After it was reported on Tuesday that the West Virginia Mountaineers' move to the Big 12 Conference was a done deal, the school now finds itself in "a holding pattern", Pete Thamel of the New York Times reports.
Thamel reports that the Louisville Cardinals have made an 11th hour push, which has been aided by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, to join the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday night.
"I think it's 50-50 right now between West Virginia and Louisville," Thamel's source says.
Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman reports that the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Tech Red Raiders both prefer to invite Louisville to the conference over West Virginia, who called off a scheduled press conference for this afternoon where they were presumably expected to announce the school's intent to join the Big 12.
For more on the Mountaineers, visit West Virginia blog The Smoking Musket. For more on the Cardinals, visit Louisville blog Card Chronicle. And stay tuned here for more conference realignment news.
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What.
What is politics doing in my football.
Clemson/Carolina Panthers fan. No one is prepared for a Dabo Swinney post-game interview.
by Fonce on Oct 26, 2011 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Exactly!!!
by SoCalMtneer on Oct 26, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
What BS
The big 12 should take both WVU and Louisville
And might as well take Cincinnati as well and go to at least 12 if not 14
by fracas on Oct 26, 2011 3:18 PM EDT reply actions
I agree.
This is just the wrong way to go about it. Makes Louisville look bad in my opinion.
by SoCalMtneer on Oct 26, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Last year the B 12 was falling apart
The BE had a chance to take KU KSU and Mizzou but choose to let them work things out and get them only as a backup plan. When they got things sorted out, the BE commish sent the B12 commish a dozen red roses. (red roses? from a man to a man? yeah, how gay is that?) Fast forward not even 1 solid year and the B 12 puts the BE on it’s death bed. Lesson learned:
It’s a dog eat dog world. Any dog that is not willing to eat dog, is consenting to being eaten by dogs.
by YankeeMePleeze on Oct 26, 2011 11:24 PM EDT reply actions
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