Re: TCU to the Big East by 2012-13

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Pauli G

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Nov 29, 2010, 6:53:02 PM11/29/10

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On Nov 29, 5:47 pm, A. Jones <ajo...@intrtek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:08:25 -0800 (PST), "J.C. Watts Enslin"
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> <jonens...@charter.net> wrote:
> >http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/11/29/tcu-accepts-offer-from-bi...
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> >Apparently will stop there unless Nova moves up their program. 17
> >basketball schools.
>
> >Jon
>
> Well, well, how about that. Instead of being picked apart, the BEst is
> expanding as a conference with a lot to offer schools interested in
> championships over money. Who woulda figured that one out...

I wonder if TCU being a BCS school will make TCU more attractive for a
raid target at a later date?

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Pauli G

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Nov 29, 2010, 8:24:28 PM11/29/10

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On Nov 29, 7:52 pm, A. Jones <ajo...@intrtek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:53:02 -0800 (PST), Pauli G

> TCU is now a school among others in a BCS conference, not necessarily
> one that stands alone in itself as a BCS school. Their reasons for not
> going to some other BCS conference are now the same as every other
> BEst team.
>
> As the Big Ten found out earlier this year, there is very little if
> any motivation to leave the BEst. That could change with time, but I
> don't see TCU as unique to or more motivated than any other BEst
> school.

how did the Big Ten find out that??? If any BE school had been
offered membership they would have left the BE in a heartbeat

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Pauli G

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Nov 29, 2010, 8:36:24 PM11/29/10

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On Nov 29, 8:28 pm, A. Jones <ajo...@intrtek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:24:28 -0800 (PST), Pauli G

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> <rior...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >If any BE school had been offered membership
>

> Can we be sure they were not.

>
> >they would have left the BE in a heartbeat
>

> I think the worth of the BEst is underestimated.

huge BE fan, but it is what it is.

J.C. Watts Enslin

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Nov 29, 2010, 8:41:58 PM11/29/10

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On Nov 29, 4:47 pm, A. Jones <ajo...@intrtek.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:08:25 -0800 (PST), "J.C. Watts Enslin"
>
> <jonens...@charter.net> wrote:
> >http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/11/29/tcu-accepts-offer-from-bi...
>
> >Apparently will stop there unless Nova moves up their program. 17
> >basketball schools.
>
> >Jon
>

> Well, well, how about that. Instead of being picked apart, the BEst is
> expanding as a conference with a lot to offer schools interested in
> championships over money. Who woulda figured that one out...

There isn't a single BE school outside of ND that wouldn't join the
B10 if invited. The problem is the B10 doesn't want them.

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