(04-11-2011 09:28 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  

(04-11-2011 02:39 PM)Lonestar Lizard Wrote:  If Nova was in Texas, we'd just pull out a shotgun and say, "You ain't good enuff, now git!"

Kind of like what DeLoss Dodds did to TCU, SMU, UH, and Rice.

Deloss didn't leave TCU, SMU, Rice and UH behind. Politics and their lack of fans left those schools behind. Initially, UT & A&M were the only schools bolting the SWC but Texas politics got Tech and Baylor in the Big 12, not Deloss Dodds. The other schools simply had no other options or support. Simple as that.

Today, that is an entirely different story. The 24 or so Houston (TX) Legislators didn't have enough pull to get UH in the Big 12 this past summer after it was announced that Nebraska and Colorado were leaving.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spor...53360.html

Quote:Khator and Rhoades must do their best to convince UT president Bill Powers and athletic director DeLoss Dodds that UH would be an asset to the Big 12. If we learned anything the last few days, it's that these two men have the power.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/l...g-12-entry

Quote:The third largest university in Texas now has the support of almost two dozen Texas lawmakers. They're joining a new push to get UH in the same conference as UT, A&M, Tech, and Baylor.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/f...g-12_N.htm

Quote:Earlier this week, Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder said he believed any new member of the Big 12 would have to bring $15 million in value.

"I don't really think right now that there's anybody that brings that kind of value, and then it would complicate matters if you had 11 schools," he said. "I think 10's a good number. I really believe that it gives our conference champion a better chance to advance to the BCS championship game."