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Originally Posted by Negreppedson
As a KU fan the Pac 12 is obviously a better fit, at least for basketball than the Big East.
I don't understand why there seems to be this desire for teams to get to the SEC... A&M, Mizzou (although much improved) would never win the SEC. They would get buried.
The PAC 12 on the football side seems a bit more "winnable" for all the teams involved.
That being said I have no desire to stay up til 2am watching Pac 12 games. Especially living on the east coast.
Someone just needs to tell A&M to get over themselves. They aren't the football power that they think they are. In fact, they really haven't been all that good since the 90's. What do they think is gonna happen to them when they go play in the SEC?
It's all going to be fine. This longhorn network nonsense is going to morph into the Big 12 network (which still won't have great ratings by any stretch).
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You're missing the point, Scott covets the central time zone not because he wants to bring central fans to the west coast time zones, but because he wants more exposure in the central time zones. There will only be a handful of games that actually have a late start time involving the Inland Division. Most of the west coast trips will be afternoon games that become prime time in the central to eastern time zones.
I used to think the Big XII was going to be fine as well. I don't hold that opinion any longer. Just look at the timeline:
Texas and ESPN want to do things with LHN that pisses other Big XII members off
A&M starts clamoring again about SEC if Texas doesn't temper its plans
OU voices the same concern as A&M but doesn't mention a new conference partner
Larry Scott makes public statements that Texas, because of their network, is no longer a candidate for possible expansion AND that they are still actively seeking to expand.
Texas and ESPN disregard the Big XII and start inking high schools to LHN productions
To me, this says the PAC and OU are already in discussions which is probably centering around OSU. The PAC wants a wider audience in the midwest, so taking two Oklahoma schools doesn't make any sense to them. They can get the same bang for their buck with one Texas school, one Oklahoma school, Missouri with its media centers and close proximity to the other conferences and Kansas as a connector state with a basketball upside.
The first time around, Texas had the weight to dictate who could go to the PAC because most of the prime national interest games involved them: Red River; Texas-A&M. But with them out of the picture and A&M wanting to head east, tag-alongs won't be tolerated by the PAC. They need market shares and central time zone states. OSU loses out, unless OU decides to go SEC and the PAC feels they can get enough with OSU.