Texas Weakness Exposed

[SpecialKHawk]

There's a lot of talk about Texas's victory but there is a cost to every battle.

This is what we now know about UT.....

# 1 They absolutely fear competition within the State of Texas

- We don't know if they really would have pulled the trigger on the PAC 10 move or not but what we learned is the minute a key underling Texas A&M turned down the PAC 10 offer and instead considered moving out of the UT shadow for the SEC Texas put the brakes on the move.

- Texas is not only strong because of market size but because a lack of strong competitors exist within their State market share. Like any monopoly they must eliminate competition within. Create a competitor and you can weaken a power like Texas.

- If the SEC, PAC 10 or Big Ten really want to play hard ball then I think Houston is a prime target for staking a new foot hold in Texas. Yes they do not meet academic or athletic standards especially of the Big Ten but they could serve as a project selection down the road. The Big Ten is known for innovate and bold moves. If not the Big Ten, Houston would fit nicely into the SEC for the same purpose. Watch Texas freak out.

# 2 UT has made some serious enemies not only within but also on the outside via the Pac 10 and Big 10.

- The PAC 10 will not take this slight lightly. The Rose Bowl folks were expecting the UT conglomerate move.

# 3 Despite the money gained by Texas they had to give the underlings much more money than they had previously. More money is more resources in the short-term. Use them wisely underlings.

Despite the spector Texas lost a little something to me in this victory.

 

[Mesaclone]

Texas now realizes it needs the Big 12...if it leaves it will have far less control over its own revenue and destiny. That knowledge can only make the conference more stable.

 

[SpecialKHawk]

Could very well be true in the end.... which again is a loss of their previous position.

The key will be locking them down into equal partnership. If the rest of the conference does not get this UT will not enter into a fully equal partnership.

 

[Mesaclone]

Full revenue sharing is not going to happen, nor does it need to as far as ISU is concerned. If Texas makes bundles of cash, and ISU in turn continues to strongly increase its revenue...I'm OK with that.

 

[SpecialKHawk]

Fatal belief.... when in a position of strength with their own network UT may cut the underlings off or severely curtail revenue growth for them. Why share when you do not have to.

 

[Mesaclone]

They have no means for "cutting" anyone off.

 

[83Hawk]

Full revenue sharing is not going to happen, nor does it need to as far as ISU is concerned. If Texas makes bundles of cash, and ISU in turn continues to strongly increase its revenue...I'm OK with that.

As a member of the Big 12 North, Iowa State had a fighting chance at the Big 12 title game in football...came within a FG a couple of times in fact.

Now you have ZERO chance. You are now back to the old Big 8 days.

You will be living on the scraps tossed to you by Texas. If having no dignity and just being happy to collect your 30 pieces of silver....good for you.

Oh....and I'll believe this huge revenue boost when I see it. Is this "deal" signed, sealed and delivered?

 

[Bubbrub]

There's a lot of talk about Texas's victory but there is a cost to every battle.

# 2 UT has made some serious enemies not only within but also on the outside via the Pac 10 and Big 10.

- The PAC 10 will not take this slight lightly. The Rose Bowl folks were expecting the UT conglomerate move.
Despite the spector Texas lost a little something to me in this victory.

Good post, but while I agree that Texas loses face with football nerds like us who have followed this stuff religiously, the sad truth is that college football has become a lucrative, cutthroat business. Money talks, and the idea that the "Rose Bowl folks" would balk at making money off of Texas in the future if the option presented itself, IMHO, is inaccurate.

 

[ThCatch]

- The PAC 10 will not take this slight lightly. The Rose Bowl folks were expecting the UT conglomerate move.

Betcha they never snub Cal for Texas again...

 

[Mesaclone]

Sorry, there's no such thing as zero chance in college football. Further, going back to the days of the old Big 8 is a good thing...those were the good old days. As for the payouts, not having access to the big 12 corporate offices I can't really get you a copy of the new TV deal, you'll have to wait with the rest of us for the press release...that said, the Big 12 Commissioner is hardly going to tell a lie to the President's of the Universities. Nor would they believe it without substantiation from the source of the money.

 

[ThunderHawk]

They have no means for "cutting" anyone off.

Deliberate naivete.

 

[VAHawkFan]

They have no means for "cutting" anyone off.

How about this simple line, "XYZ needs to happen or we (the University of Texas) will need to investigate whether our goals will continue to be best served in the Big 12 or with another conference."

As we've all seen Texas is the lynch pin to the conference and the key to continued Big 12 viability. That didn't end today.

Can they "cut someone off"? No...not as such. Can they push any self-serving agenda they want? Yep.

 

[silvanthalas]

Further, going back to the days of the old Big 8 is a good thing...those were the good old days.

You mean like not appearing in a bowl game until 1971? No conference title for 98 years?

Delusional and suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. You'd be a psychologist's dream. Oh, wait, I do believe that's a University of Texas doctor waiting for you.

 

[silvanthalas]

Full revenue sharing is not going to happen, nor does it need to as far as ISU is concerned.

Btw, you say revenue sharing is not needed, and in fact is better for ISU.

Don't forget that full revenue sharing has made the Big Ten the richest conference... and left ISU fans to BEG and ***** and WHINE and MOAN over the last week or two as they watched as their non-revenue sharing conference, the Big 12, nearly collapse about them and how they were going to be left with SCRAPS.

It's amazing how the (temporary) dollar signs have made ISU fans do a complete 180 (and become complete hypocrites). But then, your conference is still the one at risk to fail in the near future, isn't it? Cry wolf, ISU.