And why did the talks not progress?

Jul 5, 2015
8:00:57am

jrifkin48

I doubt BYU was the ones to not care about progression of talks. I see the Big 12 tripping all over itself to not even get that far.

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The Big 12 failing to secure Louisville excuses BYU

jrifkin48

7/5/15 7:51am

Unless your willing to call Holmoe an outright liar

Freddie Cougar

7/5/15 7:58am

And why did the talks not progress?

jrifkin48

7/5/15 8:00am

I put talks in quotation marks for a reason.

Freddie Cougar

7/5/15 8:17am

A lot of people on this board do.

Marking Time

7/5/15 8:11am

I believe that's his opinion for sure. It's also in his best interest to say

Walter Bellhaven

7/5/15 10:50am

Why are people so willing to accept what these people

FierceArc

7/5/15 11:07am

Also, the Big 12 lost Nebraska, A&M and Missouri and

cougarmanguy

7/5/15 8:20am

Exactly....adding Houston made more business sense than TCU

jrifkin48

7/5/15 8:26am

Here is what you gave up and here is what you got (fixed)

cougarmanguy

7/5/15 8:32am

and

cougarmanguy

7/5/15 8:37am

and also

cougarmanguy

7/5/15 8:38am

I really need to go to a few of those stadiums.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

7/5/15 11:32am

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. TCU was a better choice for a number of

FierceArc

7/5/15 11:38am

I'm kinda at the point where I think BYU should start jockeying for

thebruce

7/5/15 8:20am

A 16-team G5 conference?

Freddie Cougar

7/5/15 8:26am

The Super WAC conference

Twin Roots

7/5/15 8:50am

That was a roaring success! Let's do it again! tic

FierceArc

7/5/15 11:40am

A P4

thebruce

7/5/15 9:26am

The concern on the board (and it's well-founded, in my opinion), is that without

LeftOfNormal

7/5/15 9:34am

I understand that, and what I'm saying is I think the b12 will implode

thebruce

7/5/15 9:51am

I'm starting to think this way as well

Harrison0Yfan

7/5/15 9:52am

They looked at BYU, in 2011, but

Everymancoug

7/5/15 10:16am

you are making assumptions

thebruce

7/5/15 11:42am

Lol. Of course you don't think BYU is the problem because it's hard to be

FierceArc

7/5/15 10:55am

I think it is you who has an objectivity problem

Freddie Cougar

7/5/15 11:38am

Kindly point to where I said BYU "was the best option". Also, what do you mean

FierceArc

7/5/15 11:43am

It's easy to infer it from the "BYU blew it crowd."

Freddie Cougar

7/5/15 12:19pm

I've implied nothing that doesn't involve multiple parties, so try again.

FierceArc

7/5/15 9:49pm

LOL, your argument is based on an assumption

Freddie Cougar

7/6/15 7:03am

Big 12 membership wanted 4 Texas schools

Modiolus

7/5/15 11:04am

Yet now 3 commuter schools are now being considered

ManicBlue

7/5/15 11:34am

That's irrelevant to why TCU was added when they were... different time.

FierceArc

7/5/15 11:58am

Point being is they should learn from past mistakes and

ManicBlue

7/5/15 1:25pm

The unfortunate reality for the Big 12 is that it may not matter what they do.

FierceArc

7/5/15 10:22pm

Your perspective is a bit off

ManicBlue

7/5/15 10:56pm

I agree with you

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