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Old 07-18-2016, 09:46 PM   #1
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I predict the Big XII will not expand and CB will go into a tizzy.

OTOH, I am terrible in the prognostication business, so if it turns out I am wrong, I can be happy. I am of course great at hedging.

A number of people are convinced a deal has been struck. Where have I heard that before?
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With the announcement coming out of the ACC today I think the Big 12 is dangerously close to being picked apart by the other P5 leagues. With only ten members, if the other P5 leagues all took one or two a piece, the Big 12 could quickly be stuck with less than six members, which means under NCAA rules it would instantly disband and there would be no league left to enforce the grant of rights the schools signed. The B12 could probably protect itself from that by adding two teams. But you're right they probably won't. As a group they're just too stupid.
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Holy crap!!!!
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They will expand! They have given commissioner Bowlsby authorization to get the teams. This is essentially the same message the Pac 12 put out there years ago when they told Larry Scott to do that. All the national commentators saying it would be a definite no to expansion were wrong. Wow.
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My life is just dandy right now. In multiple dimensions.
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They will expand! They have given commissioner Bowlsby authorization to get the teams. This is essentially the same message the Pac 12 put out there years ago when they told Larry Scott to do that. All the national commentators saying it would be a definite no to expansion were wrong. Wow.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=40727260&nid...dates-like-byu

That is positive.
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The mainstream national media people were all pretty much universally wrong. They were lazy and not looking for or following their leads.


Several of the locally based media in Big 12 markets were right. They were following leads and doing some actual reporting.


Mixed bag on the non-traditional bloggers. Some were right. Others just didn't know anything or had no sources but were commenting anyway.
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cougarboard was pretty funny yesterday -- like one of the more extreme negative posters who was on a rampage calling everyone who was trying to listen in on the news conference, "a bunch of pathetic losers." I'm guessing he doesn't show up much for a while.
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poll of Big 12 football coaches.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...spn-poll-shows

Surprising that Houston is so heavily favored.
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poll of Big 12 football coaches.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...spn-poll-shows

Surprising that Houston is so heavily favored.
Mostly non-Texas based schools. The Texas based schools wouldn't want to dilute the effectiveness of UH by adding them.
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