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smupony94 wrote:Numerous public documents (emails sent from AD at SDSU to Oklahoma AD) stating they would give their left nut to be football only in Big East

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

smupony94 wrote:Numerous public documents (emails sent from AD at SDSU to Oklahoma AD) stating they would give their left nut to be football only in Big East

Trying to find the link. Was released as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. Poor lady at SDSU got a bunch of grief. Of course she was correct in saying SDSU would be much easier to deal with than BYU.

smupony94 wrote:Numerous public documents (emails sent from AD at SDSU to Oklahoma AD) stating they would give their left nut to be football only in Big East

Are they willing to include the right one as well?

GO PONIES!!!

Maybe part of unified announcement has to do with the committed members like us. Maybe we dont want to go forward if it means no western division (or just a complete division). Its probably a stretch, but at this point with Penn St. and other scandals, the announcement would have little to no impact on peoples' minds. They are all going to continue to say the BE is the worst AQ conference, etc. So, unless we (or others) made it requirement to have all 6-7 member to join at the same time, we should push the BE to add us.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/cont ... emails.pdf

Pages 11, 38, 42, 67

The sad part is with TCU going to the Big 12 that means they would only want one more from Texas and most likely would be Houston to give that market. If BE is smart, they really need to hurry before someone decides Houston is a good steal. Without Houston, our new conference will be significantly less interesting. Im not Houston fan, but I enjoy the games we usually play against each other.

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:The sad part is with TCU going to the Big 12 that means they would only want one more from Texas and most likely would be Houston to give that market.

Try again.

If you read the documents FOIA'd by reporters from A&M during their conference change, it becomes very clear that BigXII has zero interest in Houston as an addition to the conference.
So I wouldn't worry about it.

I understand you guys have better insight into this situation than I do. But why is Houston (or Rice) not a good choice? Do they feel the Houston market will be fans of anyone else other than the other two schools? Its weird the 4th largest in pop and fattest city hasnt been exploited. (Also typically worst major sports: Rockets, Astros..)

Big 12 already controls the Houston market. TCU was not a top pick, but they needed someone.

smupony94 wrote:Big 12 already controls the Houston market. TCU was not a top pick, but they needed someone.

Oh no I know that they went kicking and screaming when voting for TCU to join. I hate how things are.... I really wish the SWC was back.

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

smupony94 wrote:Big 12 already controls the Houston market. TCU was not a top pick, but they needed someone.

Oh no I know that they went kicking and screaming when voting for TCU to join. I hate how things are.... I really wish the SWC was back.

Agreed, so long as there was some level of parity.

Comet wrote:

SMU_Alumni11 wrote:

smupony94 wrote:Big 12 already controls the Houston market. TCU was not a top pick, but they needed someone.

Oh no I know that they went kicking and screaming when voting for TCU to join. I hate how things are.... I really wish the SWC was back.

Agreed, so long as there was some level of parity.

In this hypothetical improbable situation, how would you seperate it?

I truly don't understand what is taking so long. I was ok for the first 7 weeks of the wait but now that it's been about 2-3 weeks after the UCF AD quoted that it's taking too long. Are several of the theoretically invited schools still "negotiating" issues or is it all SDSU now?

I guess here is a recent update http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/ ... ion-update

behind the scenes lawyer talk.