HFrog1999
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Which is exactly why there hasn't been any news. There has been no formal invitation at this point.
The formal invitation is just a formality at this point :wink:
Which is exactly why there hasn't been any news. There has been no formal invitation at this point.
I'm not disputing that (since I don't know one way or the other), but the BE should know by now if they are, or aren't, going to invite us. The longer they wait, the less beneficial the announcement timing is. And it's not like it would take more than 5 seconds to set everything up once we get the official invite. Conferences and schools can plan for this kind of stuff ahead of time. I mean what was the delay between Utah and CO receiving official invites and accepting them? Ditto for UNR and Fresno?Which is exactly why there hasn't been any news. There has been no formal invitation at this point.
I can't wait to start taking the position that non-AQ schools do not belong the the NC game...
I'm not disputing that (since I don't know one way or the other), but the BE should know by now if they are, or aren't, going to invite us. The longer they wait, the less beneficial the announcement timing is. And it's not like it would take more than 5 seconds to set everything up once we get the official invite. Conferences and schools can plan for this kind of stuff ahead of time. I mean what was the delay between Utah and CO receiving official invites and accepting them? Ditto for UNR and Fresno?
I'd love to see ACDC up on a stage saying...I am waiting for Jim Gray to set up the announcement where TCU can announce they are taking their talents to the Big East.
I can't wait to start taking the position that non-AQ schools do not belong the the NC game...
When was the last time you saw a coach make an announcement about a conference move? That stuff is left to the AD.
I didn't realize we could get enough of a bump in the polls in the spring to get us into a game that has already been played. Great news if true.Announcing now doesn't buy anybody anything that it won't buy in the spring or summer. And a formal invitation is just that - a formality. No invitation will be offered until a deal is done. That's how it works.
I didn't realize we could get enough of a bump in the polls in the spring to get us into a game that has already been played. Great news if true.
Those non-AQ schools just don't have the "body of work" or the week-to-week grind we do ...
Oh wait, we're not there yet ...
You didn't answer my question about the other schools. Didn't take them long at all.Even with an agreement in principle, there would likely be many minor details that need to be addressed (most likely dealing with participation in non revenue sports) and worked out before the offer is put into writing as it is a legal contract (with attorneys from both sides agreeing t the language). Once this is done whoever has the authority at TCU to officially agree will need to sign the agreement (I imagine it is a board of trustees). These things take more than five seconds.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if that were the case, but it seems to me that would be quite an opportunity lost. It would be a bit suspicious to get a bump in the polls after we were done playing all of our games.One possibility also is that at the moment you have a bye week (while Boise St is playing) and your head football coach is making the PR rounds which among other things is keeping your school in the public's eye. In a couple of weeks oyu again will have a bye while many other schools (again including Boise St) will be playing and it may have been agreed upon to use that time to make the announcement for the benefit of TCU's place in the public's eye.
Certainly not if they wait til January or later.Because it won't get us a bump in the polls.
I heard that the purple team for the Spring game will be bumped in the polls against the white team...Because it won't get us a bump in the polls.
I heard that the purple team for the Spring game will be bumped in the polls against the white team...