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Message: [QUOTE="Charley Horse, post: 1835150, member: 6990"] There have been broad similarities. Like Flug, Tramel once believed expansion was likely and he once identified BYU, Cincy and UConn as excellent additions. Unlike Flug, however, I don't believe Tramel ever included Houston in any scenario. And like Tramel, Flug has cooled his heels on the likelihood of expansion but Flug certainly didn't draw that conclusion [I]before [/I]Tramel. Flug was still chanting "Four to get two" horse trading mantra weeks after Tramel and Bohls opined that expansion seemed less likely. One thing Tramel never did that Flug has done from time to time is blame Texas. According to Flug's BTM guy, Texas has been opposed to expansion, onboard with expansion, ESPN's voice, a proponent of westward expansion while ESPN was a proponent of eastward expansion, a proponent of Houston while ESPN was an opponent of Houston, for BYU, against BYU, etc. etc. Yes, I'm a Texas fan defending Texas. Everybody knows Texas is to blame for something and I don't mind that. But Flug could just never settle on exactly what Texas was to blame for. He was all over the board with contradictory assertions. To me, that reeked of a very low-level "Oklahoma insider" caught up in the passions of an onfield rivalry rather than a high level "Oklahoma insider" cognizant of the fact that Oklahoma and Texas actually share most values and common interests - which is how Tramel speaks of Texas. [/QUOTE]