re: So let me get this straight--TEXAS is the bad guy?

Of course I agree with OP.

As far as travel issues in the PAC, Texas would be part of an expanded "east" division. The scenarios I've seen show 1 road trip to the west coast a year. And WTF is wrong with a long weekend in Seattle or the bay area? I digress but the travel won't be that bad. The B1G scenarios I've seen wont go over as well. Texas does not belong in the B1G.

vatek, we did beat UTa last year. And 3 of the last five. And in my nearly 30 years of being alive we have a winning record against UTa.

But, what does that have to do with long term stability? The SEC/Big 10/Pac-12 aren't going anywhere. The Big XII is on death row

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quote: Don't like their network? Then beat 'em at football and stfu and stop being gaywads about it.

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That is such a silly argument that has nothing to do with football. Texas can go 0-12 the next three years and still have the financial power to do whatever they want. Their endowment, and their school is so much richer than larger than the other big XIO schools, and it has little to do with football.

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So let me get this straight--TEXAS is the bad guy?

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Yes

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But TEXAS is the cause of the Big 12's instability. The school who, if they did leave, was to take more than half the remaining conference with them, is the bad guy.

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A big YES

Mizzu and Nebraska were sick and tired of fighting texas at every turn in the Big 12 and tired of an uneven partnership (in regards to revenue share, location of Big 12 offices, etc). They wanted something more like what we have in the SEC or the Big 10.

It's not biting anyone in their arse right now. The SEC simply doesn’t want to be the bad guy in all of this and the cause for realignment or be at fault of any legal issues. Once A&M leaves the Big 12 and applies for membership to SEC – SEC will vote them in. UT made a huge mistake in starting the LHN – they could have said let’s start a Big 12 network knowing good and well that a majority of the coverage could/ would be centered around UT – because they are the big gorilla in that conference. Instead they made it all about them and possibly shot themselves in the foot with the LHN.

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Why get pissed when they can start the Aggie Network that will be just as awesome? And the Bear Network and the Red Raider Network and the Sooner Network and the Poke Network and the Jayhawk Network and the Wildcat Network and the Mizzou Network and the 'Clone Network? What's keeping those schools from doing like Texas and capitalizing on all their success?

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There's nothing wrong with starting a tv network. The LHN is exposing the envy of a lot of schools.

"Oh no--they thought of something before we did, and it might benefit them! That makes them bad!!!! ZOMG!!!!!"

Don't like their network? Then beat 'em at football and stfu and stop being gaywads about it.

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Come on. Do you really believe that? The LHN will be a huge recruiting advantage. Texas will be capitalizing on it's huge population to steer kids to their school. TAMU is simply standing up for itself. If you do that, we're out. Simple and understandable. Plus, I bet LSU fans will get a little upset the first time a Texas-committed LA athlete is showcased on the LHN.

I know college recruiting isn't exactly "fair," but it is supposed to be. We're going to enforce rules about a kid getting a free pair of shoes, but it's ok for Texas to showcase them on TV. This is still college, not the NFL.

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and for fans like me who go to every road game, that would be a major burden to make that many flights a year. and miss that much work.

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Do you know how long of a drive it is from Austin to Boulder? The SEC is just about the only conference with reasonable driving distances to every venue.

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Of course they do. A&M agreed to stay in the conference for 10 years. If they pledge to leave now, that would make them a pack of liars, right?



A&M never signed that contract!

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...and therefore, they're effectively holding it over the conference's collective head that they might leave. But UT is the reason for instability. Can't argue with that logic.

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Texas can go 0-12 the next three years and still have the financial power to do whatever they want. Their endowment, and their school is so much richer than larger than the other big XIO schools, and it has little to do with football.

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Right. THAT'S the problem. Texas is the rich kid, and the not-so-rich kids are sick with envy.

Texas has a huge advantage in the all-time record. But people claim we can't sustain success against them. We beat them 10 out of 11 seasons from 1984-1994. That's pretty good chunk of years. But somehow people think that is unattainable to do again

(that one loss was by 1 point also. 28-27 in Austin)

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Right. THAT'S the problem. Texas is the rich kid, and the not-so-rich kids are sick with envy.

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The real problem here is that the Big XII is run by a commissioner that's showing favoritism to a single school. No one wants to be a part of that. I'm an Aggie and I have zero problems with the longhorns having their own network. That's fine. They want to show potential recruits on that network? Not cool. They want to show Big XII conference games on their own network, forcing smaller schools to subscribe to the Longhorn Network in order to watch their own team play, and endure biased announcers? Not cool. The big problem was that our Big XII commissioner didn't see a problem with either of these things. The dude gave the longhorns a green light on both points, and it wasn't until A&M raised hell that some hands were slapped. It's a dead conference walking at this point, and that's a result of weak leadership.