Interesting comment from the UH Chancellor

[AEAfrog]

One of the UH posters on the MWC Board posted this comment that Renu Khator, the UH Chancellor, made on her twitter account:

At Conference USA Board meeting..conferences are still shifting...

http://twitter.com/UHPres


Apparently Khator was the provost at South Florida until 2008 before coming to UH. The insinuation from the UH faithful is that she may have some connections she's using to try to get UH into the Big East. Still all speculation, but this is the first substantive comment on conference movement that I've seen coming out of UH.

 

[Dogfrog]

UH faithful are delusional. That comment suggests nothing.

 

[AEAfrog]

It's kind of an odd comment to make while at the board meetings. Not sure what she was thinking saying something like that.

 

[Stiff Arm Frog]

Houston will not be going to the Big East. There are many other teams that would go before them. Like Memphis.

 

[AEAfrog]

Houston will not be going to the Big East. There are many other teams that would go before them. Like Memphis.

Not if this expansion is motivated by football.

 

[back_in_black]

Not if this expansion is motivated by football.

Then TCU would easily get the invite before Houston.

 

[AEAfrog]

Then TCU would easily get the invite before Houston.

Never said Houston would get an invite over TCU. I was saying Houston would get an invite before Memphis if football is what this is all about. Pretty sure UCF deserves consideration ahead of Memphis as well.

 

[back_in_black]

Never said Houston would get an invite over TCU. I was saying Houston would get an invite before Memphis if football is what this is all about. Pretty sure UCF deserves consideration ahead of Memphis as well.

Back in 2004 both Memphis and East Carolina were rumored to be additional targets for the Big East. As I recall TCU was looking for a long term commitment from Memphis to stay in CUSA and they wouldn't commit. This was one of the reasons we left for the MWC, because stability in CUSA was going to be an issue going forward. Don't know how much truth there was to that but it seemed reasonable at the time.

 

[Big Frog II]

Expansion is about football and TV sets.

 

[Mike Brooks]

She said nothing and is now starving herself. Not sure UH has proper leadership.

 

[Nick Danger]

It's not that interesting! Her "tweet" was so cryptic and vague, it could mean literally anything! That is even less informative than an article from Bleacher Report and that's sayin' somethin'... :huh:

 

[AEAfrog]

The source was the interesting part more so than the substance, imo.