*****The Super, Mega, Huge Big 12 Expansion Thread*****
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A plane made three stops today...
Columbia, MO
Norman, OK
College Station, TX
Hmmmmm.
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A plane made three stops today...
Columbia, MO
Norman, OK
College Station, TX
Hmmmmm.
FlightAware > OUA36
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Man I am just hoping this all works out for ISU damn it we have taken our lumps for many years. It is time for it to turn around for the better.
Well, if you want to judge by their message board, the great majority of them want to join the B12. And you have to believe fan sentiment there will at least cause them to give it a good look.
And to everyone freaking out about Notre Dame ... 10 teams is the stated preferred conference size. If ND wants to stay indy, that doesn't mean Armageddon. BYU just doesn't want to be the only non-service academy major indy.
I have it CONFIRMED from well place sources within the Luther College athletic department that the Big XII is seriously looking at bringing on Luther and Wartburg along with Notre Dame. Word is that ND was only comfortable joining the conference if two other religious schools were brought in as well. They preferred the Lutheran tradition as opposed to BYU b/c both schools are much more comfortable with drinking than "the Y."
While Texas bulked, OU, OSU, ISU and Mizzou all welcomed the idea of adding two more wrestling programs as well as an instate rivals for Iowa State. Furthermore, Luther, Wartburg and ISU are working feverishly on putting together a network that will likely broadcast through THE ENTIRE eastern half of the state as well with limited coverage in MN as Luther has a large alum base in The Cities and Wartburg covers the Waterloo/Cedar Falls metro area really well! The flight to Decorah had JP on board as he was meeting with President Torgerson to hash out the details of the network. Also, something about VEISHA and Nordic Fest being the same weekend in future years. I'm going to start a Twitter to send out all the updates. More news when I hear it. Lots of smoke, for sure!
So... OU sends a plane to pick up someone from mizzou. Then it goes back to Norman, picks someone up, and they all go meet someone in College Station. Back to norman, then back to columbia.
Interesting thing to point out, the plane began its' day in Columbia, so in all likelihood we had Mizzou/OU head to aTm, now heading back to Mizzou... Wonder if it will stop in Mizzou for the night, or if it will return to OU...
Mizzou, OU and A&M to the SEC would leave us with 7 teams. HMMM. The Big East has 9 FB teams. Let's beat everyone to the punch and form the first super conference. Split things East and West with TCU joining the remaining 7. Would we be as good as the SEC or the Big 10? No but who cares. We would have a solid conference with great media markets and with only 1-2 games against the eastern division travel would not be bad. Let the SEC and Big 10 pick apart the ACC teams. SEC-VT and North Carolina. Big 10 Maryland, G-Tech, North Carolina Florida State. Let schools like Duke, BC, Wake and NC State worry about being left out instead of us.
Well we will see, I like BYU, Pitt, and WV joining. ND is probably a pipe dream, but not ruling them out. If college athletics will be about money then why would they not join? If tv revenue for our big conferences goes sky high will there be enough to toss around for ND and BYU to stay indy?
How do we know other plans from other Big12 (allegedly) didn't make a trip today as well?
Big12 meetings going on? Last ditch effort for Aggies to stay?
It's an OU flight school plane:
Become a Flying Sooner! ~ OU Aviation Department at the University of Oklahoma
Plane tail number matches that of the one on flightaware:
Become a Flying Sooner! ~ OU Aviation Department at the University of Oklahoma
Beechcraft BE58 Baron
Also used extensively in our Multi-Engine program is a late-90’s model BE58 Baron purchased in 2005. This aircraft is also equipped with modern avionics, including autopilot, flight director, GPS navigation and a multi-function display. In the Baron the student is exposed to flying a heavier twin aircraft as well as advanced multi-engine systems including de-ice and anti-ice systems and weather downlink capability. The Baron is also available for faculty and staff transport (FAST) flights on University related business.
Plane tail number matches that of the one on flightaware:
Thus far Notre Dame is the only team that people consider to hold tradition above money, but this is going to be the true test as to whether it is true. You know the Big 12 is offering them much more money then they are getting now, plus it is likely much higher than what they've seen offered to them before from B1G or others.
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