TheTastyGreek

Here's an opinion I shared on another board: Baylor won't be saved through the state legislature. They won't be saved by riding Longhorn coattails through another conference shakeup. They won't be saved by letter campaigns or laughable "economic impact" studies. Anyone who went to Baylor and took the curriculum or that works there and actually meant the religious pledge that all employees have to sign should know that there's only one school recognized path to Salvation. And it isn't through praying to burnt orange false idols. If you're a Baylor Baptist with Calvinist leanings... You probably knew all along how things were meant to turn out.

I'm sure that's just a drop in the bucket compared to all the money and jobs that were lost when Houston, SMU, TCU, and Rice were separated from the rest of the Texas schools that left them behind for the Big 12. How the heck did the state of Texas survive that financial disaster?

Spin it however you want, Osborne. In the end, there's a corpse in the cornfield with Husker DNA and fingerprints all over the scene.

Brook Berringer heartily endorses Nebraska's plan for navigating conference realignment. They've done wonders for the Big 12.

Somebody remind me to come back and +1 this tomorrow.

I keep checking this thread hoping to get the conference realignment NEWS Explained. But no, it's just more jackassery.

Jewelry can't disturbing, buddy. The Human Centipede necklace is the BFF split-heart necklace for a new generation. Quoner and I can't wait for Halloween... We're going to get some ducting and go as Human Centipede. It's going to put the Year of Texas Douche Costumes to shame.

For your sake, I hope he doesn't go with his 2 word defense strategy. The brevity is cutting edge, but very high risk. You may want to have other counsel on retainer, just in case.

This IS fun. I've missed you guys. Let's never be parted again. Human Centipede style.

Exactly. And this thread isn't bad news... Today's activity has been one of the most encouraging developments I've seen in quite a while. Stan R is fine with me. Assuming he can produce a valid birth certificate, that is.

You'll have to excuse CBL... He prefers to keep all Japanese poetry interned and confined in a secure, socially approved area. It's about safety.

There's a fun blast from the past in the old Gas Prices thread that spawned a solid 18 months of hijinx and running jokes that continue to this day. It's proof that I have gotten timid and lame in my old age.

That's traditionally a response to bad news for the school or program.

I got it right away, and followed up with a photo of Wiggum in peril, the image begging the question of what to do about him.

Don't disrespect the home of the Rose Bowl, sir.

Meh. Needs a track.

If you people had implemented my Mexia plan, we'd have the statewide support we need to move to the Pac-18 already. I blame everyone but myself, frankly.

Maybe it's time to do something Just For Fun. Doesn't have to be historically significant.

Start simple, Professor Jindra. Explain who Scott Hall is. Then, build from that foundation.

I almost forgot that fun existed. Seriously. When CBL made a "wired slinkies" reference, I didn't realize at first that it was a callback.

I just hope you've put enough into facilities upgrades to raise your stock among potential new suitors.

I managed to watch seven and a half minutes. It's a new record. Just changed the channel. Someone let me know if/when Greece has a televised game so I'll know to grab a book or magazine and have it on in the background in case anything happens.

Here's another fun point of discussion that I'm sure is going to be considered reasonably and rationally, then calmly discussed... We've already had an Athletic Director pursue a bold, aggressive plan to get us in a better conference and more closely aligned athletically with other Texas schools. We started out in a conference we had shared with Houston, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Tulsa. But we were going to boldly and aggressively force our way into the SWC! Our bold, aggressive plan took us down a path that netted us zero bowl bids through what many fans consider to be the most successful period of football in school history. Three consecutive 20 win basketball seasons, a period that many fans consider to be the most successful period of basketball in school history, netted us zero postseason opportunities. A few years later, the plan a failure... Our Athletic Director boldly and aggressively bailed out and took another job elsewhere. Four years later, we were a 1-AA program. If we had been a little more patient and a little less bold and aggressive, at the very least we would have gotten some postseason basketball opportunities. It might not have hurt us to stay affiliated with the teams that went on to the Metro conference instead of chasing the ones in the SWC.

Two things, neither of which is specifically disagreeing with anyone's frustrations in this thread: 1. Waiting =/= Doing Nothing 2. Anyone who thinks aggressive action, such as hiring an expansion consultant, retaining a PR firm, working the legislature, and so forth is going to make things better, either for the school's prospects or for our general psychological well-being... Check out how it's working out for Baylor or Memphis or Missouri fans at the moment. I think the Rapture would go over more gently on BaylorFans than the fallout from their maneuvering for a Pac-10 spot. Memphis people are wound so tight with all the Big East/Big 12 uncertainty that a backfiring car engine in Tennessee might cause simultaneous heart attacks in tens of thousands of people. And Missouri? Let's just say that the famous arch in St. Louis might crumble and collapse under the weight of all the Mizzou fans who could end up hanging themselves from it. I don't know what we're doing or who anyone is talking to, but most of the hustlers in this situation aren't getting anything out of the effort, and some are finding themselves much worse off for the effort.

If *I* were the AD? I'd still be calling Wright Waters at 3:00 a.m. every day, disguising my voice. Every day, I'd be telling him that if he doesn't learn to count to one and properly break a tie, I'll do all sorts of awful things to his family. But then again, I'm the sort that sometimes holds a grudge.