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Now, I agree with this 100%, but I find it hard to believe the Big 10 had NO contact with Texas.
Did anyone actually think Texas was going to big 10? Honestly
no ing way even the people that report this crap had to have known it's not happening
Ever.
Now, I agree with this 100%, but I find it hard to believe the Big 10 had NO contact with Texas.
exactly my point.
Now, I agree with this 100%, but I find it hard to believe the Big 10 had NO contact with Texas.then you say this....
why do you find it hard to believe? because Lynn lied to you?
That is what I was saying as well............
great. Then why do you think Deloss might be lying again?
Then why did Texas ask to join the Big 10 in the early 90s?
At one time Texas was interested in the Big 10.
because the Big XII wasn't around yet.
do you really think that Texas has a good enough reason to leave the Big XII, especially right after they just finished playing in the le game?
You are 50% right 50% wrong.
Texas harbored interest; Texas never ASKED to join.
True, But they asked three years before the Big 12 was even formed. Bottom line is they asked for membership at one time. Facts are facts.
I was just responding to the post stating that it would never happen ever, when in the 90s it wasn't a remote idea as the poster I responded to made it out to be.
Money talks and the Big 10 Network brings in a ton of money for each team, much more than the Big 12 can generate for Texas. The Big Ten recently obtained a study prepared by the Chicago-based investment firm William Blair & Company, analyzed whether five different schools would add enough revenue to justify expanding the league beyond 11 teams. "The point was: We can all get richer if we bring in the right team or teams," the source said.
I think the Big 10 could make a pretty nice pitch to Texas if they wanted to bring Texas in, who knows if that is the case though, although there was a story that the Big Ten has engaged in “preliminary exchanges” with Texas.
I think that Texas would be turning down a boat load of money if they turned down an offer from the Big Ten.
I don't the Big 10 will offer membership to Texas. Can you honestly say to yourself that Texas is completely happy being in the Big 12.
Texas was desperate to get out of the flailing southwest conference.
They were harboring interest in a lot of difference conferences including the Pac 10 and Big 8.
Exactly. They talked about it before the Big XII was formed.
Are they unhappy enough to make a jump to a different conference? Honestly, no way.Money talks and the Big 10 Network brings in a ton of money for each team, much more than the Big 12 can generate for Texas. The Big Ten recently obtained a study prepared by the Chicago-based investment firm William Blair & Company, analyzed whether five different schools would add enough revenue to justify expanding the league beyond 11 teams. "The point was: We can all get richer if we bring in the right team or teams," the source said.
I think the Big 10 could make a pretty nice pitch to Texas if they wanted to bring Texas in, who knows if that is the case though, although there was a story that the Big Ten has engaged in “preliminary exchanges” with Texas.
I think that Texas would be turning down a boat load of money if they turned down an offer from the Big Ten.
I don't the Big 10 will offer membership to Texas. Can you honestly say to yourself that Texas is completely happy being in the Big 12.
How much extra money do you think they would be missing out on by turning down the Big 10?
You are correct. my bad.
Like I said I was just responding to a poster who said it was never going to happen ever. I was just pointing out that it was a possibility back in the early 90s.
Fair enough.
Well right now Texas took in 12 million in TV revenue in an unequal Big 12 (meaning Texas took in the most) while each Big 10 team took in 22 million in TV revenue. So right there it is 10 million a year, plus the billions of research money the CIC offers. But strictly in terms of TV revenue I'm sure if Texas was in the Big Ten they would add more households to the network and increase the share of revenue per school. How much I have no clue, I guess it would depend on how many households the Big Ten could get into on their cable package in the state of Texas. But adding the Dallas-Forth Worth, Houston, and San Antonio markets would not hurt revenues if Texas were added. All that is assuming Texas is asked and accepted to join the Big 10.
This thread is strange
its 2011 not the early 90s, Texas is in the big12, not the swc
They're not joining the big10 and nobody could possibly think they are
These are the kind of things non sports fans talk about
they could join the candyland conference too
So you dont think Dodds talked to the Big 10 at all period? Is that what you are saying? You think he is straight up? Just answer yes or no please. *waiting*
I would guess that he did some research through back channels, but I would not be surprised if there was no formal conversation that took place.
At the end of the day, Texas has exactly what they want - a BCS league that they essentially have total control over. They might make an extra $12 million in TV from the Big 10 (which is a drop in their budget's bucket), but they would also likely gladly pay that to get the political control over a league that they have now.
In the Big 12, if Texas says jump, Beebe asks them if they would like him to bend over while he's doing it. In the Big 10, Texas would have the same clout as Northwestern.
If Dodds said he didn't, then I don't see any reason to think otherwise.
Why do you think he is a liar again?
Didnt say he was a liar............I said its possible he is.
why do you think it's possible again?
............the same reason its possible you are liar. The same reason its possible anyone is a liar. Because there is a chance anyone will lie. So until all the dust settles........the jury is out.
I figured Dodds coming out and saying that he never spoke to the Big 10 settled the dust.............the same reason its possible you are liar. The same reason its possible anyone is a liar. Because there is a chance anyone will lie. So until all the dust settles........the jury is out.
What kind of dust is still unsettled for you that your jury still can't come to a decision?
You are correct. Dodds said no contact, then no contact.
So when A-Rod said he was never on roids you considered the dust to have been settled, because at that point the majority of the media who covered baseball had no reason to believe he was ever on roids, then it came out that he had a positive test.
I wouldn't say Dodds is a liar because like you say he has really no reason to lie, but neither me, you, lebomb are in position to judge his character because we don't know the guy. People say one thing and do another all the time. Is it possible that he told the truth, absolutely. Is it possible that his statement is not entirely accurate, that is possible too.
Bingo!!!
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