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June 15th, 2010 at 3:54 PM
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Wolv1984
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OT: Today's Twitter Rumors

Via ESDBS:

http://twitter.com/slmandel/statuses/16237204302

Steward Mandel: Unbelievable. The five "leftovers" (KU, KSU, ISU, BU, Mizzou) agreed to sign over their share of CU/NU's buyout money to UT/OU/A&M.

Also:

http://twitter.com/broncohighway/status/16242526730

Sports Talk San Antonio: Tech & Okie St pissed because KU, Mizzou, K-State, Iowa State and Baylor agree to give their shares of buyout $ to UT, OU and A&M.

STSA also claims Tech is on the phone with the PAC-10.  Of course by itself Tech has no leverage, so I don't know about that claim.

So here's to Big XII stability!  I'm wondering if Texas is just hanging around for a bit, milking all the money out of the Big XII's corpse before moving on to pillage yet another conference.  At this point I'm really glad they didn't come join the Big10.   It seems like whatever money they bring is offset by their desire to be top dog.

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June 15th, 2010 at 3:59 PM | If true (Score:1)
Double Nickel BG
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WTF? I get that UT, OU, and A&M bring in a ton of money to the conference, but for the others to bend over a chair and give them $ for something that comes from conference payouts is beyond rediculous.

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June 15th, 2010 at 4:04 PM | Economics I Guess (Score:1)
Wolv1984
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Reports say it costs 10 million to bail out of the Big XII.  So The remaining 10 teams have 20 million incoming.  Or 2 million each.  So if you're Baylor, ISU or KSU, that 2 million is likely a fair price to pay to avoid being regulated to some non BCS conference.  You lose all your pride when you write that check, but hell you lose a lot of pride in the Patroit League too.

Must suck to be Missouri right now.  One month ago it was "Weee, we're going to the B10, hooray!"  now they're on the ground squealing as the President of Texas sticks them with a cattle brand.  

June 15th, 2010 at 9:02 PM | regulated (Score:1)
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Relegated.

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June 15th, 2010 at 3:59 PM | If that's true, it's (Score:1)
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If that's true, it's just...unfathomable.

June 15th, 2010 at 4:04 PM | It's true, it's from the Big (Score:1)
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It's true, it's from the Big XII conference call. And from a little later:

That call gave me no reason to believe there's anything stopping that league from crumbling again a year from now.

http://twitter.com/slmandel/status/16238407717

June 15th, 2010 at 4:05 PM | I'm wondering if Texas is (Score:1)
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I'm wondering if Texas is just hanging around for a bit, milking all the money out of the Big XII's corpse before moving on to pillage yet another conference.

You are reading way way to much into this. Texas had a great deal with the Big12, and now it got better. It isn't crazy for them to stay the king of the Big12, instead of being an equal or semi-equal partner in the Pac10 or Big10. Taking money from CO/Neb and then leaving is a tin-foil-hat kind of idea. Missouri and Kansas would raise an holy hell about it and Texas would look like the biggest dickweeds in the world. Not smart if you want to start your own TV network (and want any viewers).

At this point I'm really glad they didn't come join the Big10.

BS. You might be glad, but you would also be wrong. If they would have agreed to a profiting sharing deal with the Big10, you, along with everyone else here, would have been peeing their pants in excitement.

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June 15th, 2010 at 4:24 PM | I sure as hell (Score:1)
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I sure as hell don't/didn't/wouldn't want Texas in the Big 10.  We're having a hard enough time winning the Big 10 now.  Adding Texas wouldn't help that.

June 15th, 2010 at 5:13 PM | Stop being (Score:1)
Double Nickel BG
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a saggy vagina.

I'm sure theres alot of reasons why people wouldn't want Texas in the B10, but it would make it harder to win the big 10 shouldn't be one of those reasons.

We're in rebuilding mode, but we are still fucking Michigan. We shouldn't be afraid to play anyone, anywhere, at any time. Sack up and Fuck. Shit. Up.

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June 15th, 2010 at 5:46 PM | Saggy vagina (Score:1)
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Wasn't it you who used "douchey twatwaffle?" Now this one, too. You're a walking urban dictionary.

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June 15th, 2010 at 4:57 PM | You know you're my brah, but this is crazy talk! (Score:1)
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If they would have agreed to a profiting sharing deal with the Big10.....

I'm pretty sure ND will come around and abandon independence before Texas would agree to a profit sharing deal. 

June 15th, 2010 at 7:03 PM | ND will come around and abandon independence (Score:1)
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I think ND is more likely to dynamite Touchdown Jesus before Texas agrees to share the loot equally like us Big Ten commies.


June 15th, 2010 at 5:18 PM | If they would have agreed to (Score:1)
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If they would have agreed to a profiting sharing deal with the Big10

That is a Texas-sized IF though.  My sense is that Texas knows it could get a better deal being the biggest fish in the pond with the Big-Tex than being on the same financial and revenue-sharing foot as IU or NW.  Academically, it is no contest that joining the Big 10 or the Pac 10 would help them, but there are clearly other factors involved.

And yes, adding a nice, open-minded UT would make me pee my pants with excitement; adding a catankerous, difficult UT with a massive number of stipulations and requirements, though, was probably the more realistic version.

June 15th, 2010 at 4:07 PM | Exactly Why the B12 Failed (Score:1)
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I give the new B12 24 months tops before teams start bolting again. And I bet TX knows this and will use that time to launch their own network. Bringing TX into the B10 (or P10 for that matter) would have been a disaster.

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June 15th, 2010 at 4:11 PM | Thats why the Big Ten doesn't (Score:1)
Blueisgood
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Thats why the Big Ten doesn't need Texas. All these sports writers keep saying the Big Ten lost because they didn't get Texas. Screw Texas.

June 15th, 2010 at 4:25 PM | I dont mind them (Score:1)
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I need to go home and put water in Buck Nasty's Mom's dish

June 15th, 2010 at 4:27 PM | That is a very, very poor (Score:1)
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That is a very, very poor sample size of Texas' women...

...but +1 regardless.

June 15th, 2010 at 5:43 PM | You must have never been to (Score:1)
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You must have never been to Austin. Those are their average-looking women there.

June 15th, 2010 at 5:55 PM | this reminds me of (Score:1)
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the future Buffs vs. Beavers match up.

Can't wait.

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June 15th, 2010 at 9:07 PM | The one on the right (Score:1)
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Is nice. The girl on the left? Eh...

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June 15th, 2010 at 4:50 PM | This is what texas did (Score:1)
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This is what Texas did to the other Big 12 members at the meeting...


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June 15th, 2010 at 4:54 PM | Yabbut... (Score:1)
Sven_Da_M
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...the Longhorn smart coeds are hot, too!

June 15th, 2010 at 5:57 PM | that wasn't very nice, (Score:1)
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take it back.

"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by"

June 15th, 2010 at 4:54 PM | If there's one thing.... (Score:1)
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...we've learned or relearned over the last week, it's that Texas operates on their own terms. Their approach to conference relations would not have worked in the collegial Big Ten/CIC.

Yes, they apprear to have set things up pretty well for themselves and in the process they exposed themselves as an institution unwilling to help create something even bigger than Texas.

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June 15th, 2010 at 6:12 PM | So, essentially, what you're (Score:1)
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So, essentially, what you're saying in so many words is that Texas is again proving that perhaps it should not be messed with?

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June 15th, 2010 at 7:01 PM | No, not quite... (Score:1)
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...don't bother with Texas.

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June 15th, 2010 at 5:16 PM | Basically......... (Score:1)
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KU, KSU, ISU, Baylor, Mizzu just gave UT, A&M and OU the rim job of the year.

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June 15th, 2010 at 6:08 PM | Texas Tech (Score:1)
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Sorry Tech, the only reason the PAC-10 wanted you was because you were part of the package that came with Texas. I hope they realize their going to be in the Big 12 for awhile.

June 15th, 2010 at 9:09 PM | They're. (Score:1)
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They're.

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June 15th, 2010 at 6:35 PM | Texas is the spoiled brat of (Score:1)
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Texas is the spoiled brat of college football. Everyone wants to go to the prom with her, but she'll only go with the one with the nicest car. The Pac-10 told her "we'll buy you a Ferrari! But we can't afford it right now, and you have to bring all your friends." The Big 10 said "we just bought everyone Lamborghinis, and we'll buy you one too," but Texas didn't like the idea of having the same car as everyone else. She had to have the best. Then the Big 12 leftovers came in and said "we'll chip in and buy you a Porsche, and you'll have the nicest car of us all!" And so, Texas stays with the Big 12, queen of her domain.

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