(12-08-2016 09:14 AM)temchugh Wrote:  

(12-08-2016 08:59 AM)mbrindley Wrote:  

(12-07-2016 04:41 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  I see both sides of the argument and given the money we stand to get, the quality of Rice football currently, and the ticket buying push back it makes sense to play in Sydney. However, once again it would be nice if we would hear the announcement and details from our AD instead of from other sources....sort of like the news of the retention of Bailiff. Mark Berman gave us the news not our AD.

I don't think either AD can officially say anything yet. Based on the Stanford message board, this was communicated during their football banquet and is still pending approval by the NCAA. If true, then no announcement is likely until the final approvals come down from the NCAA. Seems a bit unfair to criticize either AD at this point for not announcing the changes. No reporter has provided the scoop either, but I would expect that to happen before any official announcement similar to every other sporting news story these days.

Yeah, but Stanford has given fans a heads-up. Rice has not.

Says who? Apparently there are big donors who don't post on this board who wanted to keep Bailiff. Maybe they know... clearly they aren't posting on here where 99.9% of people wanted Bailiff gone.