(02-01-2014 01:44 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: There is a reason the Big12 is the target conference. It's the target because it's a one man show. The survival or death of the conference hinges on one single member, Texas. The rest of the conference can only react to what Texas does in the coming years.
It's in the best interests of all of the current Big12 teams to stick together with Texas and keep the conference viable. If Texas were to bolt and leave everybody behind many of the teams would find themselves out in the cold and unwanted or be forced into situations that will be bad for them in the long run.
This...OU/OSU/TexasTech are "tag-a-longs" to Texas. Welcome to the truth Texoma 4.
The double edge sword in all this is, the four teams that bolted the B12 all left because they couldn't stand Texas. So the B12 is both held together by Texas and slowly sinking because of Texas.
I know you B12 folk don't like to hear this but let's put it this way....who would you rather have in the conference:
Texas A&M
Mizzou
Nebraska
Colorado
And a Championship Game
or
TCU
WVA
no game, and hope more programs aren't picked off?
You can act like you are happy the defectors are gone, but deep down you know it's bullcrap and those four were replaced with two teams that were by in large less than those that left. If they weren't the case, B1G and SEC would have grabbed TCU and WVA instead.
The B12's knee jerk reaction by taking WVA all by itself and no major market and adding ANOTHER Texas team shows why you are being picked a part at will by the B1G and SEC....you have NO VISION or understanding of college landscape. And the team leading this charge is Texas...who doesn't care what happens because at the end of the day they are going to do what's best for Texas (not the other 9) and they have a golden parachute; OU, OSU, and Texas Tech don't have a golden parachute, but they are latched on tight to Texas' tits so that will be good enough. KU, KSU, WVA, and the others have no parachute. Their very inclusion in the P5 is hinging on one team and one team only...Texas. Put another way, Texas is the only thing standing between WVA, KU, KSU, TCU, ISU, and Baylor being P5 vs G5.