Well... That sucks.

Jul 28, 2014
8:21:29pm

RunningQB

Well... That sucks.

I can see how BYU needed to optimize their huge investment with the broadcast center etc. but now it's pretty clear that if BYUtv was what came in between us and the BIG 12 than it wasn't worth it.

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RunningQB

Previous username: IJustMussedMyPants
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Time

I've now heard from a BYU coach (not football)

Walter Bellhaven

7/28/14 7:12pm

the more I hear about it the more clear it is that BYU blew it.

swingcat

7/28/14 7:16pm

I've been saying this for a while. Way too obvious.

rainorsnow

7/28/14 7:18pm

The dynamic of college football and the Big 12 at the time were a little.....

Bonoman

7/28/14 7:28pm

Don't your first three sentences tell you in large part what they were probably

RealComfortableJeans

7/29/14 12:00pm

Honestly, that makes me want to vomit and/or punch a kitten

Mathlete

7/28/14 7:24pm

When BYU is in the P14 we will all look back and laugh at that

CougarCanuck76

7/28/14 7:34pm

That will be when you-know-what freezes over

k2coug

7/28/14 8:38pm

Ask that coach how he knows this.

NewMexiCoug

7/28/14 7:36pm

Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows

utedog

7/28/14 7:40pm

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lawboy

7/28/14 7:45pm

I prefer this version

Mathlete

7/28/14 7:47pm

Rebroadcast rights with Fox

lawboy

7/28/14 7:47pm

Ding, Ding, Ding....BYU's shiny new broadcast building and station was ......

Bonoman

7/28/14 7:54pm

Same day broadcast rights= Many BYU fans don't get a Fox sports subscribtion

deliciousmocha

7/28/14 8:01pm

Teams left the B12 because of Texas and its new Longhorn Network. It didn't sit

rainorsnow

7/28/14 7:55pm

The LHN is a 300 million dollar boost for Texas. BYUtv is not really

Polecat

7/28/14 10:09pm

That is unfortunately not true

slatecoug

7/28/14 9:52pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 7:56pm

Honestly, stop. I don't want to get upset

Mathlete

7/28/14 8:01pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 8:03pm

I'm not sure why you think any of of the coaches, especially non-football,..

kccougar

7/28/14 8:00pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 8:02pm

It's a ridiculous assertion. You don't have to have much inside knowledge

kccougar

7/28/14 8:34pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 8:47pm

I've seen this act before

LV Mike

7/28/14 9:35pm

What would be a BYU coach's motive in saying something like this if he felt it

rainorsnow

7/28/14 8:28pm

kccougar strikes again. "You're wrong because I said so. Boom."

southernfriedcougar

7/28/14 10:54pm

Nope. Just another unsourced/anonymous statement on the issue.

RebelScum

7/29/14 12:31am

Full membership?

8man

7/28/14 8:11pm

Most likely.

rainorsnow

7/28/14 8:14pm

He didn't say.

Walter Bellhaven

7/28/14 8:17pm

Well... That sucks.

RunningQB

7/28/14 8:21pm

Somebody needs

RunningQB

7/28/14 8:33pm

opinions of what happened don't count as what really happened

coug10278

7/28/14 8:27pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 8:33pm

just because it's a BYU coach means they know what happened in conversations

coug10278

7/28/14 8:44pm

Multiple reports from those who had connections with the B12 admin and B12

rainorsnow

7/28/14 8:49pm

none of which were ever proven false or inaccurate..EVER

coug10278

7/28/14 9:09pm

You are seriously confused and mistaken on your facts.

rocker

7/28/14 9:32pm

RE: You are seriously confused and mistaken on your facts.

rainorsnow

7/28/14 9:54pm

Yes, there are media stories claiming that the hangup was no-Sunday play (which

rocker

7/28/14 10:19pm

Huh, looks like not only the BE thought that, but also the Big 12:

rainorsnow

7/28/14 10:24pm

Lol. You found a dumb Utah fan who cites to my article

rocker

7/28/14 10:56pm

RE: Lol. You found a dumb Utah fan who cites to my article

rainorsnow

7/28/14 11:29pm

Citing to the same articles

rocker

7/29/14 12:01am

You think BleacherReport and BigEastCoastBias.com have more credibility than

rainorsnow

7/29/14 6:25am

It was people from the Big East that referred to BYU's legal team as

Polecat

7/28/14 10:12pm

If they were pieces of work with the BE, I doubt they were much diff w/ the B12.

rainorsnow

7/28/14 10:18pm

This logic is just silly. How do you know that it wasn't the BE lawyers that

RebelScum

7/29/14 12:47am

Brett McMurphy has some of the best sources in CFB:

rainorsnow

7/29/14 6:28am

And it's impossible that his one source was exaggerating even slightly. Correct?

Marking Time

7/29/14 6:47am

Do you know who was in charge of the negotiation and acted as general counsel?

Mathlete

7/29/14 10:13am

Not surprising that they were upset with our legal counsel.

Josef K

7/29/14 10:31am

Note to BYU coaches: CB will turn your opinion into fact at the speed of light.

Marking Time

7/28/14 8:52pm

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Zach Morris

7/28/14 8:58pm

And it's completely and totally impossible that he was mistaken?

Marking Time

7/28/14 9:18pm

no sane thinking person would say those making the decisions at BYU have

coug10278

7/28/14 10:52pm

other than geography, byu had much more to offer than tcu, yet was not chosen

I'mBatman

7/28/14 8:55pm

Why is BYUtv such a big sticking point for the administration?

eddog

7/28/14 9:02pm

Tom Holmoe has repeatedly said that B12 negotiations never got around to TV.

Marking Time

7/29/14 10:59am

I'm not sure if I believe this coach but anybody with a half a brain can add 2+2

Bluedomination

7/28/14 9:03pm

Wrong.

Josef K

7/28/14 9:58pm

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