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The Future of The Big12

InTheBuff

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Looking ahead, which schools will be joining the conference after Colorado?

I'm thinking Arizona, ASU and one more
from the PAC but not sure whom.

Once the ACC falls apart I see Pitt,
Louisville for sure but after that it's tough to predict. Syracuse? VA Tech ? Duke?
 
InTheBuff said:
Looking ahead, which schools will be joining the conference after Colorado?

I'm thinking Arizona, ASU and one more
from the PAC but not sure whom.

Once the ACC falls apart I see Pitt,
Louisville for sure but after that it's tough to predict. Syracuse? VA Tech ? Duke?
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UA, ASU, and OSU
 
I don't understand why BYU would care. So they hate each other. Ohio State and Michigan also hate each other. CU and Nebraska hate each other and would love to be back in the same conference. OU and Texas hate each other and they banded together to bail for the SEC.

BYU and Utah is a minor rivalry on the national CFB landscape, but both being solid P5 programs gives the Big 12 another "marquee" game in it's inventory. It's mutually beneficial for both programs and the conference.
 
The Alabaster Yak said:
I don't understand why BYU would care. So they hate each other. Ohio State and Michigan also hate each other. CU and Nebraska hate each other and would love to be back in the same conference. OU and Texas hate each other and they banded together to bail for the SEC.

BYU and Utah is a minor rivalry on the national CFB landscape, but both being solid P5 programs gives the Big 12 another "marquee" game in it's inventory. It's mutually beneficial for both programs and the conference.
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BYU is VERY petty and is upset that Utah was petty and did what they could to keep them out of the P12 in the past. I could see them throwing a fit. Not sure if that's a dealbreaker or anything but it's definitely an obstacle to overcome.
 
Seems like the B12 needs an odd number to make this work, either 1 more team or 3 more.

If one, I could see UA or Oregon or UW.

If three, all of the above, or substitute SDSU, SMU as a filler on reduced shares, if UO and UW get that fanciful B1G invite.

I doubt the B12 will be going hard after anybody else. They need as many non-directional schools as possible. Ditto schools that don't have State in the name. (And yes, I understand SDSU, but they would be filler).
 
Broncos, Raiders and Chargers - it's the only way they can avoid Mahomes until the next cycle.
 
Goose said:
BYU is VERY petty and is upset that Utah was petty and did what they could to keep them out of the P12 in the past. I could see them throwing a fit. Not sure if that's a dealbreaker or anything but it's definitely an obstacle to overcome.
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I would be hard pressed to name a university with as long and deep of an institutional memory as BYU. A lot of the faculty and staff are "lifers," people who come to BYU and want to spend the rest of their careers there. Lavell Edwards (29 years as head coach, another 10 as an assistant) was just the most prominent example.

As a result, plenty of people at BYU remember what happened when Utah went to the Pac. It's not that Utah left but how it left that is the issue. I could cite plenty of petty things that were intended to rub in that departure or damage BYU's move to and success in independence, but will forebear. Those who make the decisions know and remember, with plenty of other people to remind them if they by chance forgot.

Nevertheless, I won't be surprised if BYU turns the other cheek, so to speak, and votes for Utah to join, if it comes to that point. A major reason is that some on BYU's Board of Trustees have Utah ties, WAY back when things were much more civil, and want to maintain the best possible relationship with the state's flagship public university. That's a reason why BYU's sponsoring organization made a large donation to Utah's law school a few years ago, to name another example.

Whether that's enough to overcome the animosity that Utah has shown toward the Big-12 over the past year or counter one of the Pac's reasons for not considering BYU -- one school already covering that media market, so no reason to duplicate that -- remains to be seen.
 
Buffnik said:
The Y vs The U is a fantastic rivalry. So much bitterness and butthurt that they don't want to be together or even really play each other, but when they do get together there's passion like we haven't seen since Brokeback Mountain.
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CU was supposed to become Utah's brokeback..
 
Buffnik said:
The Y vs The U is a fantastic rivalry. So much bitterness and butthurt that they don't want to be together or even really play each other, but when they do get together there's passion like we haven't seen since Brokeback Mountain.
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Yeah, but BYU thinks that Utah fans are classless, crass, and rude. Given my experience with Utah fans, BYU is in for a rough awakening when they meet up with CU. Here come the assholes.
 
Goose said:
Ok, so usernames with Cougar or Coug that have MTN’s post length are BYU fans.

Usernames with Cougar or Coug that have Luke’s post length are Houston fans.

Got it.
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Or they are Utah fans in disguise!
 
Scotch said:
This thread needs to be renamed to "How to put lipstick on a pig."
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Lipstick.jpg
 
leftybuff said:
Seems like the B12 needs an odd number to make this work, either 1 more team or 3 more.

If one, I could see UA or Oregon or UW.

If three, all of the above, or substitute SDSU, SMU as a filler on reduced shares, if UO and UW get that fanciful B1G invite.

I doubt the B12 will be going hard after anybody else. They need as many non-directional schools as possible. Ditto schools that don't have State in the name. (And yes, I understand SDSU, but they would be filler).
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I can't be the only one that would love to see Oregon playing Lubbock...the guns up and ducks.
 
Big Jim said:
How much political capital does BYU have in the B12 right now being a brand spanking new member? They will cockblock UU every day on twice on Sunday if they can.
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They can't do anything involving cock on Sundays, let alone twice
 
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