The chairman of Houston's Board of Regents thinks the legislature should threaten to pull funding for Texas schools if the Big 12 doesn't invite Houston to join the conference.
Tilman Fertitta, in a meeting with the Houston Chronicle's editorial board Thursday, said it was "an embarrassment" that the namesake university for the fourth-largest city in the United States had not already been asked to join the conference.
"Put pressure on the presidents; say, 'If you don't do this, we're not going to fund you for this,'" Fertitta told the editorial board. "It's just the way it is. That's the way to do it.
"Be a big boy, step up and put this school that has almost 50,000 students and is so high profile, has so many of the top schools in the United States, it's a tier one university -- we belong in the Big 12. We're a big, major school with an unbelievable history in athletics and academia."
Also in east Cincinnati and UCF have strong interest!
Don't see the Big 12 dissolving anytime soon....expansion is the best interest of Kansas Football IMO!
Tilman Fertitta, in a meeting with the Houston Chronicle's editorial board Thursday, said it was "an embarrassment" that the namesake university for the fourth-largest city in the United States had not already been asked to join the conference.
"Put pressure on the presidents; say, 'If you don't do this, we're not going to fund you for this,'" Fertitta told the editorial board. "It's just the way it is. That's the way to do it.
"Be a big boy, step up and put this school that has almost 50,000 students and is so high profile, has so many of the top schools in the United States, it's a tier one university -- we belong in the Big 12. We're a big, major school with an unbelievable history in athletics and academia."
Also in east Cincinnati and UCF have strong interest!
Don't see the Big 12 dissolving anytime soon....expansion is the best interest of Kansas Football IMO!
