(05-06-2017 11:42 AM)gosports1 Wrote: Here is how I remember the timeline. please correct if I'm wrong
1. Nebraska gets B10 invite over very vocal Missouri
2. reports p 10 will invite 6 B12 schools (texas, tech, a&m, Oklahoma, ok state and Colorado)
3. Texas government pressures Texas to replace Colorado with Baylor
4. Colorado makes move on its own and accepts P10 invite squashing Baylor plan
4. p 10 expansion still on table although a&m wants SEC
5. Reported that Missouri, iowa st K state and Kansas would join the BE (which still had Syracuse, Pitt and WVU and form a 20 team league)
6. Baylor would be odd man out, MWC seemed likely
7. PAC 10 doesn't expand with texas. a&m and Missouri still unhappy
8. P 10 invites Utah
9. BE invites TCU
10. Time passes A&M gets SEC invite
11. PAC 10 back on table again for 4 b12 schools (texas, tech and the okies)
12. Kansas , k stat and Missouri again in discussion for BE. Baylor & Iowa st no seat at table. MWC likely landing spot
13.Texas again decides to hold b12 together. Missouri non committal
14. Syracuse and Pitt announce plans to join ACC
15, Missouri gets SEC invite
16. b12 in panic to get back to 10 to keep bid and meet obligations
17. TCU backs out of BE joins B12
18. West Virginia gets B12 invite
19. end of BE FB intensifies
1. nebraska learns at a major meeting that expansion/realignment is going to happen and no one is talking about nu.....they panic and at that meeting get in contact with Big 10 commissioner to start the discussion
2. Texas, Tech, A&M, OU, OkState and CU are said to be talking with PAC 10 and larry "big plan" scott starts talking
3. there was never any remotely legitimate pressure for Baylor to be included they were not in the discussion
4. A&M makes it clear to the rest that they are not going to the PAC 10 no matter what period the end
5. nu at Big 12 meeting is put on the spot and they end up asking Texas to say they will make a commitment to stay and Texas says they will if nu does the same and the others except CU say they will as well
6. nu then tells everyone in the meeting that they cannot make that commitment they need to talk to the Big 10 more
7. Texas then says well we are not going to make that commitment
8. nu chancellor attempts to offer up a bunch of different "what ifs" after the meeting to UT President Powers and Powers tells him there is nothing left to discuss Texas (and 4 others) said they would stay if nu would do the same and nu declined
9. CU says they are taking their bong, futon and snowboard and leaving
10. nu says they are leaving
11. Utah joins PAC 12
12. Big 12 gets new tier 2 deal with Fox to replace the one that has expired
13. A&M says the Big 12 is their long term future home
14. A&M goes back on their word and says they are leaving
15. MU chancellor is in charge of the committee to find replacements for the Big 12
16. OU gets upset that they believe Texas is still looking around and makes wallflower statements
17. MU chancellor gets upset about that and the fact that they cannot get a hold of anyone on the "leadership" postilions at OU even trying to do so through their congressional delegation
18. MU chancellor steps down from chairing the Big 12 expansion committee
19. MU says leaving to SEC SEC SEC
20. Texas says they are staying in the Big 12 and OU and OkState do the same after informing the PAC 12
21. PAC 12 votes to table expansion
22. Big 12 works to expand and ends up with WVU and TCU