Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

[michigancat]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

[CHONGS]

Listen folks it's simple, what we offer is being K-State.  I know a lot of you don't think so, but that is something special.

[catzacker]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

jfc, what incredible pussies.

[lifeasakstatefan]

Listen folks it's simple, what we offer is being K-State.  I know a lot of you don't think so, but that is something special.

agreed

[Lucas Scoopsalot]

Listen folks it's simple, what we offer is being K-State.  I know a lot of you don't think so, but that is something special.

Well said. 

[username]

Listen folks it's simple, what we offer is being K-State.  I know a lot of you don't think so, but that is something special.

agreed

double agreed

[Panjandrum]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

If anyone ever questioned how remarkably stupid aggie is, there you have it.  From the top on down.

[MadCat]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

If anyone ever questioned how remarkably stupid aggie is, there you have it.  From the top on down.

 

Dodds: "No... Crisis averted."

[catzacker]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

If anyone ever questioned how remarkably stupid aggie is, there you have it.  From the top on down.

I actually think it's just A&M's way of saying "hey, we wanted to play them" when they leave, knowing full well that UT will say no (or should say no).  A&M can say that they wanted to keep the rivalry together and in some weird effort to make UT look bad, when in actuality no one would blame them for not playing, especially if A&M leaving meant no other texas school got invited to the big 12.

[sys]

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

texas may not really want to keep aggie.



i don't accept that a&m cleared any political hurdles.  sounds like they were postponed, no more.  even assuming that the number was pulled out of an ass, the idea that the tx legis is going to find that aggie leaving will cost the state 200+ million and be like, "oh well, aggies gotta do what aggies gotta do" seems unlikely

the whole espn issue still remains too - i can't see them signing off on losing 100 million if it could be prevented just by telling aggie to wait a couple of years.  although the ku article made it sound more like the contract is not automatically voided if the big 12 hits 9, perhaps just that the network has the option of voiding the contract.

regardless, if cc isn't unhappy, i'm not going to be.  replacing aggie with byu might suck a little for the southern schools, but it's probably a slight net positive for the northern schools.

[Panjandrum]

@BryanDFischer: Amen. RT @suzhalliburton: Loftin says if ags leave, they want it to be with criterium they keep playing texas in football on thanksgiving

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

If anyone ever questioned how remarkably stupid aggie is, there you have it.  From the top on down.

 

Dodds: "No... Crisis averted."

Here's the deal.  If someone wants a divorce, and they threaten it and go through all of the steps in the process to make it happen, they can't say, "But, I'll only go through with it if we can still "you know" on our anniversary."

I mean, really, how stupid can you be?

[Lucas Scoopsalot]

This thread never ends   

[Panjandrum]

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

texas may not really want to keep aggie.



i don't accept that a&m cleared any political hurdles.  sounds like they were postponed, no more.  even assuming that the number was pulled out of an ass, the idea that the tx legis is going to find that aggie leaving will cost the state 200+ million and be like, "oh well, aggies gotta do what aggies gotta do" seems unlikely

the whole espn issue still remains too - i can't see them signing off on losing 100 million if it could be prevented just by telling aggie to wait a couple of years.  although the ku article made it sound more like the contract is not automatically voided if the big 12 hits 9, perhaps just that the network has the option of voiding the contract.

regardless, if cc isn't unhappy, i'm not going to be.  replacing aggie with byu might suck a little for the southern schools, but it's probably a slight net positive for the northern schools.

I'm actually happier in a conference that exchanges BYU for A&M, should that be the case.

I'm really just mystified at how badly A&M is handling this whole thing from just about every angle imaginable.

[Rage Against the McKee]

Well, that just gives Dodds a very easy response to that question and leverage in that scenario.

texas may not really want to keep aggie.



i don't accept that a&m cleared any political hurdles.  sounds like they were postponed, no more.  even assuming that the number was pulled out of an ass, the idea that the tx legis is going to find that aggie leaving will cost the state 200+ million and be like, "oh well, aggies gotta do what aggies gotta do" seems unlikely

the whole espn issue still remains too - i can't see them signing off on losing 100 million if it could be prevented just by telling aggie to wait a couple of years.  although the ku article made it sound more like the contract is not automatically voided if the big 12 hits 9, perhaps just that the network has the option of voiding the contract.

regardless, if cc isn't unhappy, i'm not going to be.  replacing aggie with byu might suck a little for the southern schools, but it's probably a slight net positive for the northern schools.

I'm actually happier in a conference that exchanges BYU for A&M, should that be the case.

I'm really just mystified at how badly A&M is handling this whole thing from just about every angle imaginable.

I would also rather have BYU than A&M, but I can't help but think the MU would follow, and I can't imagine who we would have to resort to to replace them.

[michigancat]

A major positive is this delay gave us more time for Beebe to cook up some magic.

[I_have_purplewood]

I haven't been online most of the day, and for some very stupid reason I just went over to the Wabash to check in to see if anything new has happened....read the very old Chip Brown article and looked at the posts.

HOLY HELL.

NONE of those people get it.  It's terrifying.   When I go over there, I feel like we are fighting the black plague and these guys are still telling everyone it's not safe to bathe.  I mean, wow. 


I am scared to death that if we loose Currie/Shulzy, chowder heads like those people will immediately prop up another Weefs/Krause.

We are this close to being run by mouth-breathing trolls with zero understanding of the powerful forces at work in the outside world.

Terrifying.

I guess in a way I kind of envy them.  I mean, people with brain damage and retardation don't worry about the things that "normal" people worry about and that gives them a kind of freedom and happiness that we don't have....but someone still has to pay the bills and fight the bad guys, ya know?

I guess what I am saying is that I need a hug.

Fantastic use of this guy-->   It did not go unnoticed.  

But back on topic, our Conference is made up of misfits.  If we happen to get larger I want the biggest misfits available to us;   BYU, Colorado State, Mexico & Cincy seem to fit this criteria for me.  Air Force, Arizona, Az State, Notre Dame are just Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) and hence don't qualify to me in my Conference.

[SkinnyBenny]

I really don't want A&M gone.  I mean they're weird ritardz, but they're entertaining and it is fun now to constantly remind them how inferior they are to Texas.

[catzacker]

maybe I'm asking for too much, but would there be anyway we could get MU to leave as well?  

[CNS]

ChipBrownOB Chip Brown
A&M president says no timetable for any moves. ... A&M sources say SEC wants to go to 16 teams. ... bit.ly/oz70Qh #tamu #sec #big12

[Stevesie60]

I really don't care if we end up with CSU or AFA to replace Mizzou as long as BYU is the replacement for A&M.

Plus, it will fill in a huge gap between BYU and us (the closest geophraphical Big 12 opponent) so they don't look like as big of an outlier.

[sys]

I really don't care if we end up with CSU or AFA to replace Mizzou as long as BYU is the replacement for A&M.

completely the opposite.  playing mu is a lot of fun, and very important to kstate athletics.  i don't really think there is anyone that we aren't currently playing that could replace them.  losing mu would be a huge blow to kstate.

a&m is completely meh.  play them, play byu, play rice, it's all pretty much the same.

[michigancat]

LOL:

NCAA president Mark Emmert has contacted various conference commissioners and school CEOs on the subject of conference realignment, the NCAA told CBSSports.com Monday.

There were no specifics but observers where wondering if Emmert would get involved in the increasingly volatile Texas A&M-to-SEC situation. A&M president R. Bowen Loftin was giving permission to pursue conference affilation issues by the school's board of regents Monday. However, Loftin, in a sometimes confusing interview session, said there was still a chance the school could stay in the Big 12.

The NCAA released this statement first to CBSSports.com through a spokesman:

"President Emmert has had conversations with a number of presidents and commissioners related to recent conference realignment issues and these discussions mirror many of the topics raised last week during the [Division I] presidential meetings."

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/31331456

[Stevesie60]

I really don't care if we end up with CSU or AFA to replace Mizzou as long as BYU is the replacement for A&M.

completely the opposite.  playing mu is a lot of fun, and very important to kstate athletics.  i don't really think there is anyone that we aren't currently playing that could replace them.  losing mu would be a huge blow to kstate.

a&m is completely meh.  play them, play byu, play rice, it's all pretty much the same.

This is no time for emotions.

[catzacker]

LOL:

NCAA president Mark Emmert has contacted various conference commissioners and school CEOs on the subject of conference realignment, the NCAA told CBSSports.com Monday.

There were no specifics but observers where wondering if Emmert would get involved in the increasingly volatile Texas A&M-to-SEC situation. A&M president R. Bowen Loftin was giving permission to pursue conference affilation issues by the school's board of regents Monday. However, Loftin, in a sometimes confusing interview session, said there was still a chance the school could stay in the Big 12.

The NCAA released this statement first to CBSSports.com through a spokesman:

"President Emmert has had conversations with a number of presidents and commissioners related to recent conference realignment issues and these discussions mirror many of the topics raised last week during the [Division I] presidential meetings."

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/31331456

[Scary Smart]

kbohls kbohls
I'm figuring A&M leaves within 10 days even if there is no 14th SEC team. Big 12 school official says his league to go hard after ND, BYU.