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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7771454)

Interesting things popping up. Mike DeArmond and Mellinger talk to Pinkel today at Big 12 Media days. Apprently if Expansionmageddon would have escalated into Superconference mode B10 or SEC would have been a landing place for Mizzou.

In other words they would not have been left out of the cold like some like to think.

Spurned woman says what?

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7771454)

In other words they would not have been left out of the cold like some like to think.

LOL, what an inferiority complex.

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7771454)

Spurned woman says what?
I keed, I keed.
Mizzou would have been a fine addition to the B10. Apparently they would have brough more to the academic table as well. Not that I'm not glad to have NU, I am.

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7771454)

So the Mizzou coach told the Mizzou beat writer that everything would be ok if conferences expanded and the big 12 collapsed?

Its just a matter of time. Missouri will be a big 10 member.
It will be a good fit for the Big 10 & the Planet

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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 7771478)

LOL, what an inferiority complex.

ok.

Pinkel isn't a bullshit artist.

Hell, he was the only one at B12 media days who didn't kiss Texas' ring when asked about the Longhorn Network.

Nothing I know of Pinkel points to him making that statement would make it untrue.

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 7771504)

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Pinkel: "There's just no common sense"

By Dave Matter

Posted July 25, 2011 at 5:04 p.m.

DALLAS — Last week on Twitter I wondered aloud which Big 12 coach would raise the biggest stink on the Longhorn Network and its controversial plan to televise high school football games. I never would have guessed Gary Pinkel. But there he was in interview after interview Monday offering some frank opinions on the league's divisive issue du jour. Let's call him the Thomas Paine of the Big 12, because for Pinkel, his theme of the day was "Common Sense."

"I don’t know the details of this, but you’re going to sit there and show high school games, you’re going to advertise your school on there, where you list all the great recruits you have on there," Pinkel said of the yet-to-launch Longhorn Network's plan to televise high school games featuring Texas recruits. "You can do anything you want on there. There’s just no common sense there. That can’t happen. Are you kidding me? That’s my observation. I haven’t talked to anybody about it. … But what are we doing here?"

Just as Pinkel spoke with a small cluster of writers, Texas Coach Mack Brown was holding court with a swarm of reporters about 30 feet away. In defense of the Longhorn Network, Brown reasoned that Missouri will ultimately benefit because its high school recruits will also be featured in televised games on the LHN. Told of Brown's comments, Pinkel shared some zingers for his longtime colleague.

"That doesn’t surprise me. He’s my buddy," Pinkel said, nodding at Brown and laughing. "We’re very appreciative of that. I’ll send him a bottle of wine."

Pinkel's tone was measured and good humored, but he was clearly agitated by the developments. And unlike the other coaches gathered here Monday, he shared some candid assessments on the state of the league.

"You want a degree of fairness in any league," he said. "The fairness in the Southeast Conference is every single team in that league gets the same revenue share. That’s one of the reasons it’s a great league. That’s why the Pac-10 is going to that. That’s going to make that league better. You want to ... do what’s right for the Big 12. That’s what we all want. That’s how this new Big 12, to me, in my opinion, will become a great league. You do what’s right for the Big 12. Every member is a part of it."

I asked Pinkel if he senses much long-term cohesion in the newly formed Big 12.

"Well, yeah, until what happened last week happened," he said, referring to the dust-up over bickering over the new network. "I can expand on that but I’m not going to. There just doesn’t seem to be any common sense in that. And I can’t believe that that’s going to happen. But we’ll see."

He saved what might have been his best line for the end of his time in Dallas.

"You just want to do what’s best for your league," he said. "That’s why it’s a league. If you don’t want to do that, you become an independent. Go do what you got to do. It’s a great league.l Texas is a great member of it. We just have to make sure there’s an even playing field, in my opinion."

http://www.columbiatribune.com/weblo...-common-sense/

That sarcasm sounds a lot like Norm Stewart.

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Originally Posted by sedated (Post 7770211)

Seems as though Texas is having some trouble with the longhorn network. 4 weeks from launch and no cable/satellite provider has picked it up, not even the ones in TX. Rumor is ESPN will pressure UT into reformatting as a Big 12 network, since they will try to recoup the bucket of cash they already paid UT.

A Big 12 network would be a tough sell.

The Big 10 network works simply because the alum bases are so big. Doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the sports that people watch on tv.

As a Big 12 fan I want every single game played to be on TV somewhere, but in these economic times people just aren't going to pay for it. They have too many other things to do.

Longhorn has a good chance of simply not happening.

But its not like ESPN can't afford to give a bunch of cash to Texas. Who cares. They have anything money can buy anyway.

Pinkel knows whats up. I will say that. This Texas Longhorn Network is a ****ing reeruned idea.

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Originally Posted by vailpass (Post 7771433)

LMAO We have a college football expert. Tell us more.

NU would have probably been #5 in the Big 12 at best.

Big 12 > Big 10

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 7772341)

NU would have probably been #5 in the Big 12 at best.

Big 12 > Big 10

If NU was still in the Big12 They would be favored to win the North. Who knows who would be favored in the Big 12 Championship game.
Big 10 sports writers have the Huskers favored to win the Big 10
Do I think they will? probably not this year. I see Iowa playing their best game of the year in Lincoln. Iowa will seek Revenge. Huskers are 3 steps away from being the team they once were.
#1 penalty
#2 turn overs
#3 clock management.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 7772341)

NU would have probably been #5 in the Big 12 at best.

Big 12 > Big 10

HAHAHAHA yeah right. Big 12 is a joke.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 7772341)

NU would have probably been #5 in the Big 12 at best.

Big 12 > Big 10

#5?

LMAO