Big 10 Contacts Texas To Join Conference

• osu45804

  

  http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2010/02/report_big_ten_has_eyes_for_te.html
  
  “There have been preliminary exchanges between the Big Ten and Texas,” the source told the Journal-World on Wednesday. “People will deny that, but it’s accurate.”
  
  Pretty Interesting
• 2quik4u

  

  http://www.freehuddle.com/Thread-Texas-and-Big-Ten-Talking
• j_crazy

  

  2 too many threads about big ten expansion rumors.
• SnotBubbles

  I'm a HUGE Big 10 fan...and Big 10 only...but I doubt Texas is stupid enough to do this.
  
  If the Big 10 is going to expand...I can only see a "smaller conference midwestern school" or Notre Dame biting. Face it...the Big 10 isn't the most attractive conference, and certainly doesn't have the current prestige of the Big 12.
  
  I'm thinking Pittsburgh is the next Big 10 team.
• gorocks99

  

  Big XII has a really bad TV contract. Big Ten has one of the best in the country. That's why Texas would leave. $$.
• FatHobbit

  

  From the link on the football forum (it's a long article, but I think interesting) Texas gets $12 million from the Big12 tv contract. (and they get a larger portion than most Big12 schools.) Every big 10 school gets $22 million from the big10 network.
• Laley23

  

  Isnt the Big Ten the most profitable conference?? I would think that has too do with the huge schools we have creating so many alums and the ability for larger stadiums.
  
  But because of the amount of money the conference makes, ANY school would entertain joining the conference.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  gorocks99 wrote: Big XII has a really bad TV contract. Big Ten has one of the best in the country. That's why Texas would leave. $$.

  Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and to a lesser extent Nebraska and Colorado do much better that the rest of the B-12 - each school keeps half of their TV and bowl-game money.
  
  Texas would gain, but on a much smaller scale than would Missouri, who would gain $15-20 million PER YEAR by moving to the Big Ten. They will be the team to make the move if anyone does it.
  
  Trust me - for that kind of money, most of the BCS AD's would sell their cheerleaders to a whorehouse in Thailand if they could get away with it.
• slingshot4ever

  Big 10 is a midwest conference. GET A MIDWEST TEAM! I want either Pitt or Mizzou.
• Sage

  

  Texas would be tight for the money.
• dlazz

  I agree that Mizzou will be all over the Big Ten. I don't think they like the way the Big 12 does things.
• jordo212000

  

  SnotBubbles wrote: I'm a HUGE Big 10 fan...and Big 10 only...but I doubt Texas is stupid enough to do this.
  

  There are $10 million reasons why that is bad logic.
• BuckeyeBlue

  

  Aside from the obvious lack-of-sense it makes travel wise, I would love to see this get done. Don't think it will happen though. Texas has too many historical rivalries in the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas A&M) for me to really see them leaving. But, money makes people make odd decisions sometimes.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Mizzou >> Big Ten
  Arkansas >>> Big 12
  Clemson/Fla St/Miami FL >>>>SEC
  
  ACC: Sloppy Seconds from the Big Least or Conference Useless SA
• jordo212000

  

  BuckeyeBlue wrote: Texas has too many historical rivalries in the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas A&M) for me to really see them leaving.

  Well.. they could play them out of conference
• Pick6

  

  BuckeyeBlue wrote: Aside from the obvious lack-of-sense it makes travel wise, I would love to see this get done. Don't think it will happen though. Texas has too many historical rivalries in the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas A&M) for me to really see them leaving. But, money makes people make odd decisions sometimes.

  Why does it not make sense travel-wise? Seeing that you live in California, you might have some knowledge of the PAC 10. Washington states campus to arizona's campus is actually a couple hundred miles farther away than austin to columbus.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Texas is a different part of the universe. There is a strong discussion down there about kicking out the rest of the B12 and reforming the SWC - without Arkansas, and adding other Texas schools (SMU, TCU, UTEP).
  
  Call it the "carpetbagger factor".
• BuckeyeBlue

  

  Pick6 wrote:

  BuckeyeBlue wrote: Aside from the obvious lack-of-sense it makes travel wise, I would love to see this get done. Don't think it will happen though. Texas has too many historical rivalries in the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas A&M) for me to really see them leaving. But, money makes people make odd decisions sometimes.

  Why does it not make sense travel-wise? Seeing that you live in California, you might have some knowledge of the PAC 10. Washington states campus to arizona's campus is actually a couple hundred miles farther away than austin to columbus.

  I guess I'm talking from a historical Big 10 standpoint. I know other conferences are more spread out than the Big 10 (the ACC goes from Boston to Miami).
• Swamp Fox

  it is Unamerican for Texas to be in the "Big Ten". Is everyone just crazy? Couldn't we at least have a team within 1,000 miles of the rest of the league schools? I think that you can't get a much better natural rivalry than when the Long horns and the Northwestern Wildcats hook up? (Are you f'ing kidding me?????)
• Pick6

  

  I could only see a Texas/BIg 12 fan complaining about this. I dont know why you wouldnt want another big time team in your conference.
• Laley23

  

  Swamp Fox wrote: it is Unamerican for Texas to be in the "Big Ten". Is everyone just crazy? Couldn't we at least have a team within 1,000 miles of the rest of the league schools? I think that you can't get a much better natural rivalry than when the Long horns and the Northwestern Wildcats hook up? (Are you f'ing kidding me?????)

  well thats a terrible example. Northwestern is ANYONES rival.
  
  The rearranging worked for the Big East and ACC before even though the choices might have seemed odd at the time.
• End of Line

  

  Texas won't join, Mizzou on the other hand might bite and take the oppurtunity.
• GoPens

  

  Doesn't the B10 have a rule where new members have to be in an adjoining state with another B10 team? Unless they get rid of that rule, then Texas can't join the B10.
• jordo212000

  

  GoPens wrote: Doesn't the B10 have a rule where new members have to be in an adjoining state with another B10 team?

  That's what I thought too. But I've read in a few different places that that never existed. Even if it does exist you have to figure at the end of the day it won't matter. Money talks
• TBone14

  

  Pick6 wrote:

  BuckeyeBlue wrote: Aside from the obvious lack-of-sense it makes travel wise, I would love to see this get done. Don't think it will happen though. Texas has too many historical rivalries in the Big 12 (Oklahoma, Texas A&M) for me to really see them leaving. But, money makes people make odd decisions sometimes.

  Why does it not make sense travel-wise? Seeing that you live in California, you might have some knowledge of the PAC 10. Washington states campus to arizona's campus is actually a couple hundred miles farther away than austin to columbus.

  If Hawaii can afford to send teams to Louisiana Tech for league games, then I'm sure Big 10 schools can afford trips to Austin and vise versa.