re: Don't some people like the Temple coach?

Slim, but UH admin and boosters (i.e. Billionaire restaurateur Feritta) are trying hard.

But UT runs the conference and the last thing they need is yearly beat downs from Baylor, TCU AND UH.

I will say this about the argument that "the Big 12 doesn't need the Houston market because it already has it," A&M's and LSU's largest alumni bases are in Houston, and there are tons of alumni here from other SEC programs. Add to that UT being down for several years now, and you have a huge city with allegiances now split between the two conferences. That would change with several Big 12 games per year in the heart of the city.