Posted on 06/15/2010 7:28:04 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Nice poker face, Lady Gaga.
Way to go all in there, Bevo.
Oh, we were braced for Expansiogeddon. Texas was going here. Texas was going there. Everyone wanted Texas. Texas to the Pac-10 was a done deal. Texas was going to topple all the dominoes because Texas held all the cards.
Well, then Texas got its bluff called. And guess what? When it came down to the moment of truth, Texas pushed away from the table, stayed right where it was. Texas fold ’em.
Don’t get me wrong. Thank goodness. The Big 12 (now 10) somehow hanging on saved college football as we know it. It kept regions that made sense intact. It kept Iowa State, the Kansases, Mizzou and Baylor from being blown right off the map.
And so we’ll hear a lot about how Texas “saved” the Big 12, and it did. About how Texas made out like a bandit. And oh, baby, it did.
About how Texas got exactly what it wanted. Yeah, it did. It definitely did.
But that’s the point. This is what Texas wanted. Superconference? No thanks. No longer being the lone superpower? Uh, no, not for them. Living in a league which might feature clashes of titans most every week? Nah. Having to actually count the votes? Please.
No, when it came time to “call,” Texas was bluffing. Texas was never leaving. This was what Texas wanted all along.
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This isn’t directed at you particularly...but since you mentioned us, and the article could only say “Iowa State....has a good wrestling progam” I just wanted to weigh in.
Are we a perennial power? No, not yet...and MAYBE not ever. However, there were about 30 Bowl games last year, and we were one of the WINNERS of our bowl game. We beat Minnesota at the Insight Bowl; we were a positive in the Big 12 football season last year. And, we exceeded expectations greatly with our new first-time head coach.
I like Texas, and the rest of the Big 12 schools. Unlike the Nebraska fans, we appreciate playing in a conference with Texas, A&M, OU, etc. I always watch every televised Big 12 game during the season, and when any Big 12 school is playing someone from another conference, you have a very VOCAL band of supporters up here in Iowa, although since no one pays any attention to us you probably do not know it.
Can we please get a little bit of help? When guys like this make us out to be laughing stock, particularly in light of the fact that we just won a bowl game...can you use your considerable weight & numbers to help us call them out on it? It can only help our conference become stronger.
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