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that Texas and Texas A&M want to join the Big Ten does that pretty much force ND to join as well. And with the current Big Ten schools receiving approx 20 mill per year in Big Ten network revenue does that go up to 30 mill per year or maybe even 40 mil/year if texas, A&M, nebraska and ND all join. The projections have to be enormous!
 



The guys on this station are talking about it like Big12 South to the Pac Ten has already been announced days ago. Basically, they are discussing trips to Tempe, etc. They say the new Pac16 will actually just be two totally seperate 8-school conferences.
 

A&M wants more time to explore the SEC option, according to Chip Brown of orangeblood.com
 


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A&M wants more time to explore the SEC option, according to Chip Brown of orangeblood.com
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The Texas SB Nation site thinks this is the way Texas gets to the B10. If A&M splits off from Texas, then Texas should be free to move where they please which free's them to go where they'd prefer.
 

Texas and Texas AM are joined at the hip by the Texas legislature. If one goes, both go. And for those who live in Austin the natural fit is with the Pacific Coast Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State work as well. The alumni in Texas want to travel to places like Los Angeles, Tucson, and San Franciso. Heck Dallas is Los Angels East. Texas to the Big 10 is not attractive. Who wants to travel to Happy Valley, or West LaFayette.
 

husker70 said:
Texas and Texas AM are joined at the hip by the Texas legislature. If one goes, both go. And for those who live in Austin the natural fit is with the Pacific Coast Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State work as well. The alumni in Texas want to travel to places like Los Angeles, Tucson, and San Franciso. Heck Dallas is Los Angels East. Texas to the Big 10 is not attractive. Who wants to travel to Happy Valley, or West LaFayette.
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Well, for what its worth there is a lot of smoke about A&M really mulling over an SEC move. Apparently the AD doesn't want to move to the Pac-10 and Gene Stallings (who is one of the Regents) is also pushing hard for the SEC. Texas seems to want no part of the SEC so if true, where would this leave them? If both schools agree that they want to go to different conferences, then what is the legislature supposed to do with that? It's one thing if Texas wants to do something and leave everyone else behind. But would the "joined at the hip" thing really apply if both A&M and Texas want to do different things?
 

husker70 said:
Texas and Texas AM are joined at the hip by the Texas legislature. If one goes, both go. And for those who live in Austin the natural fit is with the Pacific Coast Conference. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State work as well. The alumni in Texas want to travel to places like Los Angeles, Tucson, and San Franciso. Heck Dallas is Los Angels East. Texas to the Big 10 is not attractive. Who wants to travel to Happy Valley, or West LaFayette.
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Husker,

You're sounding like Bill Frieder after Bo canned him...:)
 



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