Unless you’re a Latter-day Saint or have lived in the Wasatch Front, it’s nearly impossible to understand how big a deal it is to have national commentators talking about the effects and experiences of the two-year full-time mission….

That’s a value that’s tough to put a dollar sign to.

And others are correct – if the conference doesn’t exempt BYU from Sunday play, that conference is out of the question (part of why the PAC-12 wasn’t an option for BYU). That’s the bottom line. Nobody wants to join a conference knowing they’ll end up forfeiting a third of their games, and no conference wants to do that to their schedule.

Make it happen.

Now, the Granddaddy of them all: If the BIG12 can get Notre Dame, then adding BYU makes even more sense. Think about the national draw that would be created by the addition of both teams. (Yes, I know that ND is a bigger draw than BYU, but the symmetry of adding both teams which already have national networks and national drawing power would be an addition that no other conference could ever duplicate.) It might even lock down the BIG12 as “the other conference” that no one else can effectively raid, just as the SEC is right now.

This is a win-win for all parties concerned. I hope that it can happen. Take care, and best of wishes to the BIG12, whatever decisions might be made.

Buffalochip1

Marginal programs like TCU and WVU? How about Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Texas Tech, Missouri, Texas A&M and Colorado.

The only power schools in the B12 are Texas and Oklahoma.

I assume you are using historic significance to determine who is marginal and who isn’t. So I guess that would Make Army a power school because they won a national title or two about 200 years ago. Notre Dame was a strong program 25 years ago.

Clemson has had one great year in their schools history back in like 1981 when they won their only title. They did nothing before and have done nothing since.

Florida State is a program that had a great 15 year run from the late 80′s to the early 2000′s. They were worthless prior to that, and have been worthless for at least 10 years.

Yet you think they are “great programs?” FSU can’t even afford to pay their bills, which is why tehy were looking to leave the ACC in the first place.

Galileo, you are just a clueless fan that probably follows Texas even though you most likely never attended Texas. There are only two schools in the B12 that can say they are better overall in football that TCU or WVU and that is Texas (which is why I am sure you probably like them) and Oklahoma. The rest are at best even with TCU and WVU, and as far succes during the BCS era goes, they are both above the rest of the conference members.

You are just some little guy that never gets out of your own little box you call “the world.”

Apparently he doesn’t accept our belief in Bible teaching to the contrary, so I’ll share a few excerpts from “The Book of Mormon – Another Testament of Jesus Christ” as authoritative statements about our beliefs about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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Alma 7:9 But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this people, saying—Repent ye, and prepare the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth.
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Alma 7:10 And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem [citing the nearest major city, Bethlehem is 6 miles away] which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
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Alma 7:11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
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Alma 7:12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
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Alma 7:13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.