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Message: [QUOTE="CoastAtlantic, post: 1414699, member: 5174"] [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643891222487150593'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Texas holds the key to the long term viability of the Big 12 beyond the GoR. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643891486392758272'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Because if you look closely at the numbers and extrapolate the changing nature of the cable industry its not hard to forecast a future [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643891654940884992'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Where carriage fees and DMA determinations mean far less fans who actually watch football & would pay for it. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643891896956375040'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] That doesn't mitigate the Big 12's need to expand its footprint. But it certainly allows the Big 12 to make a football first decision [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643892065399668736'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] When it comes to potential expansion. The Big 12 can add schools with solid programs with fans who watch on TV & fill stadiums. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643892671115825152'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] I don't know if Oliver Luck is interested in the job at UT. I don't think UT handled it very well the last time he was under consideration. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643892852704051201'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Some close to Luck believe that he was told the committee recommended him as the choice. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643892961999212546'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] UT suddenly stopped communicating with Luck prior to Patterson being hired. Maybe UT burned that bridge. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893052667523073'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] But if I was a UT fan I would start making waves for Luck right now. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893285723983872'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] For those of you who don't know Jim Clements recruited Luck to WVU after Luck had declined the job several times. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893419845263360'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Clements had to convince Luck that WVU was in dangerous times and that only Oliver Luck could secure the future of WVU football. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893581363679232'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Luck did what he had to do. He made more than a few enemies along the way as he fired underperforming coaches & outsourced MSN to IMG. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893756274569216'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] He fired Bill Stewart after 3 consecutive 9-3 years after an in-depth review of the program convinced Luck that Stewart was in over his head [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643893937028132866'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Luck was an agent of change. I believe he did save Mountaineer football. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643894137582919683'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] I have no doubt in my mind that as AD at Texas Luck would quickly win the confidence of Fenves. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643894285981614080'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] I believe Luck would realize that the Big 12 needs to expand and he would make it happen. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643894481994039296'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Luck would understand that LHN is a lucrative albatross around UT's neck he's visionary enough to engineer a solution to the problem. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643894650273705984'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] Because at the end of the GoR Texas has to decide if it wants to give up the LHN to go another conference or give up LHN to secure the B12. [U][B]Christopher Lambert[/B]‏@[B]theDudeofWV[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643894887604166656'][U]3h3 hours ago[/U][/URL] There just isn't any way around that....LHN hamstrings both UT and the Big 12. [U][B]Greg Flugaur[/B]‏@[B]flugempire[/B] [/U] [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/643814036581294080'][U]9h9 hours ago[/U][/URL] Greg Flugaur retweeted [URL='https://post original url/jH0OkLkdfo'][U]https://mobile.twitter.com/theDudeofWV/status/643806402285314049…[/U][/URL] What happen to your statement in April which told us Big 12 is tighter than ever? Whiplash #28,722 ME: With any luck (pun slightly intended) it'll be Bowlsby and a way to the PAC. ;) [/QUOTE]

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