Is SEC Eyeing OU and A&M?

[troy]

Divide and conquer. If Texas' main rivals split with them, the Longhorns can go wherever they want. I hope they don't end up in the Big Ten.

Orangebloods.com - SEC and A&M heating up as Beebe tries to save Big 12

 

[Palpatine]

Looks like the Pac 10 won't get its five teams from the B12 South. Teaxas is one step closer to accepting a Big Ten invite.

 

[CAARHawk]

I don't want to speculate on where Texas will end up. However, after hearing the downward projections of Pac Ten network revenues with a down USC team, I think every team in the Big 12, except Texas, will do better financially, at least in the short term, joining the SEC.

Of course the SEC will be selective. But I expect they will get the teams they want. Which means the B6 move to the Pac 10 might be more like the Big 3 and Utah.

 

[IowaBanker]

There's no way that Texas joins the SEC. The UT actually does care about academic reputation, and only Vandy in the SEC feels that way. It's a lousy fit.

 

[Palpatine]

Interesting read (from who else... Orangebloods)
Orangebloods.com - New proposal to save Big 12 with 10 teams being considered by UT

Texas may just be pruning the dead wood of the Big XII for power... unlimited power!

 

[silvanthalas]

At this point, I can't help but wonder if ISU and the other North schools would be better served by allowing the Big 12 to collapse and to join other leagues like the MWC.

Because at this point, it's Texas, Texas, Texas. Texas wants everything, and for everybody else to get nothing.

 

[DJL]

At this point, I can't help but wonder if ISU and the other North schools would be better served by allowing the Big 12 to collapse and to join other leagues like the MWC.

Because at this point, it's Texas, Texas, Texas. Texas wants everything, and for everybody else to get nothing.

I agree, if the North schools can get into a BCS conference. This whole thing started mainly because of Texas greed, if I were the North schools, I would run while I could.

 

[JHHawk]

Really ISU,KU,KSU and Baylor have to pray that Texas will allow the league to survive. They have no other good options. None. Missouri just maybe ,but doubtful.
OK and OKSt. might balk a bit,but do they really want to go to the Pac Ten by themselves? Maybe the SEC takes the OK schools or A & M,but if Texas says they stay in the Big 12, A& M aint going anywhere.

Personally,I hope they survive...maybe add TCU and Utah if they must, but screw Scott and the Pac Ten...he made the desperation bold stroke and it might just leave them with Colorado and a red-faced commissioner.

 

[silvanthalas]

I agree, if the North schools can get into a BCS conference. This whole thing started mainly because of Texas greed, if I were the North schools, I would run while I could.

At this point, if the North schools could get into the MWC, the MWC conferences gets elevated to the BCS, and it's problem solved.

In the end, Texas wants their own network, and they won't share that with anybody else. That would likely hamper the Big 12 from getting a better TV deal when the current one expires - indeed, it would probably lead to a worse TV deal for the other schools, if they could get one at all.

More and more, I believe that there's no incentive for the other schools to remain in the Big 12 if Texas won't agree to a full revenue sharing agreement like the Big Ten has.

 

[CAARHawk]

PLEASE! STOP WITH MWC WILL BE A BCS CONFERENCE! That argument is meaningless at this point. It is such a foolish thing on which to focus. Why?

1) When all this shakes out, the BCS, as we know it, will be unrecognizable. First, the Big 12 has so many tie-ins, including the Fiesta, that the entire bowl system will have to adjust.

2) An automatic bid is all fine and dandy, but the money for one BCS bowl distributed out among 12 teams doesn't come close to even paying for the trip.

3) Other bowls focus on fan travel. Sorry, but MWC + b12 leftovers is not going to make any bowl tremble with anticipation.

4) Bowls are a reward, not really an income source.

5) Revenues in college football are about gate and TV contracts. The MWC gate is not major conference gate. Additionally, the MWC had their own network, the Mountain. It has not turned a profit from the start. But that is not actually the worst thing. They have a no local rights rule, which makes it impossible to make money outside the network. Ask TCU about it. They openly regretted their decision to leave CUSA for the MWC almost immediately after joining.

6) Do you think Utah doesn't bail the second they get a Pac Ten invite? Or worse, why wouldn't Utah and TCU be better off bailing for what is left over from the Big 12? They could get out of their bad TV contract and elevate their standing.

I know it is easy to focus on BCS or non-BCS, but BCS an autobid only might as well just be mid-major.