- Thread Author
- #1
Michchamp
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2011
- Messages
- 34,212
If this were the internet, Mitch McConnell would've just trolled the entire state of West Virginia...
Apparently he intervened to block WVU's move to Big XII so Louisville could get the slot instead.
Link: http://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/why_all_of_west_virginia_now_hates_mitch_mcconnell/<blockquote>everything changed Tuesday evening, as the Big 12 backed off its assurances to West Virginia. Hard lobbying from another candidate from the Big East, Louisville, has created a heated race for the remaining slot in the Big 12 that Missouri is expected to vacate soon. ...
Two other people with direct knowledge said that the lobbying of the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, had helped Louisville. </blockquote>crazy reminder that the amount of money involved in CFB is enough to get congress involved to lobby on behalf of conference alignment.
Apparently he intervened to block WVU's move to Big XII so Louisville could get the slot instead.
Link: http://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/why_all_of_west_virginia_now_hates_mitch_mcconnell/<blockquote>everything changed Tuesday evening, as the Big 12 backed off its assurances to West Virginia. Hard lobbying from another candidate from the Big East, Louisville, has created a heated race for the remaining slot in the Big 12 that Missouri is expected to vacate soon. ...
Two other people with direct knowledge said that the lobbying of the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, had helped Louisville. </blockquote>crazy reminder that the amount of money involved in CFB is enough to get congress involved to lobby on behalf of conference alignment.
