Another conference considering SMU?

ponyinNC · Post by **ponyinNC** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:32 am

hate to say it, but TCU really did that back in the day after the bowl win against USC. Keep Big Mo' on your side!

peruna11 · Post by **peruna11** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:33 am

@Dennis Dodd wrote:Listening to this SEC call, coaches are salivating at being able to get into Texas. Either more, or at all.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:25 pm

sounds good to me. i'll welcome the Padawan here.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:40 pm

Have we heard from the MAC?

ericdickerson4life · Post by **ericdickerson4life** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:57 pm

That's a little out of our geographic location. I would suspect the Sunbelt or maybe a big curve ball and Southland.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:12 pm

Check out last paragraph from ESPN

A source with direct knowledge of the Big 12's expansion plans told ESPN.com's Andy Katz that Missouri's indecision has put the expansion committee and the conference in a tough position as it waits to see how many teams it will seek to add to the conference.

The source said the five-person expansion committee expects to have a second conference call sometime within a week. The committee still doesn't know if Deaton will recuse himself since he's one of the five members of the committee with Kansas State president Kirk Schulz, the chair, as well as Oklahoma State president Burns Hargis, Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione and Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds.

The source said that the top choices remain BYU, Louisville, West Virginia and TCU, but a new school was discussed recently that hasn't been mentioned publicly: Tulane out of Conference USA. The source said the Big 12 has been contacted by a number of other schools about possible inclusion, as well.

The source said that Tulane would become a viable option for the Big 12 if it were to grab four schools to beef up the membership to 12, in a situation where BYU decides it doesn't want to leave its football independence or its new tie to the WCC in all other sports. Tulane is interesting to the Big 12 because of its location in New Orleans and in a state, Louisiana, where the Big 12 is absent, as well as the school's renewed commitment to sports and facilities after Hurricane Katrina.

East Coast Mustang · Post by **East Coast Mustang** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:20 pm

Tulane? That has to be a [deleted] joke.

johnangle · Post by **johnangle** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:36 pm

Are you [Gary Patterson] kidding me? TULANE? The whorns and their minions can go to [Gary Patterson]. What a slap in the face.

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:42 pm

johnangle wrote:Are you [Gary Patterson] kidding me? TULANE? The whorns and their minions can go to [Gary Patterson]. What a slap in the face.

Excellent use of the self-censor "[Gary Patterson]"

Welcome to PF by the way

ericdickerson4life · Post by **ericdickerson4life** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:51 pm

Ha. A dying city begging for the next hurricane to raise awareness of the city again. Not to mention a terrible football team and school that would rather watch it's sports die than spend any money supporting them.

reddevil · Post by **reddevil** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:53 pm

If the Big12 is so desperate for schools outside of Texas that it is willing to consider Tulane, it can't be good news for TCU.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:55 pm

We already turned them down

ericdickerson4life · Post by **ericdickerson4life** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:55 pm

Can't be good news for the B12 either.

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:56 pm

Good for tulane...

You guys know there is no chance Texas is going To open pandoras box and let us in...maybe the sec will get pissed and take us in response

Comet · Post by **Comet** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:02 pm

We will not be going to the Big XII, so good for Tulane. Our eyes are set on the BE or a conference merger.