Big !2 invites SMU & Houston

[PK]

here is a link to the article I presume this all started from....
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=14

Not exactly an inside source...

Author is from Anaheim, lives in Las Vegas.... ears to the tracks

[peruna11]

(tweet)ChipBrownOB

UT press conference with President Bill Powers, AD DeLoss Dodds and Sr AAD Chris Plonsky Tues at 10 am CT

Guess we'll see in the AM...

[Hoop Fan]

maybe the handshake deal finally came to fruition. Nah.

[huskerpony]

According to Chip, the Big XII will now and forever be the Big XII minus II.

He also said the Big XII was dead, 6 teams were going to the Pac-10, Nebraska wasn't getting invited to the Big Ten, A&M going to the SEC, and he CONFIRMED 4 teams were going to the Pac-10, ......one of them has to be true eventually.

[Samurai Stang]

(tweet)ChipBrownOB

UT press conference with President Bill Powers, AD DeLoss Dodds and Sr AAD Chris Plonsky Tues at 10 am CT

Guess we'll see in the AM...

Sleep in with the confidence that our position will remain unchanged.

[jason54858]

According to Chip, the Big XII will now and forever be the Big XII minus II.

He also said the Big XII was dead, 6 teams were going to the Pac-10, Nebraska wasn't getting invited to the Big Ten, A&M going to the SEC, and he CONFIRMED 4 teams were going to the Pac-10, ......one of them has to be true eventually.

Its not a good 2 weeks to be Chip Brown right now, but he isn't the only "expert" who blew this one.

[Samurai Stang]

According to Chip, the Big XII will now and forever be the Big XII minus II.

Expansion will happen. It is only a matter of time until the dawn of the super conference. Iowa State, Baylor, Missouri, and Kansas State are very well aware of the precarious position they were almost in. It is in their best interest that when the next shift does occur the Big 12 be large enough to survive as a conference. I expect the vacancies to be filled, both for reasons of a conference championship and the ability of the lesser powers to survive when they are ultimately left behind.

[huskerpony]

According to Chip, the Big XII will now and forever be the Big XII minus II.

He also said the Big XII was dead, 6 teams were going to the Pac-10, Nebraska wasn't getting invited to the Big Ten, A&M going to the SEC, and he CONFIRMED 4 teams were going to the Pac-10, ......one of them has to be true eventually.

Its not a good 2 weeks to be Chip Brown right now, but he isn't the only "expert" who blew this one.

Actually, I bet he is getting a ton of money from the last two weeks. How much traffic has gone to his website and how many rivals subscriptions did he sell this week? Nature of the internet. Volume, speed, and bombshells generate money, not journalistic accuracy.

[SMU89]

here is a link to the article I presume this all started from....
http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... tml?cat=14

Not exactly an inside source...

Author is from Anaheim, lives in Las Vegas.... ears to the tracks

Could be a link....

Las Vegas -> Palms -> Maloof Brothers -> Jones -> SMU - > Kathy Bates -> Kevin Bacon

[Wuba]

From the Article: SMU and Houston would be foolish to turn down the invite but it will ultimately make their schools weaker when it comes to recruiting.

I would love to hear the author explain his "logic" for that comment. It can be interesting to peer into the mind of a crazy person.

[peruna11]

Author is from Anaheim, lives in Las Vegas.... ears to the tracks

Could be a link....

Las Vegas -> Palms -> Maloof Brothers -> Jones -> SMU - > Kathy Bates -> Kevin Bacon

I stand corrected!!

[westexSMU]

I read the same thing about hurting our recruiting. No way JJ & Co. would be "hurt in recruiting" if SMU had a chance to be in a BCS conference.

[Hoop Fan]

I don't know, Baylor started sucking wind and their recruiting fell off when the Big 12 started. coincidence? maybe.

[Topper]

This sounds pretty crazy. UT would be escatic if the Big 12 didnt play a championship game. Mack has complained that the championship game is a national championship killer. Unless the big TV money is tied to a 12 team league, I doubt they will go to that many teams.

It would also make more sense for the Big 12 to go after Utah or even BYU than us. We add much less in terms of tv audience and we have no baseball. Utah has pretty good basketball cred too.

Oh, how do you explain to a nine year old that the Big 10 has 12 and the Big 12 has 10?

[StallionsModelT]

This is beyond stupid. We're not going to a Big 12 that has Texas in it. Period.