Issues with Alliance

[UNTflyer]

Is this the return of Philip Young?

Did the old SEC license get suspended again?

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

this post would have been much more credible if you had just said "I don't like SMU, TCU, and UT because they have more than UNT and do more than UNT"

at least then you would have some type of fact

how could TCU and SMU have been responsible for the WAC breaking up when it was the teams that left the WAC that were the ones that up and left....it was not the WAC pushing them out it was those teams getting tired of carrying dead weight including TCU and SMU.....they saw teams that were doing nothing but riding on the fact that they had found some type of home and making no investments for the future

after the MWC teams LEFT TCU saw the light and realized that clinging to old history that no one including their own fans cared about was a poor plan for the future and they realized the MWC teams had a correct plan and TCU left to set their own path in the CUSA.....and then when the others from the WAC came to the CUSA TCU was again set to make their own future and went to the MWC......which proves your concept that TCU helped break up the WAC is just a sad joke.....why would TCU go back in with a bunch of teams that you claim they did not see eye to eye with and more importantly why would the MWC let TCU in if they were so tired of them and SMU that they had previously up and left the WAC because of them.....laughable

and there is no "bevo conflict" again this is a sad joke clung to by fans of conferences that are being left behind....NU had complained about UT from day one in the Big 12 and it takes more than just UT to set policy in a 12 team conference.....why would the other 7 members of the Big 8 suddenly just turn on NU and back everything that UT wanted.....why would OU one of the most storied programs in college football history let UT do what ever they wanted.....maybe because it is what OU and TAMU and many others wanted and maybe they were sick of NU and their demands to let academic morons participate and they liked the idea that UT (and many others had) of moving away from partial qualifiers

CU was not run out of the Big 12 by UT they had always wanted to be in the PAC and CU treats their sports as an after thought anyway.....TAMU and NU had voted with UT on unequal revenue every single time and NU and TAMU had voted with UT on the third tier rights as well and with no network for the conference....it was only when NU realized they could not compete that they ran off and started to cover their inability to compete with blaming UT and then TAMU did the same...Missouri was just so scared they would be left out of anything and never get in the Big 10 that they made a panic move and they will pay for that worse than TAMU will

you don't see KU, KSU, OkState, OU, Baylor, and ISU all crying about UT and that is because KU makes 8 million a year for their third tier rights, KSU competes with and wins against UT in football, OU is one of the most successful programs in the NCAA and does not need to cry about UT and OkState realizes they can do anything they set out to do in the Big 12 and Baylor and ISU understand the concept of what conference is best for them....Tech FANS cry about UT only because Tech has not been able to do anything other than have a long streak of spare bowls in the Big 12 and Tech FANS want to do the blame evil Ut thing so they feel better about having to be UTs side kick in any realignment....but the Tech administration is much more intelligent than many of their fans and realized the Big 12 is the best option for them period even over the PAC with UT and OU and OkState because the PAC would just crowd up the scheduling for Tech and prevent them from scheduling for their needs

many fans don't seem to understand what a conference is really for in the modern times and that is why they make silly comments about arrogance and not "being full in" because programs that are having success for THEIR PROGRAM are "full in" on doing what is best for their program they are not full in on gaining the acceptance of SMU or making their conference mates happy with every decision they make FOR THEIR PROGRAM and that is why they are having success and moving to better conferences while others are sitting around butt hurt trying to blame SMU, UT, and TCU for something and calling them arrogant and hoping they can get into a conference where everyone can be all chummy and suck together for years and years and sit around and talk about the "arrogance" of teams that are doing nationally relevant things, making more TV money, attracting more fans, and moving to better conferences eve if they are "arrogant" about doing it

your history and reality are totally in conflict with actual history and reality and your ideas about what a conference is and what purpose it serves is for teams that are hanger on-ers and mouths with begging bowls instead of teams that actually do something for their program

getting into the alliance or any other conference and then thinking "we have arrived" and "we are in" is how you wake up and find out that the top teams in your bloated conference have left you and your begging bowls behind

Texas sucks. The school, not the state. And, OU used Prop 48s also, just as much as Nebraska. So, it's fantasy to say OU was itching to get rid of Prop 48 because of Nebraska.

OU is just as bad as Texas now. The reason they hitched their wagon to Texas is that their current administration has some misguided fantasy about having their own network that is just as unwatched as the Longhorn Network. But, after making a $300 million mistake once, it's unlikely OU will find any takers among cable sports networks.

I hope UNT does well no matter where it ends up. And, I will always look at Texas and OU failing to win championships in football despite their control of their conference money as a thing to laugh about. Screw Texas. Screw OU. Screw any school that has sold its soul for cash.

Let's hope against all hope we can succeed and stay off the list of schools, like Texas and OU, who have had to break NCAA rules to get and stay where they are...and take lawbreaking players who have athletic talent.

Even Boise State has gotten on the shenanigan bandwagon.

Does it hurt to lose? Yes. But, it does feel good to be a fan of a school that - for the moment anyway - still plays the off the field game with integrity.

Edited March 23, 2012 by The Fake Lonnie Finch

[KoldBeer]

Per CBS sports, the conferences will not dissolve and form a new league. Either one conference will merge into the other or remain separate conferences.

I'd guess MWC into CUSA because it solves exit fee issues.

[DallasGreen]

INTERESTING THAT BUDGETS AT FIU AND MTSU WERE BROUGHT UP SINCE THEY BOTH HAVE SIGNIFANTLY HIGHER STUDENT FEES THAN THE $7. INCREASE FOR A DEDICATED ATHLETIC FEE THAT SO MANY BITCH AND MOAN ABOUT. THE STADIUM BONDS ARE CALLABLE IN THREE YEARS SO SOMEBODY BELIEVES THEY WILL PAY OFF AND THEY YIELD 5% TAX FREE WITH A AA RATING SO THEY ARE A SOUND INVESTMENT EVEN IF NOT CALLED. PLUG A $20 STUDENT FEE INTO YOUR NUMBERS LIKE THE LIKES OF UTSA, TSU@SM, AND LAMAR STUDENTS PAY AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE REAL ATHLETIC BUDGET SHOULD BE. I JUST WISH STUDENTS WOULD STOP PATTING THEMSELVES ON THE BACK FOR PASSING A MEASLEY $7 INCREASE.