MeanGreenTeeth

Well hell man. You don't exactly have to 'build' a pee wall. Just go for it. I'm sure there will be a drain in the bathroom floor somewhere.

1. yes 2. yes

Vic Trilli's hair?

I think it'd be great if Houston got in, but it won't happen. Houston doesn't add any new markets to the Big 12 and just divides the pot more. I think the Big 12 stays at 10 as long as UT stays most likely.

It's a good question. I just think at the end of the day the Big ? will have more leverage. Another possibility for them would be to go to 16 with what's left of the Big East conference (in a kind of time zone jump similar to the PAC-16). That scenario would probably result in a very strong basketball league. It would also put them well ahead of the MWC in football. Lots of interesting possibilities.

I apologize if this idea has already been posted, but I've been doing a little reading on all this re-shuffling and can't help but think that we might be able to do slightly better than this revised Sunbelt/WAC/CUSA talk. Let's make these (big) assumptions: 1. At the end of the day Texas A&M decides to go PAC-10 with Texas. 2. Missouri does not get an invite to the Big 10. 3. All further Big 10 and SEC expansion goes East. That leaves 5 schools: Kansas, K-State, Missouri, Iowa State, and Baylor. That is enough teams to accept the exit fees that the other 7 schools will have to pay. This makes me think that the Big 12 (-7) will poach instead of being poached. If they stand any shot of remaining BCS they'll have to get at least 7 teams. They'll obviously want to poach from the MWC. The cherry schools would seem to be UTAH, BYU, Colorado State, and TCU. These schools all play pretty decent football and have good followings and/or markets. TCU would seem to be an obvious choice because the league really needs some sort of presence in the Dallas market. But here is where its interesting. Baylor WILL NOT allow TCU to be invited. Since they are 1/5 of the league Baylor is going to be able to stop them. I think Baylor would also resist SMU which only leaves UNT as an option if the schools want a trip to DFW. So here is where my thought process is heading. I think the league could end up: Kansas, K-State, Missouri, Iowa State, BYU, Utah, Colorado State, North Texas, Baylor, Houston. The final 2 could be pulled from wherever (UNLV, UNM, Memphis, Louisville, Boise State could all be sensible choices). The football league would be pretty meh from a BCS perspective (though no worse than the current Big East), but it would cover all the TVs in the middle of the country.

Honestly I just want the legislature to stay out of it. I really don't care if Baylor gets in instead of Colorado, I just don't want the state legislature getting involved.

So recent rumor is that the Texas legislators are working behind the scenes to get Baylor included in the PAC-10 instead of Colorado. This is bull, if the Texas congress is going to bat for a school shouldn't it be a taxpayer-supported school? UH, UNT, and UTEP should pool their collective legislative strength to fight this - IMHO.

But Texas isn't going to care about the deadline. They have all the leverage. If worse comes to worse they can go to the SEC where they'll make more money than in the PAC-10 anyway.

Only thing I can figure is that the PAC-10 is trying to force Texas' hand by including Tech in the calculation. Tech wouldn't be included in Big 10 or SEC expansion so by including Tech in the expansion maybe the PAC-10 can force Texas politically. I'm just not sure this will work. Neither UT nor A&M are going to be left out of the BCS at the end of the day so they aren't going to be in a hurry to bite on this. I just also can't believe Stanford will go for this. They vetoed Texas last time didn't they and UT is one of if not the strongest academic institutions in this expansion.

VideoEagle... Why would anybody desire the type of "balance" you are describing? Small market-low prestige schools are not desirable to the West Coast Elites. I don't know OK politics, but my understanding is that Tech's political power is the state legislature is significantly less that it was 15 years ago. All the PAC-10 would really like to do is take Colorado and Texas. I just don't see those 2 schools going to bat for the other 4.

This is bogus. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State are Tier 3 schools. Stanford would go ballistic. There is also no reason to go to 16 unless the Big 10 starts going that direction. I'd say Texas, Texas A&M, Colorado, and BYU would be the most likely expansion candidates for now.

Heathen. Be prepared for my full 4 part series. 2. The (Big) 10 commandments. 3. The sermon on the Mount(ain West) 4. Onan spills his seed: How conference realignment will affect the NCAA Basketball Tourney.

A simple gong would have sufficed

An Angel of God appeared to me in my cubicle today. With him he had 2 golden plates which shone as bright as the sun. On the left plate was written SEC WEST and on the right plate SEC EAST. He handed me the plates and told me all other speculation was wrong and I was to spread the good word on NCAA conference expansion. On the SEC WEST plate was written: Arkansas Houston LSU Ole Miss Oklahoma Oklahoma State Mississippi State North Texas I said to the Angel. "You must be wrong. Why are Houston and North Texas on this list? Surely they are not worthy?" The Angel stated "For Texas and Texas A&M shall leave to the PAC -10. No school worth having from the ACC will desire to join the SEC so the conference must look westward for large TV markets. There will be much sadness and gnashing of teeth in Waco and Lubbock." "But..but...TCU" I said. The angel admonished me stating "TCU is too strong a football program with too little television appeal. A weaker team with much more upside is desired. Also, purple is abhorrent to the Lord." On the SEC EAST plate was written: Alabama Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt To the Angel I exclaimed, "That conference is insane. That makeup is much too strong." The angel replied "Yes, but the Lord shall permit their male alum to marry their sisters...all of them. There will be no opposition." With that the angel disappeared. This is a true testimony.

Yeah, I think our only chance at the Big 12 would be if Texas and A&M left for greener pastures and the Big 12 was committed to only large public schools (eg add Houston and UNT in hopes of elevating their status and somehow holding the DFW and Houston markets). Of course Oklahoma/Oklahoma State would be looking to jump ship at the first chance.

I'm confused... Didn't we lose a touchdown once when playing against Baylor (the year we blew them out) because our player was taunting before running into the endzone? It sounds like from the article the rule at the time was we were to get the touchdown with penalty on the PAT? Was that a blown call or is my memory bad?

Welcome to the Mean Green, Frank Grimes.

Wow, I play NCAA 2005 and thought I was behind the times. Granted there probably isn't much difference year-to-year.

I looked at your link and at first I thought it was this guy. I was a little worried.

Based on the writing style, length, emotion, and multiple uses of emoticons, my guess is that the writer is female. Based on the football knowledge I'm guessing a current or former offensive coach's wife.

Well... I somewhat wanted UT to win.. most especially after the freshmen qb went in. I just find him (McCoy) douchey, especially after pretending that he didn't make a mistake at the end of the Nebraska game. Gotta hand it to the Texas O-Line. They played lights out in protecting the freshmen QB.

non sequitur

We can both play that game. Ingram got hurt and was out pretty much the entire second half. If he'd been in they would have won by 30.