WHO is FIGHTING for TCU?

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QUOTE(BrewingFrog @ Jun 15 2010, 01:20 PM) [snapback]579431[/snapback]
Gentlemen, remain calm...


Well said. Look how many schools and conferences have egg on their face this morning for trying to wage this battle in public. I guarantee you Baylor making a public arse of itself had absolutley nothing to do with their salvation. Just makes them look even less relevant than they already were.

QUOTE(BrewingFrog @ Jun 15 2010, 01:20 PM) [snapback]579431[/snapback]
None of the talking or negotiating for realignment (or OOC football games for that matter) are generally done in public.


I have no problem with the way TCU brass has handled this to this point. I have no doubt they have been working furiously in the background for what's best for the Frogs. I don't need to see political grandstanding or prominent alumni putting down other schools to make me sleep better at night – because as Baylor and Mizzou et al have proven, it ultimately doesn't make a bit of difference.

 

[Frognosticator]

QUOTE(NativeFrog @ Jun 15 2010, 10:06 AM) [snapback]579466[/snapback]
I'm back to my negative posts. Hey, guys, have you so quickly forgotten? TCU can't market its football team, how do you expect us to be able to market and comunicate about our entire university and the merits of us being in a particular conference? we have no communications or marketing. Like it or not, Baylor has done a remarkable job. They have positioend themselves as a "state" university, right there with Texas, A&M and Texas Tech. They heck with TCU, Houston, Smu, etc., etc. Baylor has marvelously leveraged their political and monetary clout. At the TCU-Baylor baseball tourney game, I sat with a state senator friend of mine. Throughout the game, the Baylor president and AD were coming up to him, discussing the conference issue, asking his opinion and having him make telephone calls. Did you see our AD and Chancellor in Austin on Sunday? They looked like a couple of bozos going out onto the field. Del Conte went first, realized he had forgotten the chancellor and went back to get him. It was humorous and embarrassing. Folks, because of what has played out with the Big 12/10 and how Baylor has successfully positioned things, we are even more so today positioned as a private university in Fort Worth that is of little importance or has little impact on the State of Texas. And if you weren't really jacked off because of the op-ed piece in the Star-Telegram this morning by Bob Simpson, Mark White and Drayotn McLane, then you aren't a real Horned Frog. The Star-Telegram should be flooded with 1,000 letters to the editor by this weekend, touting the benefits of TCU. I'd be surprised if more than three are received by the newspaper. If we aren't willing to shout and fight for our alma mater, then we really ought to quit the whinning, woe-is-me stuff, too. We may be able to beat certain teams in athletic arenas, but these days we're getting our behinds kicked where it matters most.


You ever heard of an indent? Do they not teach that at Baylor?

 

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QUOTE(NativeFrog @ Jun 15 2010, 02:06 PM) [snapback]579466[/snapback]
Baylor has marvelously leveraged their political and monetary clout.


By using the word "leverage" you imply that Baylor – or any politician or alum who give's a half rat's arse about Baylor – had something to do with the Big 12 staying together. You aren't that naive are you?

 

[bronco]

Other than the 14 million obvious reasons, why would we want to be in the Big 12? If the MWC stays together or improves I like our situation. My guess is expansion may be done for now. The Pac 10 does not want a championship game so I see no incentive to expand to 12, just another mouth to feed. We are no closer to being an aq conference but in reality we are (under the current rules) considering that all the flies in the ointment currently reside in the MWC. Just a thought but would AFA be more attractive than Utah? National interest and a ton of military in Cal.

 

[FrogBones]

HornforLife is an idiot, and so is shelton. When is shelton up for re-election? Mark my words he will not win again. I am going to personally make sure of that.

 

[PurplePutt]

QUOTE(Merch Frog @ Jun 14 2010, 09:48 PM) [snapback]579076[/snapback]
Mark Shelton:

http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/email...ep=mark.shelton

Wendy Davis:

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/m...dist10.htm#form

If you don't believe political pressure works, ask Baylor, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas State how they feel right now compared to last week.


I emailed Shelton and Davis yesterday. Just got a call from Shelton's office. Said he was in contact with TCU and was acting on behalf of TCU's interest in all this realignment mess as desired by TCU. Didn't say what that was? Also mentioned that they were in favor of the Big 12 staying together. (imagine that).