[Farm93]

I think the conference went for the home run, and instead we have a simply fly ball out at the warning track.  Would it have been better to take a pitch or two?  The answer would seem to be yes.

Getting that Colorado invite public was probably all part of the game, but it sure would have been nice to have a clause that gets the Pac-10 out if Texas did not follow.

I suspect all of the football programs in the North will feel slighted.  They will miss out on getting key visits to the South for recruiting.  Stanford will miss out on USC ticket sales.  But I suspect C.a.l gets the worst deal.  Not only would they miss USC ticket sales, but they would also lose their annual UC battle.  But on the football field the good news would be that the North teams avoid USC\'s division.

Getting Texas would have been a very nice prize.  As it turns out the remaining Big XII teams have let Texas take a very big slice of the conference revenue pie just to remain relevant.  Texas probably deserves that slice, but now that conference will become the UT show.  Without competitive balance my guess is that most audiences will wait to catch the UT show in the postseason.

[Farm93]

I think the conference went for the home run, and instead we have a simply fly ball out at the warning track.  Would it have been better to take a pitch or two?  The answer would seem to be yes.

Getting that Colorado invite public was probably all part of the game, but it sure would have been nice to have a clause that gets the Pac-10 out if Texas did not follow.

I suspect all of the football programs in the North will feel slighted.  They will miss out on getting key visits to the South for recruiting.  Stanford will miss out on USC ticket sales.  But I suspect C.a.l gets the worst deal.  Not only would they miss USC ticket sales, but they would also lose their annual UC battle.  But on the football field the good news would be that the North teams avoid USC\'s division.

Getting Texas would have been a very nice prize.  As it turns out the remaining Big XII teams have let Texas take a very big slice of the conference revenue pie just to remain relevant.  Texas probably deserves that slice, but now that conference will become the UT show.  Without competitive balance my guess is that most audiences will wait to catch the UT show in the postseason.