Big12 poll on Twitter - LATech

[johnnylightnin]

Thanks for clarifying. They really worry over there at BYU. I remember they kicked that basketball player off the team for pre-maritial sex

I've often wondered how they operate. Do players just have a code of conduct? Are they required to attend church? I can't imagine trying to manage all that...and recruit 18 year olds to it!

[Dawg06]

BYU would be in now if The Big 12 would guarantee them no Sunday games in any sport.

I don't think so. BYU would've also needed another team to join with them that didn't decrease each current member's piece of the revenue pie. TV networks ended up begging the Big 12 not to expand because there was not a pair of schools that would've increased the conference's value.

[Wade_Antley]

Do players just have a code of conduct? Are they required to attend church?

Yes they attend church even on the road, unless they are one of the 10% football players that are not mormon.

[PawDawg]

That's their fault, then. The sabbath day isn't even Sunday. Even an outsider knows that

You may not agree with their beliefs, but they are more consistent than many Christian denominations.

Thanks for clarifying. They really worry over there at BYU. I remember they kicked that basketball player off the team for pre-maritial sex

Again, they are consistent.

I don't think so. BYU would've also needed another team to join with them that didn't decrease each current member's piece of the revenue pie. TV networks ended up begging the Big 12 not to expand because there was not a pair of schools that would've increased the conference's value.

Houston was ready. Everybody assumed they didn't want Houston. They'd have taken BYU/Houston if BYU had not been insistent on the "not Sunday gurantee". Many don't believe BYU would turn it down for that, but you have to admire them sticking to what they believe. Also, they have their own network that they were probably not will to bargain away.

[Amos Moses]

Y'all need to stop talking about Tech getting in the Big 12 or any other P5 conference. You sound like usl. I know it's all in fun, and is only a pipe dream, but a stupid poll on the internet is no indicator that any P5 conference would even consider Tech at this point in time.

There....I've said it.

[PawDawg]

Y'all need to stop talking about Tech getting in the Big 12 or any other P5 conference. You sound like usl. I know it's all in fun, and is only a pipe dream, but a stupid poll on the internet is no indicator that any P5 conference would even consider Tech at this point in time.

There....I've said it.

Most realize that. It is fun to see that Lafayette is not mentioned at all while we enjoy that we are, but don't have a chance.

[WWDog]

Y'all need to stop talking about Tech getting in the Big 12 or any other P5 conference. You sound like usl. I know it's all in fun, and is only a pipe dream, but a stupid poll on the internet is no indicator that any P5 conference would even consider Tech at this point in time.

There....I've said it.

You broke my heart with this post! Along with my expected Publishers' Clearing House win, I was going to be on top of the world! lol

But it is nice to dream and it needed to be said before someone embarrasses us like that school to the south.

[BearDawg137]

Y'all need to stop talking about Tech getting in the Big 12 or any other P5 conference. You sound like usl. I know it's all in fun, and is only a pipe dream, but a stupid poll on the internet is no indicator that any P5 conference would even consider Tech at this point in time.

There....I've said it.

I agree with you, most of us did not believe we would be getting in, it was just fun to see us considered by a small poll as one of the top two candidates. No one thinks we'll be in like most of RaginPagin

[Dawg06]

Houston was ready. Everybody assumed they didn't want Houston. They'd have taken BYU/Houston if BYU had not been insistent on the "not Sunday gurantee". Many don't believe BYU would turn it down for that, but you have to admire them sticking to what they believe. Also, they have their own network that they were probably not will to bargain away.

I call BS on that. Bottomline is no 2 schools could get enough support within the conference, and ESPN/Fox did not want them to expand because they would've had to fork out more money for weaker inventory they already had under contract at lower prices.

[theprofessor]

I've often wondered how they operate. Do players just have a code of conduct? Are they required to attend church? I can't imagine trying to manage all that...and recruit 18 year olds to it!

Every student has to meet the honor code. Athletes aren't treated differently. If any student is accused of premarital sex (or using drugs, alcohol, tobacco or caffeine), gets arrested, or breaks any of the other rules, that student is put under investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, if found guilty, the punishment can range from counseling to a warning to suspension or even expulsion.

[Bearpaw]

Y'all need to stop talking about Tech getting in the Big 12 or any other P5 conference. You sound like usl. I know it's all in fun, and is only a pipe dream, but a stupid poll on the internet is no indicator that any P5 conference would even consider Tech at this point in time.

There....I've said it.

No worries on my part, I know such a thing is not likely

[DONW]

Every student has to meet the honor code. Athletes aren't treated differently. If any student is accused of premarital sex (or using drugs, alcohol, tobacco or caffeine), gets arrested, or breaks any of the other rules, that student is put under investigation. At the conclusion of the investigation, if found guilty, the punishment can range from counseling to a warning to suspension or even expulsion.

They could always use the defense that what they did was not near as bad as what Joseph Smith and Brigham Young did. Smith raped 32 women, one of them a 14 year old, and Young raped 55 women. Young was also responsible for murdering 120 settlers from Arkansas on their way to California.

[Soonerdawg]

No worries on my part, I know such a thing is not likely

But I would rather be second in the poll than last.

[Tech77]

Did Joseph Smith and Brigham Young sign the honor code?

They could always use the defense that what they did was not near as bad as what Joseph Smith and Brigham Young did. Smith raped 32 women, one of them a 14 year old, and Young raped 55 women. Young was also responsible for murdering 120 settlers from Arkansas on their way to California.

[Bearpaw]

But I would rather be second in the poll than last.

After all, 1st is the worst, 2nd is the best, 3rd/last is the one with the hairy, hairy chest