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ABSR

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  1. "A lot of people now are very concerned about the predatory nature of the SEC." So was it predatory in 1978 when the PAC 8 added Arizona and Arizona State from the WAC? Was it predatory in 2010 when the PAC 10 added Colorado from the Big 12 and Utah from the WAC? Is it predatory now that the PAC 12 is looking at possibly expanding? It's baffling that these people have high paying and high visibility jobs.
  2. Nobody in sports was ever nicer to me than Joe Castiglione. He was the nicest man ever. He’s got friends everywhere in college athletics. He’s one of the most respected guys in the country. Every other AD in the league loves Joe Castiglione. Now they hate him. He lied to them for a year. He sat at every table keeping in his mind that he was orchestrating a way for his team to be out, lying to them, hearing all the information about what’s going on the Big 12, likely sharing that information with ESPN and the SEC. And he turned around and stabbed them in the back. NO. What he did was his job. Which is to do what is best for his athletic department and school. If he had told the Big 12 and other AD's about his plans then the conference and other schools would have done anything and everything to scuttle it, while at the same time doing anything to help their own best interest with no regards to the conference or other conference members. Same with CDC. This is like expecting an employee to notify his current company and his boss that he is interviewing and looking to possibly take a new job and leave the company, well before any interviews, decisions or offers are made.
  3. Passenger Zip-Tied And Duct Taped After Allegedly Punching Flight Attendant On Pittsburgh To Dallas American Airlines Flight https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2019/06/19/pittsburgh-dallas-flight-drunk-passenger-emergency-landing/ No alleged about it. Family and I were on the flight from Pittsburgh to DFW, about 12 rows back. We were delayed several hours and apparently the passenger had lots of time spent in the Airport Bar. We were told later he was flying to DFW for a divorce proceeding. The Guy goes crazy and attacks the person next to him and then the flight attendants. Passengers jump up and he gets Duct taped and Zip-tied to his seat. We divert to OKC where he is taken off kicking and screaming, before we finally get to DFW.
  4. Raising different hands always bothered me as I thought having the same hand raised (Right or left) would have added more symmetry and appeared more unified..which always bothered me for some reason. It just dawned on me that they likely only had one pair of gloves and split the pair. Anyone know if this is true?
  5. We had something similar in size, but not with a TV. Center console was an 8 Track player. Was first thing you saw when you walked into our house. It sat in front of the mirrored wall (made with 12" mirrored tiles with squiggly lines on them).
  6. Hate to partially defend an aggy, but when Boren was University President he had a big push to try and get OU closer to AAU status, or accepted into the AAU. Boren also seemed to have an affinity for the Big 10 for that reason. This may have been why he had the "alleged" scandal for the inappropriate actions regarding a male aide. Boren was just trying to get OU to have a sex scandal to better fit in with the Big 10. Long game.
  7. So when he said "Jim was wrestling the anaconda", was that really gay porn?
  8. PAC 12 would prefer to add bigger/better candidates, but as the weakest P4 conference I think the most important thing would be for them to add good enough teams that provide a Central Time Zone for game times. Those horrible 11AM CST kick offs Oklahoma complained about would be great to get exposure for the existing PAC 12 teams in the Central and Eastern time zones. However I agree with DP that the PAC 12 likely has little interest as they remain focused on prestige over exposure and dollars.
  9. So for the first Texas and aggie game the banner should read? .... "Daddy's Home" "Now, get your shine box!" "Thanks! It would be embarrassing to not be unanimous." "The Flagship University thanks our agricultural brethren!" "Don't think of it as a loss, think of it as an SEC victory"
  10. The Big 12 WAS one of the autonomous 5 conferences. Once the move is done it will become, or shortly become, autonomous 4 or Power 4. A conference with Oklahoma State or Tech (or pick any other Irate 8 school) as the lead dog is how that conference will be defined, and all of the candidates to join the Big 12 don't elevate it's profile, or more importantly it's financial position, ...or they would have been added before this. And with the incredibly poor leadership shown by Bowlsby and the Big 12, why would anyone want to leave their conference to join them which would generally be a lateral move to what likely may be a dying conference. Additionally, there is no remaining Irate 8 school that every believes would not jump at the chance to move to one of the remaining P4 conferences. So why do a lateral move to a conference with poor leadership filled with schools that are hoping and praying to find a new/better landing spot. Having said this I agree with most posters that I hope all the teams (excluding Baylor) find a good place to land.
  11. Are you saying that’s a shitty idea? Just scat shooting here.
  12. I think that’s pretty close. It’s like bragging about not having “T-Shirt” fans. Their point being that everyone loves you even if they did not go to school there and taking immense pride in the fact that NO ONE could possibly root for Aggie unless they went to school there and received the brain washing. Also taking pride in their statement “From the outside you can’t understand it, and from the inside you can’t explain it!” Which means everyone thinks you are so weird they can’t fathom what you are saying and doing, and that you are so fucking weird that you can’t even explain it to people! And they brag about this.
  13. OR was it? And may I say on behalf of Surly that I have never found you more attractive!
  14. Are you saying someone forgot to sharpen the crayons?
  15. I think you are right that the other schools/conferences are going to get scared and pull back on this...which is the opposite of what they should do. The SEC wants to expand playoffs so they can get more members included. Give 4 automatic bids and 8 at large. This will give the SEC which is now more top heavy than other conferences, added teams and $'s. With the expanded SEC this is wanted/needed more than ever. OR, the other teams can get scared and back away on the proposal and the SEC will then feel compelled to create the super league. As LBJ said "I'd rather have him in the tent pissing out, than out of the tent pissing in."
  16. No it’s dumb because the conference shares the bowl money equally. So Big 12 is going to say they are going to turn down $10m or so of bowl money for all teams to share as a “punishment”. Or even say a team that qualifies for Big 12 championship can’t play because….they are butt hurt. So instead of getting a game with premier Texas or Oklahoma they tell TV partners they get the new premier team instead … Oklahoma State, or maybe Tech, or really any of the others that did not earn the right to be in the one true championship game. Teams will be lining up to join the conference and TV networks will shower them with money and new contracts….or not.
  17. Right. This is why there will be some kind of deal worked out. "Texas/OU: The aggies paid $12.4M when they left so let's assume that is the starting point of negotiations. Bowlsby: We won't negotiate, pay it all!!! Texas/OU: Okay, then we will pay $0 and not fulfill the terms of the contract at all including the GOR etc. Bowlsby: We'll sue!!!! All the legal arguments and contractual terms are on our side!!! Texas/OU: Sovereign immunity....so you get $0. Are there any adults we can talk to?"
  18. "It sounds like we are and were horrible to share a conference with, so by removing ourselves it should be nothing but happiness and goodness to your school. So you're welcome."
  19. And when looking at the viewership numbers for the remaining 8, remember 2 of those 9 conference games were Texas and OU which had the much higher viewership numbers. So unless the per school viewership numbers removes these two games then the actual average, even assuming the same viewership for a less relevant conference, would be lower. So the product they will be showcasing for the next few years prior to renegotiating the TV deal will likely not show a great viewership product. So waiting and taking the buyout money is the best option...unless a school has a P4 offer in which case they would (and should) take it quicker than I typed this post.
  20. Some were pissed that Aggie opened Texas up to $EC recruiting. Most were glad to be rid of them, however. The most common phrase was "No take backs!!"
  21. "we just got screwed by the sips/Big XII" By screwed he means having Texas and Oklahoma join the SEC and make his school and the other SEC schools MUCH more money.
  22. Without Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12, regardless of the number of members, will no longer be a "Power 5" conference. They can add Cincinnati, Houston, UCF or whomever, but they will still be looking at $10M - $12M per school when they redo their TV deal (or whatever amount is around 25% or less than the Power 4). Any Big 12 school that can get to a Power 4 conference can, and will, do so as quickly as possible before the music stops and there are no seats available.
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