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bhaw wrote:Colorado isn't Pacific, but here we are.
thehockeyguru wrote:Sounds like UT is on the road to being an independent.
thehockeyguru wrote:You cant create the Longhorn network and expect the Big 12 to cater to its needs. The creation of that network almost ensures that the Big 12 implodes.
Point Breeze Penguins wrote:It is almost like going out on dates while still married and wondering why your spouse gets upset.
thehockeyguru wrote:You cant create the Longhorn network and expect the Big 12 to cater to its needs. The creation of that network almost ensures that the Big 12 implodes.
newarenanow wrote:Point Breeze Penguins wrote:It is almost like going out on dates while still married and wondering why your spouse gets upset.
I agree. The other schools hate it. However, there is no where else to go that is a better overall situation. OU (and A&M) are the only two with that option. That is why they get paid more from their TV contract than the other schools, to keep them happy. A&M had enough, but so far everything I have read, OU wants to keep this thing together. And if they are on board, the other 7 schools have no other options unless they want to accept more money and create more travel and end long time rivalries.
thehockeyguru wrote:newarenanow wrote:Point Breeze Penguins wrote:It is almost like going out on dates while still married and wondering why your spouse gets upset.
I agree. The other schools hate it. However, there is no where else to go that is a better overall situation. OU (and A&M) are the only two with that option. That is why they get paid more from their TV contract than the other schools, to keep them happy. A&M had enough, but so far everything I have read, OU wants to keep this thing together. And if they are on board, the other 7 schools have no other options unless they want to accept more money and create more travel and end long time rivalries.
I can't see OU keeping it together if A&M bolts. There is no school they could add to get back to 10 that makes sense. In all likelyhood Mizzou probably leaves too.
newarenanow wrote:[IF for some reason the Big XII falls apart, they have been in talks with ND to possibly form some sort of losely affilated conference of their own. Where the other sports play each other like they are conference members, but FB will only partially play. And each individual memember can have their own media rights.
thehockeyguru wrote:The SEC doesn't want to come across as the bad guy in this. Plus I think they need a team along with A&M that adds to the conference
ExPatriatePen wrote:thehockeyguru wrote:The SEC doesn't want to come across as the bad guy in this. Plus I think they need a team along with A&M that adds to the conference
How about North Mississippi State (all-Stars of course).
newarenanow wrote:5) If the ACC does lose a team, the rumor is the replacement will come from the BE, and it will be one of the "legacy" schools of Pitt, WVU, Cuse, Uconn or RU. People presume Syracuse, but a lot has changed in the past 8 year. Their facilities are garbage, their FB team has been crap, and their BB team hasn't done as much. And they are on the private side which the ACC has enough of already. I've read where it woudl probably come down to 1 or 3 of Pitt, WVU and/or RU. And I know people say the ACC would not invite WVU due to academics, but if they lost Clemson or FSU, this is about money and WVU fits the mold for one of the better FB fanbases/FB schools and would replace what they are losing. FSU doen'st have the best academics in the world, but they are in the ACC for this very purpose.
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