer.
One game doesn't count and is being played by guys who will be sorting UPS packages and stocking shelves at Kroger next week vs. a regular season college football game with a Big XII invite presumably looming? Common sense dictates the latter. Though to be fair, Bearcat players may be sorting UPS packages next week as well.
 
C. Austin Cox ‏@C_Austin_Cox · 4h4 hours ago
ESPN report stating #Memphis is out also says that accepting less revenue hurt UM's odds. WVU/TCU did it and it's expected "new teams" will.

C. Austin Cox ‏@C_Austin_Cox · 4h4 hours ago
ESPN reporting that Memphis is out as a result of taking a revenue cut? TCU/WVU did exactly that when they joined.
TCU, West Virginia to receive bigger Big 12 revenue shares

C. Austin Cox ‏@C_Austin_Cox · 4h4 hours ago
So far seeing a lot of reports, all tracing to McMurphy as the source that Memphis is out of #Big12Expansion. Still looking for any others.

Jonathan Sturdivant‏@JSTURDIVANT1985
@C_Austin_Cox
do u think it's true ?

C. Austin Cox ‏@C_Austin_Cox · 3h3 hours ago
Can't look at TV/recruiting markets, Big 12 member locations, athletic success and think no #Memphis makes sense.

C. Austin Cox ‏@C_Austin_Cox · 3h3 hours ago
McMurphy is a reliable journalist. However, it seems that all we've seen so far is ESPN has confirmed what ESPN is saying ESPN says.
 
While UConn should have hammered Maine, a win is a win and it was at least an entertaining game. Better than that barnburner 7 to 3 win by Wake Forest over Tulane where the winning team gained less than 200 yard total offense and whose only points were from the defense. That ACC 'rivalry' game in November between Wake and BC is shaping-up to be a memorable one.

I wonder if Tulane has ever lost 7-3 on a defensive touchdown before?
 
Read from bottom to top:
  1. Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 36s37 seconds ago
  2. BTM:OU Contacts "For Oklahoma, having FB only additions, is not ideal. Without UH in this particular proposal it's a tough sell to Texas"
  3. 0 retweets 0 likes

  1. Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 5m5 minutes ago
  2. BTM: OU Contacts "BYU keeps BYU TV intact for the most part."
  3. 1 retweet 1 like


  1. Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 9m9 minutes ago
  2. BTM:OU Contacts "Kansas would support first 2 additions Cincinnati and UConn in Expansion if BYU & Airforce are included as FB only adds"
  3. 8 retweets 12 likes


  1. Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 11m11 minutes ago
  2. BTM:OU Contacts "Kansas attempting to build internal support in Big 12 towards a FB only addition of BYU & Airforce as 13 and 14th members"
  3. 4 retweets 4 likes



  1. Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 16m16 minutes ago
    New BTM:OU Contact info This is new.
 
Let's go Kansas Compromise!

Btw, is Blauds "BTM?" Because Flug and Blauds are now saying the same thing at the same time. What is Blauds' middle name? Because BTM backward could be Blauds' initials. ;)

I'm only half kidding...
 
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Hey we Jayhawks know what's up. We don't say a lot but when we do, it's sensible. For UConn and Cincinnati, against Memphis and I've been rocking this for a while now. I can live with BYU and AFA for football as 13/14 as well but don't care either way if 11 and 12 are who they should be. Get er done.

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While the Kansas variant may seem like good news, I fear it may be just the opposite. Bad for UConn if you think that there is no way the XII takes what KU proposes as is. Bad if you think UT isn't approving anything that doesn't include UH. And, bad if you notice that others (more than 1) prefer different full members in the 2+2 scenario.

It seems to me like a lot to overcome in building a consensus around Kansas' plan, viable though it may be.

The good news is that any variant of the Kansas variant (god I hate this process) is a lot less valuable and run afoul of the media goals implied by the XII to expand their reach.
 
While the Kansas variant may seem like good news, I fear it may be just the opposite. Bad for UConn if you think that there is no way the XII takes what KU proposes as is. Bad if you think UT isn't approving anything that doesn't include UH. And, bad if you notice that others (more than 1) prefer different full members in the 2+2 scenario.

It seems to me like a lot to overcome in building a consensus around Kansas' plan, viable though it may be.

The good news is that any variant of the Kansas variant (god I hate this process) is a lot less valuable and run afoul of the media goals implied by the XII to expand their reach.
In the end it will be, as the Flug calls it, horse trading that makes the difference. I am glad that we are the highest (I discount Rice) ranked academically, as I think that may pop us out the pack in that process.
 
But that implies UH is out. Didn't someone report (Greg Swaim?) recently that UH was out?

Kansas would want UConn for hoops and academics, especially if we get AAU in 2018.

Hey we Jayhawks know what's up. We don't say a lot but when we do, it's sensible. For UConn and Cincinnati, against Memphis and I've been rocking this for a while now. I can live with BYU and AFA for football as 13/14 as well but don't care either way if 11 and 12 are who they should be. Get er done.

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I love the super booster reasoning: "I like SMU because my daughter went there."

Geography may be an easy out for an old guy like Pickens who doesn't want BYU for other reasons.

Agreed. It also might be that Pickens is applying the old school line of thinking where conferences typically consisted of similar schools located reasonably close to each other. Now it's about expanding the conference footprint.
 
Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 2h2 hours ago
New BTM info per OU Contacts

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 1h1 hour ago
BTM:OU Contacts "Perception remains that there is no inkling of a building consensus behind two candidates (EXP). Support is splintered"

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 1h1 hour ago
BTM:OU Contacts "Houston is polarizing candidate for multiple reasons. Texas has to choose a side, ESPN (fight for 12) or UH (a nod to 14)"

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 1h1 hour ago
BTM: OU Contact "FOX needs to eat to support Big 12 expansion. Eating for FOX is NOT staying out of Eastern Timezone in Big 12 Expansion."

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 1h1 hour ago
BTM:OU Contact "It's going to take some pain but we see pure inertia making UC/UConn/UH/BYU finally happen. Economics and Academics."

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire 1h1 hour ago
So yes. The same.


MH ver3 ‏@MH ver3 Sep 2
Fwiw most these schools fans are just getting their hopes up for no reason. It will be BYU and UC for 11 and 12. Uconn,UCF/USF, UH 13,14


Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 4h4 hours ago
Looks like most are accepting that if the B12 expands BYU & UH are the picks. @the_LGG know that a week ago:
 
Flug keeps doubling down and doubling down. I'm not sure I believe any of his shtick but he's consistent at least.
There's something to be said for his consistency. Whether he's right or wrong who the hell knows, but the way this has played out would give anyone with real inside info (which we don't know if he or anyone actually has) reason to say the story has changed 50 times in the last week. But he's been sticking to those four pretty much since the B12 announced they were going through this whole process. Meanwhile Dude, MH3, and all of these other buffoons on here have predicted every combination of school from the lot of Memphis, UCF, USF, Colorado State, BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, Squirrel Gap Community College, and Air Force. We'll see if he's right, but give the guy credit for sticking to his story.
 
There's something to be said for his consistency. Whether he's right or wrong who the hell knows, but the way this has played out would give anyone with real inside info (which we don't know if he or anyone actually has) reason to say the story has changed 50 times in the last week. But he's been sticking to those four pretty much since the B12 announced they were going through this whole process. Meanwhile Dude, MH3, and all of these other buffoons on here have predicted every combination of school from the lot of Memphis, UCF, USF, Colorado State, BYU, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, Squirrel Gap Community College, and Air Force. We'll see if he's right, but give the guy credit for sticking to his story.


Flugs seems to think he has a source, which he identifies in more detail than even any of the sports writers do. Basically, all Flugs is doing is telling us how OU feels about expansion.
 
Flugs seems to think he has a source, which he identifies in more detail than even any of the sports writers do. Basically, all Flugs is doing is telling us how OU feels about expansion.

If (and that's a big if) he has a source in OU, than what he is reporting is what OU wants to put out.
 

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