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SubGod22 wrote:That's true and if they go to 14 I think Houston is probably in. Word is the schools outside of TX aren't thrilled about yet another TX school. But if they get 3 others they'd probably go along. If BYU gets in and they can work around the "issues", then I think CSU comes with them and Cincinnati is the other.

That would leave Memphis and UConn in the AAC.

The MWC also brought up expansion at their Media Days.

I think Memphis goes to the Big XII due to $$$ ... specifically FedEx Money. FedEx has already said they would sponsor a BIG XII championship game or a bowl if Memphis is included. Supposedly people with connections in Memphis are very comfortable with their chances to be selected.

Sorry if this was mentioned before. I didn't read through every post.

Memphis people seem to be the only ones that believe that. I don't think that money will be enough for conference presidents to want to associate with their academics. It is the presidents that make the final decision and if BYU is involved I think that's why CSU has the upper hand. Memphis may be the weakest in terms of academics of anyone being considered. That hurts.

Something smells fishy overall to me. Big 12 was against expansion for so long and now are moving at an accelerated pace? I wouldn't be surprised if Texas (and Oklahoma) have something up their sleeve for 2026 when the GOR runs out.

Also, Wichita should pay attention because the miracle scenario is still in play. If the AAC absorbs enough blows, UConn can just abandon big-time football and move to the Big East, which may cause the need for the Big East to add a western public to balance out UConn....it would still take a miracle and several consecutive steps to play out, but we're seeing step 1 happen right now.

TheAsianSensation wrote:Something smells fishy overall to me. Big 12 was against expansion for so long and now are moving at an accelerated pace? I wouldn't be surprised if Texas (and Oklahoma) have something up their sleeve for 2026 when the GOR runs out.

Also, Wichita should pay attention because the miracle scenario is still in play. If the AAC absorbs enough blows, UConn can just abandon big-time football and move to the Big East, which may cause the need for the Big East to add a western public to balance out UConn....it would still take a miracle and several consecutive steps to play out, but we're seeing step 1 happen right now.

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Could be worth to note that Coastal Carolina is having difficulty meeting the requirements for their Sun Belt move...

No, I don't think MO State will be invited, nor do I think we would be say yes. But their name continues to come up.

MSUDuo wrote:Could be worth to note that Coastal Carolina is having difficulty meeting the requirements for their Sun Belt move...

No, I don't think MO State will be invited, nor do I think we would be say yes. But their name continues to come up.

They really aren't anymore.

They ran into a cart before the horse situation with stadium funding, but that's been taken car of.

uniftw wrote:

MSUDuo wrote:Could be worth to note that Coastal Carolina is having difficulty meeting the requirements for their Sun Belt move...

No, I don't think MO State will be invited, nor do I think we would be say yes. But their name continues to come up.

They really aren't anymore.

They ran into a cart before the horse situation with stadium funding, but that's been taken car of.

The vote was 9-4 in May against granting the state funding to expand the stadium to necessary requirements. Where are you seeing different?

MSUDuo wrote:

uniftw wrote:

MSUDuo wrote:Could be worth to note that Coastal Carolina is having difficulty meeting the requirements for their Sun Belt move...

No, I don't think MO State will be invited, nor do I think we would be say yes. But their name continues to come up.

They really aren't anymore.

They ran into a cart before the horse situation with stadium funding, but that's been taken car of.

The vote was 9-4 in May against granting the state funding to expand the stadium to necessary requirements. Where are you seeing different?

You're way behind....
From over a month and a half ago....from a thread on a board you replied to after this was shared

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports ... 16977.html

Instead, Coastal Carolina ultimately found a way around the CHE, with the provisos – and the votes to override Haley’s vetoes of them – allowing the school to move straight ahead to the next step in the process, which is to seek approval from the state’s Joint Bond Review Committee.

...

The first proviso was to allow Coastal Carolina to bypass the CHE and take its engineering study along with the total cost of the project straight to the JBRC for approval. And because it was attached to an appropriations bill, it had to include some nominal level of funding to withstand a possible state Supreme Court challenge by the CHE, thus the second proviso involved $100,000 the school would repay, Henderson said.

The override of Haley’s veto 26 and veto 27, as they were identified, passed 96-12 and 77-16 in the House, respectively, and more narrowly in the senate – giving Coastal Carolina the support it needed by one vote.

Now it's just a matter of getting a final rendering, and scope, turned in for approval. They are on the same timeline for that that they would have been on if the CHE approved the funding in May

uniftw wrote:

MSUDuo wrote:

uniftw wrote:They really aren't anymore.

They ran into a cart before the horse situation with stadium funding, but that's been taken car of.

The vote was 9-4 in May against granting the state funding to expand the stadium to necessary requirements. Where are you seeing different?

You're way behind....
From over a month and a half ago....from a thread on a board you replied to after this was shared

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/sports ... 16977.html

Instead, Coastal Carolina ultimately found a way around the CHE, with the provisos – and the votes to override Haley’s vetoes of them – allowing the school to move straight ahead to the next step in the process, which is to seek approval from the state’s Joint Bond Review Committee.

...

The first proviso was to allow Coastal Carolina to bypass the CHE and take its engineering study along with the total cost of the project straight to the JBRC for approval. And because it was attached to an appropriations bill, it had to include some nominal level of funding to withstand a possible state Supreme Court challenge by the CHE, thus the second proviso involved $100,000 the school would repay, Henderson said.

The override of Haley’s veto 26 and veto 27, as they were identified, passed 96-12 and 77-16 in the House, respectively, and more narrowly in the senate – giving Coastal Carolina the support it needed by one vote.

Now it's just a matter of getting a final rendering, and scope, turned in for approval. They are on the same timeline for that that they would have been on if the CHE approved the funding in May

*Face palm* on my part

MSUDuo wrote:

*Face palm* on my part

It's been a cluster out there, no doubt. CCU's move was poorly timed, poorly prepared for, poorly executed, and no real plan as to what happened after. They had no FBS plans just a month or two before they accepted an invite. Liberty was told "no" because of their extremist religious issues that no one wants to deal with. JMU said "no" to the SBC. CCU was, likely, a 6th option and CCU got scared someone else might take it and another invite might not come from the sound of it. Their HC was against the move.

This approval was something that slipped past most media outlets because it was a backdoor move and the CHE didn't want it reported how many reasons what they did was "wrong". The same type of bond they denied CCU initially had been approved for CCU numerous times before, and a couple for the Gamecocks were approved in the same session that one was denied.

The higher ups in SC don't want "more competition" for Clemson and USC.