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I hope that the "you made the cut" letters are going out in gaudy golden envelopes sealed with wax, impressed with the official Big 12 signet ring.
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I really want Colorado State as one. I'm leaning towards 14 teams now. CSU/Cinci/Houston/??? would be pretty cool.
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The list is apparently at 12 teams currently. https://twitter.com/max_olson/status/771179966100680704
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I would be okay with Tulane, Colorado State, and Cincinnati. If CSU is one of them, then Air Force is... okay, I guess. I miss sensical geographic footprints. 
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You can't tell me a cat emoji doesn't exist to put next to the bear for Cinci.
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Grittybeard posted:You can't tell me a cat emoji doesn't exist to put next to the bear for Cinci. 🐱🐈🦁🐯 take your pick of cat
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I like to think that they sent out one 'thanks but no thanks' letter to ECU and everyone else is still in the running.
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Why even bother having cuts if schools that add nothing like Rice and SMU are going to make it past the first round? I predict that someone was pulling ESPN's leg.
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If Rice gets into the Big 12 over Houston I might have to set something on fire
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Cliff Racer posted:Why even bother having cuts if schools that add nothing like Rice and SMU are going to make it past the first round? I predict that someone was pulling ESPN's leg. #texaspolitics
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You can tell that the Big 12 is a garbage conference because they're treating this like the Bachelor instead of being sane like all the other conferences.
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Intruder posted:If Rice gets into the Big 12 over Houston I might have to set something on fire
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Sash! posted:I hope that the "you made the cut" letters are going out in gaudy golden envelopes sealed with wax, impressed with the official Big 12 signet ring. Rose ceremony is traditional.
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Sash! posted:You can tell that the Big 12 is a garbage conference because they're treating this like the Bachelor instead of being sane like all the other conferences. Were a garbage conference only because we didn't make this a reality tv extravaganza where Bowlsby literally hands out roses.
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Were a garbage conference only because we didn't make this a reality tv extravaganza where Bowlsby literally hands out roses. Should use the Dancing with the Stars model so you can have more than one show a week. Also immunity challenges. Everyone likes immunity challenges.
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Spacebump posted:The list is apparently at 12 teams currently. 
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Spacebump posted:The list is apparently at 12 teams currently. Apparently, UConn is on here mainly because it would be okay with being a football-only member, which is about the craziest loving reason to invite UConn. The success rate for schools that make the leap without being near the conference is also pretty dismal (Maryland/Rutgers, Colorado). If UConn wants to sacrifice its football program at the Big 12 pyre for basketball's sake, that's fine, but I have no illusions about what would really be going on.
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Rumors from a guy on a Tulane board with a friend that does work for Cincy. Cincy's athletic department is operating on the idea that they are in and either BYU or Houston will be added as well. This round of interviews is to keep schools close for a future round of expansion. No reason to believe this one way or the other but the Tulane board is small enough that it'd be weird if he made it up.
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Sash! posted:You can tell that the Big 12 is a garbage conference because they're treating this like the Bachelor instead of being sane like all the other conferences. In a Real Conference a group of gentlemen discuss things behind closed doors, come out, and improve their conference by inviting Rutgers and Maryland.
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Please not BYU. Also, Big 12 really needs to add Memphis because they're a perfect replacement for Mizzou, an M school called the Tigers.
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It was asked earlier but Memphis is 600-something miles from Knoxville, we sometimes get recruits from that area but the Mississippi schools and other SEC west schools have greater visibility there than Tennessee. It was a huge deal when we pulled Drew Richmond away from Ole Miss last year. The UT staff seems to be focusing a lot more on the Nashville area.
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344 miles. But 600-something sure sounds bigger!
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General Dog posted:In a Real Conference a group of gentlemen discuss things behind closed doors, come out, and improve their conference by inviting Rutgers and Maryland. At least those were major conference teams instead of the leftovers from some mid majors.
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Sash! posted:At least those were major conference teams instead of the leftovers from some mid majors. All of those schools are better than Rutgers. All of them.
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Strobe posted:344 miles. drat, my brain doesn't work. I was thinking of the return trip as well.
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Sash! posted:At least those were major conference teams instead of the leftovers from some mid majors. Maryland and the ACC I can buy for the purposes of this argument, the Big East doesn't seem to really count as a major conference at the end of their (football) run. Not that it was full of bad sports schools, WVU and Louisville seem like solid gets for an athletic conference, Rutgers....not so much.
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Grittybeard posted:Maryland and the ACC I can buy for the purposes of this argument, the Big East doesn't seem to really count as a major conference at the end of their (football) run. Not that it was full of bad sports schools, WVU and Louisville seem like solid gets for an athletic conference, Rutgers....not so much. The Rutgers Fightin' New York TV Market.
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Cincinnati>Rutgers Both then and now
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Probably Magic posted:All of those schools are better than Rutgers. Excuse me https://twitter.com/RutgersMBB/status/770794324279767040?s=09
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Sash! posted:At least those were major conference teams instead of the leftovers from some mid majors. Debatable
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Grittybeard posted:Maryland and the ACC I can buy for the purposes of this argument, the Big East doesn't seem to really count as a major conference at the end of their (football) run. Not that it was full of bad sports schools, WVU and Louisville seem like solid gets for an athletic conference, Rutgers....not so much. Rutgers is a better football program than Maryland, why do people not give MD credit for the absolute dumpster fire it is. Thoguh posted:The Rutgers Fightin' New York TV Market. It's something as opposed to the Iowa State Fightin' Nothings. TheAlmightyFrog posted:Cincinnati>Rutgers They have no fan support. Kelly owned the poo poo out of us, but he's long gone.
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Kim Jong Il posted:Rutgers is a better football program than Maryland, why do people not give MD credit for the absolute dumpster fire it is. Oh they're terrible too, I was responding specifically to the "Big 10 went after major conference teams" part of things with that. The Big East was a joke looked at as a whole at the end.
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Spacebump posted:The list is apparently at 12 teams currently. Yay at making the cut, lol at UConn's emoji being a basketball and not a dog.
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