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Oct 10, 2021
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Dread Pirate Westley Truly Addicted User

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Smith: Big 12 nearly passed on UH again until Tilman Fertitta stepped in

Two weeks ago, the conference was going to only add three schools (BYU, Central Florida...

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/brian-t-smith/article/Smith-Big-12-nearly-passed-on-UH-again-until-16451474.php

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Dread Pirate Westley

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Why no one likes Boise State

AZPTCOUG

10/10/21 6:09pm

Blue turf. Yuck

FieroCoug

10/10/21 6:09pm

Boise is not a State

WJCougar

10/10/21 6:11pm

Because their fans are pathetic enough to make fake accounts on other fans board

Gunga Galunga

10/10/21 6:11pm

RE: Why no one likes Boise State

AZPTCOUG

10/10/21 6:13pm

Drivings a great profession. Lots of reasons to crap on Boise but thats not one.

Backcountry

10/10/21 6:15pm

It’s called “driving truck”.

zsmooth

10/10/21 6:19pm

And?

Backcountry

10/10/21 7:00pm

Just wanted to show off my blue collar knowledge.

zsmooth

10/10/21 7:03pm

Nice

Backcountry

10/10/21 7:08pm

Who?

Ted Lasso

10/10/21 6:15pm

And jealousy

Goliath

10/10/21 6:34pm

Oops--dorry! Didn't see this was in response to an idiot post below. Carry on

Goliath

10/10/21 6:41pm

Stadium is named after a grocery store

quackaddict

10/10/21 6:36pm

All they have is football. Bad academics, tiny market and all other sports suck.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 6:43pm

Still upset about losing to us in hoops last year, I see.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 6:45pm

Hey! You’re back!

TerpCoug

10/10/21 7:46pm

And when have you been in the Dance, exactly?

TerpCoug

10/10/21 7:54pm

Much like when I was single, we've been invited a few times but we're not very

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 8:19pm

Can you expound on why you believe Boise State has bad academics? Just curious.

pigfoot

10/10/21 7:09pm

Check out the Tony Altimore’s presentation on conference realignment. BSU’s

TerpCoug

10/10/21 7:52pm

Who is that and what makes him an expert on BSU academics?

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 8:21pm

He’s a consultant and they specifically studied fit of schools in the big 12.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:27pm

I've worked with a lot of consultants. Some are good, most are not.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 8:30pm

Throw out the ones that don’t tell me what I want to hear. Great strategy.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:34pm

Tell me this - was he hired by the Big 12 to produce the report, or is this

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 8:40pm

Like it or not, his metrics are still sound. Boise is not a good school yet.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:43pm

Here's the thing about his academic metrics. He ranks the military academies on

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:01pm

Yet, Boise was passed over for Houston. BYU scored really well in spite of

TerpCoug

10/10/21 9:05pm

And if you listen to his presentation, he compliments their trajectory, but they

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:48pm

If the new B12 expands again Boise is in. Mark it down. They want FB schools.

jimmything

10/10/21 8:45pm

I’ll be happy when it does. I wanted BSU over Houston.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:50pm

Just cause your school wins a couple football games doesn’t make them good at academics.

zsmooth

10/10/21 8:28pm

You sound bitter.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 8:30pm

Boise is great for Football, but Presidents care about more than that.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:37pm

New B12 is NOT sweating academics.

jimmything

10/10/21 8:46pm

It had to factor in somewhere, though. Otherwise take Boise State over Houston.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 8:48pm

Houston has a billionaire that made it his mission to get them in. That's the

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:04pm

So does Memphis but how much did that help them?

TerpCoug

10/10/21 9:07pm

Apparently not enough. Do you think a billionaire backer would have helped BSU?

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:11pm

Maybe maybe not. Not to say it doesn’t help, but it’s not a guarantee.

TerpCoug

10/10/21 9:14pm

At least I’m not running away.

zsmooth

10/10/21 9:00pm

That's good, you're probably a little too old to run away from home.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:05pm

Welcome back to CB.

zsmooth

10/10/21 9:07pm

Thanks, I came back a month or so ago.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:09pm

Uh huh.

zsmooth

10/10/21 9:12pm

I never had a problem with boy z until I lived in Idaho and realized how

Dat_rmishner

10/10/21 8:42pm

Imagine the audacity of having fans of opposing schools that want you to lose.

Dread Pirate Westley

10/10/21 9:07pm

Correct.

Dat_rmishner

10/11/21 8:23am

You know they don’t actually have a truck school right?

canofpicante

10/10/21 10:14pm

Obviously

AZPTCOUG

10/10/21 10:27pm

Apparently not that obvious.

canofpicante

10/11/21 9:20am

RE: Why no one likes Boise State

Manavu10

10/10/21 10:20pm

RE: Why no one likes Boise State

Smith: Big 12 nearly passed on UH again until Tilman Fertitta stepped in

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