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Not good news for Memphis

https://theathletic.com/news/big-12-expa...0mL1?amp=1

Not looking promising.

Well, at least the old heads who are dying to get renewed rivalries with USM and UAB can get their wish.

But IKE said....

Got a bad feeling about that list.

This might happen. It also might not happen.

If I have learned anything about realignment over the years, it's this:

Don't believe anything until it actually happens.

No to the Mountain West. You want your kickoffs at 9 or 10 at night?

(09-02-2021 11:16 AM)southpaw1 Wrote: [ -> ]But IKE said....

...and don't forget about SQUIGGY saying repeatedly ---that we are #2 on everybody's list (BIG12/BIG10/ACC/SEC/CFL/NFL)--only behind Cincinnati

It's not happening like that. The Big 12 won't take 2 out of 4 schools that are geographically in the middle of nowhere. They just won't.

MEMPHIS
476 Oklahoma State
480 Cincinnati
497 TCU
548 Baylor
560 Kansas
581 Houston
640 Kansas State
662 Iowa State
756 West Virginia
817 Texas Tech
830 UCF
1,618 BYU

BYU
979 Kansas State
1,025 Texas Tech
1,050 Kansas
1,121 Iowa State
1,130 Oklahoma State
1,247 TCU
1,332 Baylor
1,518 Houston
1,618 Memphis
1,680 Cincinnati
2,354 UCF
1,952 West Virginia

UCF
830 Memphis
912 Cincinnati
919 West Virginia
967 Houston
1,126 TCU
1,172 Baylor
1,295 Kansas
1,304 Oklahoma State
1,375 Kansas State
1,433 Iowa State
1,443 Texas Tech
2,354 BYU

No matter how bad it is you don't go to the Mountain West.

West coast football is a graveyard. The program would die.

(09-02-2021 11:26 AM)jsw3ent Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-02-2021 11:16 AM)southpaw1 Wrote: [ -> ]But IKE said....

...and don't forget about SQUIGGY saying repeatedly ---that we are #2 on everybody's list (BIG12/BIG10/ACC/SEC/CFL/NFL)--only behind Cincinnati

Not sure who SQUIGGY is

(09-02-2021 11:44 AM)southpaw1 Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-02-2021 11:26 AM)jsw3ent Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-02-2021 11:16 AM)southpaw1 Wrote: [ -> ]But IKE said....

...and don't forget about SQUIGGY saying repeatedly ---that we are #2 on everybody's list (BIG12/BIG10/ACC/SEC/CFL/NFL)--only behind Cincinnati

Not sure who SQUIGGY is

Stammers maybe.

If we had merged with the MWC last time around, would it have made a difference now?
There was a lot of talk, but no action.
Maybe we would now be in a better position to fend off any defections, and instead grab who we wanted from the B12?

that is not a fun article to read

(09-02-2021 11:26 AM)Claw Wrote: [ -> ]No to the Mountain West. You want your kickoffs at 9 or 10 at night?

Actually... that wouldn't be bad. At least it won't be 1000 degrees for the Sept. games.

Tcu and Baylor voted against smu and Memphis

(09-02-2021 11:26 AM)jsw3ent Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-02-2021 11:16 AM)southpaw1 Wrote: [ -> ]But IKE said....

...and don't forget about SQUIGGY saying repeatedly ---that we are #2 on everybody's list (BIG12/BIG10/ACC/SEC/CFL/NFL)--only behind Cincinnati

Him and his insider buddies must not have gotten to sit in on this round of talks. This is gonna wind up leaving us in a bad spot.

If the College Football Playoff does expand to 12 teams, BYU would have little incentive to accept an invitation to the Big12. They could still enjoy the freedom of being independent with better scheduling options and get an invite like Notre Dame. If the CFP remains at 4, BYU might be more inclined to jump into that conference in hopes that a conference championship would give them a better chance at an invite.

If the article from the Athletic is accurate, then I would wager Memphis will act quickly in order to salvage basketball, which is their one high major sport

I think they take the UConn route, placing Tiger basketball into the Big East, and then eventually going indy in football, when the AAC declines their offer to remain football-only within the league.

It will keep Penny happy to have a nationally relevant conference schedule, and the elite recruits rolling into the program.

(09-02-2021 12:03 PM)Pony94 Wrote: [ -> ]Tcu and Baylor voted against smu and Memphis

Source?

If we get left out now...

We likely are never getting in...

Because it obviously is not based on performance on the field.

But 2025 is a long ways off. Who knows what the next offseason brings.