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Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan
For Texas it's a smart move. For everyone else (OU, OSU, TT, aTm) it's not so smart. I know the Big 12 commissioner is saying that the teams remaining in the big 12 will see there tv revenues rise to SEC levels, but i honestly can't see how that could be. You lost Denver Tv market, lost a storied Nebraska franchise, lost the ability to hold a conference championship (which generates tons of money), and are allowing Texas to establish their own TV network.
Texas will be fine with its own network, but something tells me the others will be kicking themselves in a few years for not jumping to the pac.
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OSU, TT and aTm are always going to be second tier schools; even in the Pac16. The question they needed to ask was whether the risk of the new Pac16 would have been worth the risk to their traditional rivalries, their time scheduling and their travel costs.
Yes, losing Nebraska and the Denver market hurt, but there was no guarantee that the Pac16 network would have equaled SEC numbers, much less B10 numbers.
Personally, I am not a fan of the Pac10 - U$C inflated their record because they pushed beyond the limits. Outside of them, who does the Pac10 have?
Preserving the Red River Shootout is worth a try at least; if the revamped B12 doesn't do as well as promised, I would bet the Pac16 idea will rise again...the Pac10, won't do anything for the next couple of years imo...no point to expand if you are picking off the likes of Utah...
The B10 will stop to (no raiding of BE) unless the Domers decide to join the 21st Century...