There needs to be a conference for misfit toys.
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Lol. No. Mine was verbal only in the parking lot. It was like 5 of them and just me. One of them started trashing UH so I popped off and trashed Tech.
It was all fun but I couldnât let them do UH dirty.
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Also, cannot wait for the Coogs to finally get their rightful spot in a respectable league. There is ZERO reason they should have ever been in the position they have been in for the past ~25 years.
2023 Cannot come soon enough.
And as a Tech grad. I hope the NEW BIG 12 Teams plus whoever else we bring into the conference are happy and understand how good and fun a conference it really is gonna be. We can position ourselves to be the 3rd best conference and on any given year possibly put the best product out there of anyone.
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Personally I like Lubbock, reminds of my hometown Fort Worth about 40- 50 yrs agoâŠBeside my boy Graduated from there, in visits, got quite familiar with the place. Great people and can a can do spirit about them. If you look up the history of the school and read how the school was founded the people refuse to take no as a answer in establishing a state University there when the state powers said no. In Fact the people there threaten to leave the state of Texas if they didnât get one. The Governor finally relinquished. Even though.i make jokes about tumbleweeds itâs a fine Texas city, love the weather. Dry heat during the days cool at night 3200 ft plus above sea level
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I think Snyder is probably the best college football coach of the last 30 years. IMO, itâs between him and Saban
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I think in the end the B12 will be the most balanced conference in the country. It will be leadership by committee with the first leader being the one that wins B2B conference championships or a national championship.
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I was in Lubbock in June. It sux.
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Oh, but the other 11 months youâd just love it.
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PAC 12 Stanford visitors, Steve and Stephanie driving to the stadium for the game in Lubbock:
âOh Steve, I think you have mistakenly taken a wrong turn. Weâre driving by the ghastly smelling oil sand pits!â
âNo dear, everything is under control. I decided to take the scenic route.â
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True fact. K-State was one of the dirt worst programs in the nation before Snyder arrived and he had them in contention for the National Championship a few times. Itâs one thing to win at Alabama, which has the money and infrastructure to win consistently, itâs another to win at K-State, which sits in a state that doesnât produce a ton of good football players and has to split those with KU.
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Completely agree which is why I think he may be the best coach of the past 30 years.
Can the Commish simultaneously say OU/UT cannot participate in the meetings and OU/UT cannot leave early without paying the Big XII? Seems like those 2 will have some legal ground to say there is some breach of contract by the Big XII and they donât have to live up to the terms anymore.
But Gundy comes off as a grown man saying he wouldnât let them attend the meetings. And his reasoning? So the SEC cannot steal a potential Big XII competitive advantage in the future. UmkayâŠ
FWIW conference bylaws say they lose their vote as soon as they withdraw (this is common - AAC has the same provisions). The conference has been letting them participate anyway, though. Maybe to avoid any legal complications and accusations of bad faith in the event things end up in court
It seems like all this would be in there somewhere. That being said the conference can just make media days plain vanilla. And communicate other, more sensitive conference matters through Skype, et. al.
Bowlsby said very clearly on 365, however, that they donât communicate all conference matters to OUT. Iâm sure thereâs framework. Really, I donât think OUT even cares if its something they donât get PR out of.
If you think about it this is probably the best relations have ever been between the conference and OUT.
Never get caught sitting downâŠ
Well KState is located in Manhattan
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I canât wait to get up there for a game so that I can walk down Broadway in the Little Apple.
I bet it wonât be as crowded as when I walked down Broadway in the Big Apple.
I admire everything they have done to build a program starting from very bottom and reaching great success! Coach Snyder was an absolute genius! and now their AD and prez are providing great leadership for our conferenceâŠSo happy to affiliate with them.
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