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Vanacek back to the Caps. LOL at Kraken’s tweet.

byuwahoo

3:59am

Looking back at the old Big 12, I can't believe how stacked that conf was.

BringBackRoyalBlue

1:47am

Was it Texas arrogancy that drove all those schools away?

Cougar Junkie

1:52am

From what I remember, yes. They wanted all the control or else.

Stev_ie

1:57am

Kind of. Here’s a good article that explains it…

garyfan

2:50am

Tx tech wasnt with neb. Ark was once there

CarolinaCoug

1:55am

Texas tech has been a member since the beginning in 96 (with Nebraska)

LiveCoug

2:58am

Arkansas was never in the B12

LiveCoug

3:06am

So if reports are true, then the Athlete Ally issue isn't an absolute deal

Genghis Spreads

1:22am

What is the Athlete Ally issue Please?

kahuna

1:41am

A gay student athlete association that was very vocal the last time BYU was

Corn Pop

3:26am

RE: So if reports are true, then the Athlete Ally issue isn't an absolute deal

Charles Darwin

3:45am

Somewhat realistic best case scenario.

Shinshin

12:57am

Can I get a hit off your opium pipe?

Cougar Junkie

1:17am

Sure. The first three paragraphs are mostly opium free. I couldn't resist on the

Shinshin

1:22am

Man, college football has been in a much more fragile situation than any of us realized if all it took was two schools

durandal Rampant AI

12:37am

All because of ESPN and the all powerful mouse

bigbossbyu

12:38am

In the words of David Bowie

byujdmba

1:37am

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

AZcougLawyer

2:59am

Great story. Iranian athlete leaves Iran & dedicates medal to Israel

DodgerMike

12:34am

Great story....happy to see the Olympic Spirit thrive

carcoug

1:01am

Anyone have experience with this?

tippmancoug

12:26am

He wants pararescue?

Shore10

12:50am

Suffers with mental health, so a mission is ok but the military isn't?

tarzan15

12:51am

It's it possible his mental health issues may preclude him from serving a

DJROSS

12:51am

RE: Anyone have experience with this?

cougarstrong

12:51am

De La Salle?

Jericho

3:18am

Translation of ISU president’s statement on Bob Bowlsby…

mbcougar

12:22am

Well I read some rumors of the BIG 10 wanting them so idk

IndepYndent

12:24am

As we’ve learned from the past with BYU, rumors can be deceptive.

mbcougar

12:26am

If conferences are going to 16 then they aren't going to be as picky as they

IndepYndent

12:30am

Why would they go to 16 just for the sake of going to 16? That makes no sense.

Corn Pop

3:29am

RE: Why would they go to 16 just for the sake of going to 16? That makes no

IndepYndent

3:38am

Sorry, I guess I was speaking American. The PAC are happy with 12 members. The

Corn Pop

3:59am

RE: Sorry, I guess I was speaking American. The PAC are happy with 12 members.

IndepYndent

4:05am

The Big 12 has pretty good leverage if they stick together. Their contracts are

Shinshin

12:34am

RE: Translation of ISU president’s statement on Bob Bowlsby…

byujdmba

1:39am

Best Case Scenario

IndepYndent

Jul 28, 11:58pm

RE: Best Case Scenario

StalwartBraveTrue

12:11am

The Pac? Gross

IndepYndent

12:12am

Why i think the pac 12 is a possibility***edited***

Jay Kay

Jul 28, 11:50pm

IF it starts looking like the BIG12 will add us, the PAC12 will start ...

BluesBrother

Jul 28, 11:55pm

Didn’t know old WCC commissioner is there. Intriguing. Better chance than most are saying, yes. But good chance overall?

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:56pm

There was another associate commissioner who recently left after 20 years that is a member and a BYU alum.

molodyets

12:10am

Who is crazier? The crazy Trumpers or the guy who works Trump into a post about

garyfan

Jul 28, 11:56pm

I'm crazier.

Jay Kay

Jul 28, 11:59pm

For sure. I’m just surprised at the PTSD all these months later.

garyfan

12:02am

Interesting. It does seem that someone may have had BYU in mind with that

Tricky

Jul 28, 11:56pm

BYU will never be invited to the PAC for as long as religion and politics exist.

_Dakoko

12:01am

Isn't TCU a religious affiliated school? He could be talking about them as well

youngcoug20

12:03am

Yeah everything that has happened in the last week was totally shocking and

IndepYndent

12:05am

I never claimed it wouldn’t happen. Chill out bro lol

youngcoug20

12:12am

I didn't claim you claimed it wouldn't happen.

IndepYndent

12:19am

And Baylor

LifelongAP

12:05am

RE: Why i think the pac 12 is a possibility

Charles Darwin

12:05am

To me it’s pretty simple. $ > hate.

Jimmer McMahon

12:07am

I think we´re turning the corner on that.

Sooner Cougar

1:36am

ADs have way less power than school presidents.

The Y's Insider

12:14am

The pac 12 commissioner & COO won’t be changing the minds of any university

cougXor

12:29am

Where are you getting this info and these quotes?

Lieutenant America

12:51am

Hmmm…I see the religious part was not discussed by Kliavkov. This was told to me

Jay Kay

1:55am

BYU vs Texas: 4-1. Utah vs Texas: 0-2.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:46pm

I attended 3 of the 4 wins vs. Texas.

WJCougar

Jul 28, 11:52pm

That is very cool and probably some great memories. Did you happen to

bja13

12:20am

I’ll trade the 4 TX wins for 4 UT wins

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:59pm

I'd trade it for 1 in the last decade.

Shore10

12:55am

BYU vs Alabama 0-1 Utah vs Alabama 1-0

bja13

12:02am

eero 6 mesh vs eero 6 Pro vs Google Nest. I need to extend my WiFi to

Cougarbib

Jul 28, 11:45pm

Just bought an Eero 6 mesh and really like it. Replaced a failing Orbi.

byujdmba

12:24am

If we pray enough maybe we’ll have good news tomorrow.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:42pm

Makes sense.

johnnycarson

Jul 28, 11:56pm

Shaq tells about the time his $70k purchase was declined at Wal Mart

jrifkin48

Jul 28, 11:41pm

POLL: Would this conference be considered P5 level?

RoyalJ3 Walk-on

Jul 28, 11:39pm

That would be a pretty amazing conf. Not really any big names, but good teams.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:39pm

True. Competition across the board would be fairly even.

jrifkin48

Jul 28, 11:42pm

Competition would translate to basketball as well imo.

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:44pm

There are multiple annual top-25 teams there.

zonacougar

Jul 28, 11:42pm

How many of those teams could Texas beat?

2FarGone

Jul 28, 11:42pm

Not BYU, that’s for sure.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:43pm

Why did you leave out Kansas and WV? Do you think they get into the B1G and ACC?

akmewg

Jul 28, 11:47pm

Exactly. Bball puts Kansas in B1G and geography puts WVU in ACC.

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:50pm

IDK about Kansas, but definitely possible.

akmewg

Jul 28, 11:54pm

Since BYU’s scheduling agreements with teams as Indy gives them an out if they

bigbossbyu

Jul 28, 11:53pm

The problem is that there’s not a single school there that people would have a

garyfan

Jul 28, 11:54pm

This is true. Too much weight is given to what certain people say and think versus actual competition level.

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:58pm

Except they would already be P5/A5 in the Big 12. It is much harder to take

BYUCLA

12:59am

I don't think the powers that be allow a conf to be a P5 without a blue blood

acougfan

12:46am

The yelling in fencing is one of the weirdest things I've seen in sports and it makes me laugh every time

CSoul Truly Addicted User

Jul 28, 11:36pm

It's an odd sport. They lunge in, poke each other with a stick and then run away

CougarTailDevourer

Jul 28, 11:37pm

Sounds like Hunter Biden would have been a shoe-in for GOLD

carcoug

Jul 28, 11:55pm

Women's tennis.

CougieMcCougFace

Jul 28, 11:39pm

Tennis has grunts for sure, but fencing has these primal screams after every hit and it's almost

CSoul

12:20am

I took a fencing course one summer when I was younger. It was really fun, and

Hoid

1:28am

I remember the birth of the female tennis grunt. I watched this and was

DJROSS

12:46am

Fencing reminds me of that game where you try to slap your friends hand first.

Sandstone Cougar

12:00am

Taekwondo is up there too.

Sandstone Cougar

12:02am

Millions? We’re screwed.

DieHarder Not Rated

Jul 28, 11:34pm

RE: Millions? We’re screwed.

Carnac

Jul 28, 11:35pm

If the temperature hits millions, then we have more to worry about than just

Not Even Close

Jul 28, 11:45pm

Are you sure? Sweating your eyes completely off would be pretty awful. I’m sure other things would sweat off too.

crazed

Jul 28, 11:53pm

Stupid global warming

BYU Fan

Jul 28, 11:48pm

I blame AOC. A year ago she said we still had 10 years. Fake news, obviously.

Brisco

Jul 28, 11:55pm

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jrifkin48

12:41am

How can we have another one if the first one never left?

CarolinaCoug

1:53am

Here is why I am not too worried

cornellcoug

Jul 28, 11:31pm

Once ESPN went full leftist, this became false.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:31pm

ESPN has renewed BYU’s tv contract after going “full leftist”…

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:33pm

For pennies on the dollar, IMO.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:34pm

I heard they imbed their broadcasts with subliminal messages too.

StalwartBraveTrue

12:03am

That’s right. Espn loves byu ha.

conetah

Jul 28, 11:32pm

RE: Here is why I am not too worried

Zaphod

Jul 28, 11:33pm

So true. I never thought about it that way. Done deal.

Pro Logic

Jul 28, 11:38pm

Funny take from redcupcfp on this round of realignment:

RoyalJ3 Walk-on

Jul 28, 11:25pm

Should have left out Utah

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:26pm

Even though there’s no correlation to any ranking, I like that Utah is lower down on the list.

RoyalJ3

Jul 28, 11:29pm

It’s alphabetical, but Im telling myself that Utah is at the bottom bc they suck

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:33pm

BYU is in!

Florwood

Jul 28, 11:41pm

That conference looks like it has a lot of deadwood. Rather be independent.

EtTuKalante

12:19am

Best case scenario as of right now.

Icelandic Cougar

Jul 28, 11:20pm

RE: Best case scenario as of right now.

the_byu_flash

Jul 28, 11:22pm

LOLOL

Carnac

Jul 28, 11:24pm

This has been me as I’m trying to fall asleep every night for the past week.

Kavorka

Jul 28, 11:54pm

I’m pretty sure it’ll work out just as you describe.

Future_Tacos

Jul 28, 11:22pm

The best case scenario is we join the Pac

Jay Kay

Jul 28, 11:32pm

The pac will not touch BYU with a 100 ft pole

BYU '80

Jul 28, 11:40pm

That's exactly the kind of thinking that will keep us from becoming a serious

Jay Kay

Jul 28, 11:54pm

Are you serious? Show ANY evidence the PAC12 would add BYU. I’ll wait… LOL

Go_Banana

Jul 28, 11:57pm

This. It’s time to accept reality people! Better chance with SEC than PAC12 LOL

Go_Banana

Jul 28, 11:55pm

He never said most likely scenario. Just best-case.

StalwartBraveTrue

12:04am

What is something you've collected, but stopped collecting?

Ted Lasso

Jul 28, 11:19pm

Converse shoes… still have them.

rerunc

Jul 28, 11:20pm

Coins. Still have them.

ReyOso

Jul 28, 11:21pm

Gold bars. Ran out of room. Still have them.

bluesloth

Jul 28, 11:22pm

Pounds. Still have them. Still collect more on occasion but not by design.

Mike Honcho

Jul 28, 11:23pm

Toe jam.

Cougar Junkie

Jul 28, 11:23pm

and Earl?

IndepYndent

12:11am

Concubines. Still have them.

Chester Copperpot

Jul 28, 11:27pm

Watches. Still have them. Rarely wear them.

BoiseBlueCoug

Jul 28, 11:27pm

Thing-a-ma-bobs. I've got 20. But who cares? No big deal. I want more!

DanSmith...BYU

Jul 28, 11:30pm

Cougarrr would have appreciated this reference. Kinda sad he's gone

yahtzee

12:20am

He lives in me

Ted Lasso

12:22am

Don't mock my pain

yahtzee

12:29am

Baseball, basketball, and football cards - still have them. Stamps - it was when

Hoid

Jul 28, 11:31pm

I also collected these from a vending machine in elementary school.

dfudge

12:39am

Patches from places I have traveled. I still have them, but haven't traveled much lately, unfortunately.

sethj250

Jul 28, 11:37pm

Rocks and Baseball cards, both of which I collected in my youth.

CougarTailDevourer

Jul 28, 11:39pm

POTDs

EEcougar

Jul 28, 11:41pm

Garbage Pail Kids

WDaddy

Jul 28, 11:44pm

Have ~3 years worth of baseball cards from the 70s in a box here somewhere

timpjynx

Jul 28, 11:47pm

Comic books. Still got them, but likely to sell soon

gaspasscoug

Jul 28, 11:47pm

Baseball/basketball Cards and signed jerseys of HOF players

Jersey hunter

12:36am

still have a box of 1987 topps in my basement

cougarstrong

12:54am

My friend has 90 BOXES of baseball cards. He got a baseball card while trick or

Cougar Junkie

1:13am

Pokémon cards. They are still at my parents where I grew up. Packed away. I

ColonelMustard

1:19am

Mike Aresco is a boss.. View

@CriddleBenjamin Benjamin Criddle

Jul 28, 11:15pm

Why is lying so common in the auto repair industry? I took my car to a shop

cvd6262

Jul 28, 11:14pm

Call him out on it.

ordinary tri guy

Jul 28, 11:20pm

While taking a career class at Ricks, we were assigned to read a report that

wabluecoug

Jul 28, 11:20pm

I had a dentist tell me he wanted to switch all my composite fillings to silver

Tricky

12:08am

Capitalism.

StalwartBraveTrue

12:05am

My mechanic is so honest I don't even need an estimate from him. He is

Cougar Junkie

12:48am

"just hanging there". Yeah, either that's true or not true and would be pretty

Corn Pop

3:45am

POLL: Given the following information, best draft prospect?

DieHarder Not Rated

Jul 28, 11:11pm

Spoilers (vote before you look)

DieHarder

Jul 28, 11:19pm

I think the Big 12's TV contracts are going to keep it from expanding until the

Shinshin

Jul 28, 11:09pm

I would guess they can’t lose schools either and retain the same contract

claw

Jul 28, 11:11pm

That's the beauty of their bylaws and their GORs. They remain in effect even if

Shinshin

Jul 28, 11:15pm

What this means is even if OU or UT leave to the SEC, the Big 12 still owns

Shinshin

Jul 28, 11:19pm

Yeah but ESPN paid to choose from 18 OU/UT conf games not 12

Bobmarleyjr

12:07am

Sure, but the contracts likely just say the Big 12 needs to provide X number of

Shinshin

12:29am

No. TX and Okie will play the games in Big 12 until 2025 unless all parties

Cougarbib

1:21am

Yep, ESPN is going to argue that the contracts are screwing them now

Carnac

Jul 28, 11:15pm

That must be true

Vegasjohn

Jul 28, 11:14pm

I would guess they have to add teams to be able to provide the

A Drew Aitch

Jul 28, 11:14pm

There will end up being some kind of settlement and then the Big 12 will expand

runningryan

Jul 28, 11:22pm

Short sighted view. If ESPN or Fox see an opportunity to make a bad contract

Cougarbib

1:17am

I'm sorry, but I have too much PTSD from the last conference realignment. I

Oceanographer

Jul 28, 11:09pm

I’m right there with you.

Breaded Hamster

Jul 28, 11:14pm

That's pretty much where I am. If it happens, great. Let me know how it turns out. But I don't have any energy at all to

dilbert

Jul 28, 11:19pm

Yep. ESPN has turned into the Russia Federation. Nothing they won't do for $$$

Stev_ie

2:19am

Why do so many on CB seem to gloss over the fact that the Big 12 is an “A5”?

BYUCLA

Jul 28, 11:07pm

Byu Sports Nation keeps referencing another new player who they can't name.

Yiowa

Jul 28, 11:06pm

Can they talk about Seneca officially yet?

CougarCanuck76

Jul 28, 11:08pm

Yes

Yiowa

Jul 28, 11:09pm

No. It hasn’t been announced by the school yet

claw

Jul 28, 11:09pm

Pretty sure they referenced him today. Along with another player.

Yiowa

Jul 28, 11:11pm

Well then link the announcement

claw

Jul 28, 11:12pm

I honestly have no opinion on what should happen, but it's entertaining. Everyone has to admit that.

CSoul Truly Addicted User

Jul 28, 11:06pm

You find it entertaining that the conference that

The Chief

Jul 28, 11:17pm

You mean you have no opinion on what "will" happen. We all have an opinion on

Cougar Junkie

Jul 28, 11:17pm

My sentiments as well. Just enjoying the suspense and the irony.

StalwartBraveTrue

12:08am

This is all so dumb. Are TX and OU fans even on board with moving to SEC?

swingcat

Jul 28, 11:05pm

Can't wait for them to get creamed

IndepYndent

Jul 28, 11:06pm

They haven't had much bragging rights for a while.

EtTuKalante

Jul 28, 11:10pm

I think Oklahoma will be okay assuming they realign the divisions

CougieMcCougFace

Jul 28, 11:16pm

Agreed. OK should hold their own immediately

Carnac

Jul 28, 11:21pm

Texas has been one good coach away from Top 10 since Mack Brown. One bad and one

WDaddy

Jul 28, 11:42pm

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So if reports are true, then the Athlete Ally issue isn't an absolute deal

Concerned after talking to a friend in the AD.

Would love to see the big 12 add six schools and go to 14

Correct me if I'm wrong

RE: Thats is 100% wrong.

I cannot believe that the big12 has lost:

Best Case Scenario

I would love it if BYU joined the AAC…

Great story. Iranian athlete leaves Iran & dedicates medal to Israel

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