[Redrum]

Per this article, the loss of ONE major TV market dooms the entire Big 12 enterprise.  Of course,  the same might hold true for the "new" Pac-10 and other conferences.  This guy just asserts what others aren\'t talking about.   Sort of not like mentioning Volde...I mean, he who must not be named.   In these conferences built solely around TV revenues rather than the old geographic affiliations,  great wealth and great vulnerability go hand in hand.  Imagine,  a whole football conference brought down because Missouri football fans start watching the Big Ten.

Texas Tech will be the instant Pac-10 doormat.

UT wants to be affiliated with prestigious (research) universities and the Pac-10 is a better fit than the Big 12 (Take THAT!).  Maybe makes the whole "academic compatibility" argument of the Pac-10 look a little shakier if the deal goes through?

http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/burkablog/

[Redrum]

Per this article, the loss of ONE major TV market dooms the entire Big 12 enterprise.  Of course,  the same might hold true for the "new" Pac-10 and other conferences.  This guy just asserts what others aren\'t talking about.   Sort of not like mentioning Volde...I mean, he who must not be named.   In these conferences built solely around TV revenues rather than the old geographic affiliations,  great wealth and great vulnerability go hand in hand.  Imagine,  a whole football conference brought down because Missouri football fans start watching the Big Ten.

Texas Tech will be the instant Pac-10 doormat.

UT wants to be affiliated with prestigious (research) universities and the Pac-10 is a better fit than the Big 12 (Take THAT!).  Maybe makes the whole "academic compatibility" argument of the Pac-10 look a little shakier if the deal goes through?

http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/burkablog/