I think Boren's point was that during the Oct 16/17th meetings there was no discussion of teams. By that point they had

Oct 25, 2016
1:20:04pm

HarlemCoug Starter

already decided to not expand. The meetings this month were just to get everyone in a room to agree to kick the can down the road.

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Time

Shocking new details on BIG12 expansion

IceBlueCoug

10/25/16 11:13am

Shocking....to nobody.

rggee

10/25/16 11:13am

The bizarro world of academia, where spineless kicking the can down the

gwalker

10/25/16 11:15am

Don't worry. These guys will be out of business in 20 years, anyway.

Shaka

10/25/16 3:54pm

Hey, maybe they'll take up the possibility of expansion again.

Texas Hammer

10/25/16 11:15am

You mean "move it back to an active agenda item" ?

Mexicougazul

10/25/16 11:17am

They said none in the Monday am meeting. Didn't say none at all before that or Sunday night when they met.

Turnpike Lane

10/25/16 11:16am

He never was specific about "Monday AM" vs "Sunday night"

Still Questing

10/25/16 11:37am

Exactly, this is the way I understood it

palangi

10/25/16 1:38pm

BIG12 probably had threats of lawsuits from schools that spent $$$ on pitches

Jesse Pinkman

10/25/16 11:16am

Or given the leaking of the talking points memo he realizes that continued...

Cougar Insider

10/25/16 11:17am

I'm not sure they could do anything at this point and not look like buffoons.

Jesse Pinkman

10/25/16 11:18am

I fully expect two teams to be invited out of the blue

2FarGone

10/25/16 11:17am

I agree

cougarmeister

10/25/16 11:18am

Too late though on that last point

TNT

10/25/16 11:21am

This is something I kind of expect

CougarVeteran

10/25/16 11:19am

Certainly possible. I just wish they'd chosen that route this time around.

Cougar Insider

10/25/16 11:23am

Former seems more likely than the latter

TNT

10/25/16 11:24am

Why do you guys do this to yourselves?

Metallicat

10/25/16 11:36am

Some CBers can't seem to help it

TNT

10/25/16 11:42am

Don't worry, I ain't holding my breath

2FarGone

10/25/16 11:45am

Exactly!

Skysthelimit

10/25/16 11:39pm

I was thinking that, they may be thinking that as P12 gets close to GOR

Dixie's Red Rocks

10/25/16 12:03pm

Didn't they just ruin that chance by taking a small payment to eliminate the

Countcougula

10/25/16 12:20pm

I doubt that's what's going on.

El Careeb

10/25/16 12:43pm

No, it just gives control to ESPN

CougarVeteran

10/25/16 12:50pm

I guess the point is ESPN doesn't have to pay anything for new teams if they

Countcougula

10/25/16 12:59pm

My understanding, from multiple sources

CougarVeteran

10/25/16 1:18pm

The way they handled it left no opportunity for media or fan conjecture about...

Bonoman

10/25/16 11:53am

Enough is Enough - Move on - Forget about it - No more Expansion Posts

yfever

10/25/16 12:27pm

You know, you can change your preferences not to see them, right?

Bryceo19

10/25/16 3:04pm

I think Boren's point was that during the Oct 16/17th meetings there was no discussion of teams. By that point they had

HarlemCoug

10/25/16 1:20pm

So. . . Church updated its materials addressing homosexuality today. . .

CosmoK

10/25/16 1:33pm

But when will they update the Honor Code?

CougarVeteran

10/25/16 1:39pm

No idea. But might make sense to do along with these recent changes.

CosmoK

10/25/16 1:41pm

NOT SHOCKED

LVCougarFan

10/25/16 3:42pm

Of course there were. Bowlsby was toting the party lines.

TheLoneCougar

10/26/16 9:52am

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