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Dan Beebe: It's all Nebraska's fault!

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ka-cornhuskers

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One of the first items on the Big 12's agenda after ousting Dan Beebe as commissioner was agreeing to equally share revenue from the conference's major TV rights, a Pac-12 and Big Ten-like deal supplanting one that had rewarded schools based on appearances.

It was a "bittersweet" development for Beebe, who said in a wide-ranging interview with ESPN.com that it was something he attempted two years ago.

But the Nebraska Cornhuskers stood in the way, he said.

"It could have kept all 12 together,'' Beebe said Saturday, nearly three weeks after his contract was bought out by the Big 12 board of directors on Sept. 22. "I proposed it two years ago when Nebraska and Colorado were in the league as we prepared for our television negotiations we did last spring.''

Beebe said none of the Big 12's recent defections had to occur.

"I asked for them to consider it,'' Beebe said of the revenue-sharing pact. "Nebraska was one of the biggest objectors of equal revenue rights, and their president Harvey Perlman said that. We could have done this two years ago and none of this would have happened.''

Wow. Thanks for bailing the big 12 administration out of a dumb decision, I don't think anyone would have been excited about Air Force.

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"We were approached by the Big 12, and I told them we're not a good fit for that conference. In the Big 12, geography makes sense, the economics make sense, but recruiting makes no sense for us. I can't recruit against Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State," Mueh said.

"That's why I turned down the Big 12. I can't do that to my kids, because they'll get beat up. I'd love the extra $12 million or whatever it would be per year from the TV money. And I know how I'd spend the money. I'd build a new soccer stadium, and I'd build a new baseball facility, all in one year. But I can't do that."

He'd better hope WVU and Louisville don't go anywhere, or this will end up being a pretty dumb move.

Air Force snubbed the Big XII? Seriously? I can't wait for Tulane to look down their noses at the Big XII and give a curt snort and turn down their offer.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 7978446)

Air Force snubbed the Big XII? Seriously? I can't wait for Tulane to look down their noses at the Big XII and give a curt snort and turn down their offer.

If you read the article, it wasn't that Air Force "snubbed" the Big 12, but rather they were frightened of UT, OU, and Okie State.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 7978469)

If you read the article, it wasn't that Air Force "snubbed" the Big 12, but rather they were frightened of UT, OU, and Okie State.

I really just wanted to make a Tulane joke.

Though it is comforting that a branch of our nation's military is less fearful of foreign nations than they are the formidable city-states of Stillwater and Norman.

God damn the MWC is falling apart.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 7978446)

Air Force snubbed the Big XII? Seriously? I can't wait for Tulane to look down their noses at the Big XII and give a curt snort and turn down their offer.

WTF? Why on earth would the Big 12 offer Air Force and not Louisville? Jesus Christ.

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Originally Posted by BWillie007 (Post 7979842)

WTF? Why on earth would the Big 12 offer Air Force and not Louisville? Jesus Christ.

Seriously, it looks weak and desperate.

Seriously people read the article. They were not extended an offer. They were contacted. This is a huge difference.

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 7979911)

Seriously people read the article. They were not extended an offer. They were contacted. This is a huge difference.

yep, I think we (including me) jumped the gun here. More than likely this was an initial "hey, are you at all interested or is there no point talking?" Air Force is probably well down the list.

The fact that the Big XII was even asking Air Force if it would be interested says something about how the conference has fallen.

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Originally Posted by BWillie007 (Post 7979842)

WTF? Why on earth would the Big 12 offer Air Force and not Louisville? Jesus Christ.

smoke and mirrors.

Did Mizzou make a decision yet? WTF are they waiting for?

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 7980534)

WTF are they waiting for?

An invitation.

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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy (Post 7980500)

The fact that the Big XII was even asking Air Force if it would be interested says something about how the conference has fallen.

Yea, it sure doesn't look good on the Big XII. (This is coming from a Mizzou fan who is very speculative of us going to the SEC).