(03-11-2016 03:56 AM)KUGR Wrote:  

(03-10-2016 08:53 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  Question is....are they Big 12 decision makers he is hearing this stuff from?

One word.......No.

Exactly...could be "bar talk"

If the B12 is serious about adding teams...the vetting is done quickly and quietly...then boom an announcement. As an aside a few media reports (from unnamed sources) will come out 24-48 hours out from the presser. This seems to be the common course of action.

(03-10-2016 11:15 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(03-10-2016 10:21 AM)Nebraskafan Wrote:  I took a look and went to the 7 minute mark and one of the first things they said was having to turn the LHN into the network and will need to give Texas a special deal. I stopped listening right then.

The entire reason why the Big 12 imploded was because of those type of dealings/favoritism towards Texas.

WVU has no place to go to so of course their media people will think expansion will happen - they need it to happen.

Why? I'm not saying that it will happen - indeed, I think there is waaaaaaaaay more of a chance of expansion than the LHN folding. However, the point is that the only way that a Big 12 network gets off the ground is if Texas is fully on-board, and the only way that you can get Texas fully on-board with it is if they are compensated for every single penny that they would have made by keeping the LHN *plus* the more intangible loss of benefits from having their very own network run by ESPN. Otherwise, the Big 12 network isn't ever getting off the ground in the first place.

The Big 12 is a classic "Can't live with them and can't live without them" situation with respect to Texas. The presence of Texas is what has driven every single school that had the power to leave on its own to end up leaving for stronger P5 leagues. However, the only thing worse for the schools left in the Big 12 is to NOT have Texas there... and the LHN money and exposure is basically the only reason why the Texas is in the Big 12 instead of a Pac-16 superconference. Texas has power because they ARE the single most valuable school in the country, whether we like it or not. The other Big 12 schools don't have any leverage outside of threatening to leave (which only Oklahoma and Kansas can really plausibly threat to do).

Tejas = Death Star