TCU accepts Big 12 Invite

[SMU89]

In no way is this good for SMU...makes me ill.

Are you kidding? This is huge for SMU.

1) TCU will fade from public eye as just another mediocre school.
2) TCU will not be able to block SMU from joining BE (if we're interested...).
3) With TCU going to Big 12, Big 12 could leave rest of BE alone now. They don't want 12 treams...
4) SMU now becomes best "free agent" on the market.

Good for TCU, but this is great for SMU.

Did you get yor basketball tics?

[ponyinNC]

i'll hold off on the kool aid for now. this really sucks for us, no matter how you spin it. our biggest rival is at the big boys table. recruiting nightmare. i just threw up a little.

[Oldmins]

Well, I at least I can take solace in the fact that TCU still sux overall as a university. Would anyone here go back and choose TCU over SMU for college if they could? I rest my case.

Based on the number of applications for admission received by the two schools, apparently a lot more would choose TCU over SMU. What else do these figures mean? And Baylor comes in third in the contest.

[Samurai Stang]

I hope we can get a deus ex machina PAC, B1G, or SEC invite

With TCU in the Big 12, our best hope now becomes that the SEC might feel compelled to respond. Dallas-Fort Worth was previously unoccupied, but with the addition of TCU, the Big 12 has taken a more active approach marking their territory. This will not go unnoticed by the SEC. It is simply a matter of how much this new development concerns them, if at all.

[Dutch]

Well, I at least I can take solace in the fact that TCU still sux overall as a university. Would anyone here go back and choose TCU over SMU for college if they could? I rest my case.

Based on the number of applications for admission received by the two schools, apparently a lot more would choose TCU over SMU. What else do these figures mean? And Baylor comes in third in the contest.

a lot more apply b/c they know it's easier to get into.

[HB Pony Dad]

The offer to TCU will be extended sometime in the next few days, according to two people with ties to the Big 12. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because the league has not announced the decision.

The Big 12 board of directors authorized interim commissioner Chuck Neinas to begin negotiations with TCU to become the Big 12's 10th member, the league announced on Thursday. He'll begin discussions immediately.

The vote was unanimous, but Missouri did not participate on the advice of legal counsel.

Sounds as if things are still swell in the BIG BEVO!

Big 12 agrees to invite TCU

[deepellumfrog]

Well, I at least I can take solace in the fact that TCU still sux overall as a university. Would anyone here go back and choose TCU over SMU for college if they could? I rest my case.

Based on the number of applications for admission received by the two schools, apparently a lot more would choose TCU over SMU. What else do these figures mean? And Baylor comes in third in the contest.

i would Good news for the Frogs, and not terrible news for the Stangs. There is still a lot of realignment left. Just glad we got a chair early in the game.

[jtstang]

The reason TCU has grown its program is due to a decade of 9-10+ wins (and two BCS bowls). That will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER happen in the Big 12. They will be duking it out with Baylor for title as best of the cellar dwellers.

You're stoned.

[BRStang]

Well, I at least I can take solace in the fact that TCU still sux overall as a university. Would anyone here go back and choose TCU over SMU for college if they could? I rest my case.

Based on the number of applications for admission received by the two schools, apparently a lot more would choose TCU over SMU. What else do these figures mean? And Baylor comes in third in the contest.

There's a reason for TCU's inferiority complex (see Fatterson's comments) re: SMU despite all of its recent winning in FB. You see, the general "non-athlete" student body at the end of the day KNOWS that regardless of FB prowess, SMU is a better school, is grander, is in a better city, doesn't smell like cow [deleted], and that they could not get in to SMU. Seriously, at this point, show me a non-football player who would choose TCU over SMU, and I'll show you an idiot.

[NickSMU17]

Well, I at least I can take solace in the fact that TCU still sux overall as a university. Would anyone here go back and choose TCU over SMU for college if they could? I rest my case.

Based on the number of applications for admission received by the two schools, apparently a lot more would choose TCU over SMU. What else do these figures mean? And Baylor comes in third in the contest.

terrible comment....really one the most uneducated statements I have ever heard....

Nice work...

[ponyinNC]

I hope we can get a deus ex machina PAC, B1G, or SEC invite

With TCU in the Big 12, our best hope now becomes that the SEC might feel compelled to respond. Dallas-Fort Worth was previously unoccupied, but with the addition of TCU, the Big 12 has taken a more active approach marking their territory. This will not go unnoticed by the SEC. It is simply a matter of how much this new development concerns them, if at all.

If the SEC wanted DFW, they would've taken TCU first. Can't imagine this concerns them at all.

[mathman]

Say what you will, but TCU earned their way into this. We just need to do the same thing. Congrats to them and hope we join the BCS fraternity in the next few weeks.

[Clubs]

Wow, I've never seen so many short-sighted people in my life. The reason TCU has grown its program is due to a decade of 9-10+ wins (and two BCS bowls). That will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER happen in the Big 12. They will be duking it out with Baylor for title as best of the cellar dwellers.

SMU now gets to join whatever at large BCS conference is available (whether it be the BE or MWC). SMU will be in a position to earn BCS births (if we can free-up that over challenging non-conf schedule). So in 5-6 years when the Big 12 dissolves, who do you think will be in a better position? Before you respond, look at how many options Baylor has in this whole process.

TCU is celebrating, but the true TCU fan should be very concerned.

Yeah but we don't have time on our side to position ourselves like TCU did. We don't have a decade to improve. I think most on this board are concerned that we will be left on the outside looking in when all these conferences dissolve. Even if MWC and CUSA merge, that doesn't mean it will get a seat at the table. I think everyone has a right to worry right now.

[HB Pony Dad]

I think everyone has a right to worry right now.

[Samurai Stang]

I hope we can get a deus ex machina PAC, B1G, or SEC invite

With TCU in the Big 12, our best hope now becomes that the SEC might feel compelled to respond. Dallas-Fort Worth was previously unoccupied, but with the addition of TCU, the Big 12 has taken a more active approach marking their territory. This will not go unnoticed by the SEC. It is simply a matter of how much this new development concerns them, if at all.

If the SEC wanted DFW, they would've taken TCU first. Can't imagine this concerns them at all.

The SEC did not have any need for SMU until the Big 12 had already taken TCU.

It could have just as easily have been that the SEC added TCU, which would have then pressured the Big 12 to take SMU.

Market penetration is always a concern.