McMurphy was right. He said Texas was opposed to expansion.

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Aug 2, 2021
1:49:02pm

Everyman Intervention Needed

McMurphy was right. He said Texas was opposed to expansion.

Bowlsby confirms that Oklahoma was also opposed.

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Everyman

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This is why Big 12 didn’t expand in 2016.

SpudCoug

8/2/21 1:44pm

Yep, as stated before, it had nothing to do with the ISU or KSU protests

2FarGone

8/2/21 1:47pm

ESPN is not BYU's friend

8/2/21 1:47pm

true, expect when BYU adds value to ESPN.

8/2/21 1:58pm

McMurphy was right. He said Texas was opposed to expansion.

Everyman

8/2/21 1:49pm

Oklahoma was the one that started the expansion talk...

Coug

8/2/21 1:52pm

So Texas and OU screw the conference by agreeing to dump the expansion language in the TV contract...

Coug

8/2/21 1:51pm

They won't be influential enough to ruin SEC.

Madam Pattirini

8/2/21 2:42pm

But they will cause them headaches.

Everyman

8/2/21 2:55pm

This is one sided. Texas and OU people have long said that Texas and OU were fine with expanding as long as they got

8/2/21 1:52pm

"8 of us staying together probably best option"

Captain Barnacles

8/2/21 1:53pm

I think he means keeping the 8 within the conference and then building around

Everyman

8/2/21 1:56pm

I think he means, stay at 8 to keep the same money through the end of the

bluegaucho

8/2/21 2:00pm

Their contract is probably void with only 8. Fox/ESPN expect 90+ games out of

Kajdin

8/2/21 2:35pm

This speaks to the lack of leadership in the BIG XII. They have never had a

bluegaucho

8/2/21 1:57pm

hard to be a leader when the most powerful constituent always does what it wants

claw

8/2/21 2:03pm

The reality nobody really wanted to expand at the time. Bowlsby did, but he was

mudpupper

8/2/21 2:08pm

Good news that BYU submitted an "intention to join." Utah's was non-commitable

panacablue

8/2/21 2:37pm

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