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Had Bowlsby been trying to expand the Big 12 and Texas and OU kept rejecting teams?
Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:31 pm
As soon as that happened, every member of the conference should have known The Big 12 was on borrowed time.
They can’t all be bitching now.
They can’t all be bitching now.
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Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:31 pm to GreyReb
The options were teams like cougar high and UCF. Why wouldn’t we reject them?
Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:33 pm to THE Texas Flagship
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The options were teams like cougar high and UCF. Why wouldn’t we reject them?
How did Big 12 ended getting TCU and Baylor?
Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:33 pm to GreyReb
TU and OU were doing whatever they were told to do.
Posted on 7/29/21 at 9:36 pm to GreyReb
Texas knew they were gone when A&M left. They are the ones who rejected Pitt and Louisville to bring the conference to 12.
Posted on 7/29/21 at 10:06 pm to GreyReb
From a geographic and economic POV the merging of the Big 8 and SWC made sense at the time. Bringing in Baylor was acceptable for much the same reason that Vandy has always been a completely valid (and needed) inclusion in the SEC. The conference was on pretty good footing until texsa and Deloss Dodds went ape on greed and alienated just about everyone else. While COL could have been replaced, losing NEB, MO and aTm was a hit to the conference identity that couldn't be accounted for and was the beginning of the end.
Geographically and culturally, bringing in WVA was a head scratcher to begin with and made moreso by not bringing in CIN and/or LOU to extend something like a geographic continuity (a kind of pod if you will) to the conference footprint. The fact that they were 'city schools' was not overly appealing to the state Universities and they chose to pass while keeping the 'Neers in the fold. Not a smart choice.
That said - being a conference named the Big XII and having only 10 teams was laughable all along, but pretty summed up the dysfunction of the situation.
Geographically and culturally, bringing in WVA was a head scratcher to begin with and made moreso by not bringing in CIN and/or LOU to extend something like a geographic continuity (a kind of pod if you will) to the conference footprint. The fact that they were 'city schools' was not overly appealing to the state Universities and they chose to pass while keeping the 'Neers in the fold. Not a smart choice.
That said - being a conference named the Big XII and having only 10 teams was laughable all along, but pretty summed up the dysfunction of the situation.
This post was edited on 7/29/21 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 7/29/21 at 10:31 pm to THE Texas Flagship
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cougar high
Why did you hire their coach then?
Posted on 7/29/21 at 10:37 pm to ronricks
Clearly it was a shitty decision. Blow & Kendra Scott took him off the rails
Posted on 7/29/21 at 11:28 pm to TexasForever
BYU was a reasonable add who was probably eager to join. I never understood why the Big 12 rejected them but added WVU and TCU.
Posted on 7/29/21 at 11:37 pm to GreyReb
It was too late to expand once Nebraska, A&M, Colorado and Mizzou left...The time to expand would have been before those teams left and when Nebraska was still relevant and Colorado was still somewhat relevant.
At that point, they might have made a run at some of the BIG teams or even SEC teams like Arky and LSU and maybe possibly could have had a shot to entice some decent schools.
The SEC and BIG were forward thinking and fhe Big 12 never was....Guess they always thought if they had Texas and OU then they would be fine.
At that point, they might have made a run at some of the BIG teams or even SEC teams like Arky and LSU and maybe possibly could have had a shot to entice some decent schools.
The SEC and BIG were forward thinking and fhe Big 12 never was....Guess they always thought if they had Texas and OU then they would be fine.
This post was edited on 7/29/21 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 7/29/21 at 11:40 pm to Gunny Hartman
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BYU was a reasonable add who was probably eager to join. I never understood why the Big 12 rejected them but added WVU and TCU.
BYU won't play sports on sundays.
Posted on 7/30/21 at 12:36 am to TrueLefty
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How did Big 12 ended getting TCU and Baylor?
Baylor was completely politics. At the time, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House all had Baylor connections. They basically threatened to force the PUF to be evenly distributed between all schools in Texas if Baylor wasn't picked.
TCU was an attempt to save face after A&M left.
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