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Originally Posted by KcMizzou
The Pac 10/Texas ultimatum changes that. They're looking to go to 16 teams. Again, if there are going to be four 16 team "super conferences" the Big 10 will be one of them.
The move just puts more pressure on the Big 10 to move quickly, and stay ahead of the game.
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you don't know this ... nobody on the outside knows
honestly, i doubt the Pac-10 thing happens anyway.
1. Texas controls the pac-10 thing ... if they don't go, the whole thing doesn't happen.
2. Texas doesn't want to lose control. Right now Texas basically controls an entire conference. They aren't going to give that up easily.
3. law makers are mobilizing in Texas right now to try and block Texas going to the Pac-10 unless they take Baylor too. This would mean that the Pac-10 would have to drop Colorado and add Baylor. This drops the value of the whole deal more than you would think. Because it adds another team to split profits with without adding ANY t.v. market. The Pac-10 is already taking a hit on the t.v. market per school by taking Texas and Texas A&M.
in the end i think Texas bails and the whole Pac-10/big 12 south merger fails.
imo MU/Neb decide to go to the Big 10 ... they stay 1 more year in the Big 12. After that the Big 12 adds another couple of schools and moves on from there.