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Way too much attention is being given to this guy.
Yeah, well I left out Rice and Sam Houston too. I thought my other choices were funnier.So are we a firm 'no' on North Texas?
@jostar1, check your PM's / inbox...Bill McRaven @billmcraven 13m13 minutes ago
I agree wholeheartedly with Pres. Fenves. @UHouston would be a welcome addition to the Big XII!
Bill McRaven
@billmcraven
Chancellor of @UTSystem
Austin, Texas
I can't see Houston getting in unless they take 4 teams. The Texas Gov and Lt Gov can say all they want..there are 6 schools in the B-12 that aren't in the state of TX and there for aren't accountable to those 2.
The positive is 14 is where B12 should be at. All other P5s have 14 except for PAC-12, which will probably look to add two more soon. With 14, UCONN, Houston, Cincy, and BYU would be good adds. I would question the sanity of adding another Texas school, but if that's the only way to get the expansion done so be it. I suspect adding Houston would really piss off other existing B12 schools. A conference with 5 Texas schools is just way too unbalanced.
Baylor and TCU are private institutions. Are they in the b12 because of Texas politics? I don't know the history.
That's nice...
Greg Abbott@GregAbbott_TX 24 mins ago
I'm also working to help the University of Houston be elite off the field by attracting top researchers. @UHouston
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...ott-brings-brain-power-to-uh-other-texas.html
I can't see Houston getting in unless they take 4 teams. The Texas Gov and Lt Gov can say all they want..there are 6 schools in the B-12 that aren't in the state of TX and there for aren't accountable to those 2.
So in your mind, it would be BYU, UH, UC and UConn. I don't see BYU fitting in well. But who knows.Need to disregard anyone mentioning Memphis or Tulane.
So in your mind, it would be BYU, UH, UC and UConn. I don't see BYU fitting in well. But who knows.
I meant BYU being added as a football-only school. 15 in other sports doesn't sound comfortable to work with.I'm sure we'll see a thousand different projections of this:
North ... UConn, WVU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, BYU
South ... Texas Tech, TCU, Baylor, Texas, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
It will be an odd duck no matter what we do.
Let me get this straight. Texas economy is among the most healthy in the USA>. Our economy is in the tank.It's population is growing our is shrinking. Yet "most Texans are idiots"?Texas hasn't elected a decent statewide politician since the 1990 election but it's really not surprising because most Texans are idiots. I'm a proud, native Texan and even I hate other Texans. It seems like everywhere in the world I go, the biggest idiot in the room is always another Texan.
I could tell stories. Oh well. That's my cross to bear.
That said, THIS is why the Big 12 has to take four.
#PrayFor4Adding Houston means B12 has to go to 14. If they just add Cincy and Houston, it would look like crap to most fans. It also added no major markets or anything. If they added UCONN, BYU, Cincy, and Houston, at least it will hide the Houston addition since UCONN and BYU would make up for the lackluster Houston addition.
Let's hope B12 goes to 14 like every other P5 conference. With 14, we are almost guarantee to be in.
Jake Trotter @Jake_Trotter 13m13 minutes ago Oklahoma, USA
Texas Tech issues statement on Houston:
Um, no.Would you prefer if the junior Senator from CT put out a press release?