[Leftcoast]

I\'m starting to think the Pac 10 dodged a bullet in avoiding Texas.   Sounds like sour grapes, I know, but the revelations on just how badly they treat their "colleagues" in the Big 12 is revealing.   My naive assumption was that they would "just" be another USC.  

It\'s clear now I needed a different ruler.   USC\'s arrogance, previously believed to be an unfathomable quantity, pales when compared to UT\'s.

I\'ve got to believe that the more desirable schools in the Big 12 will be looking for an exit door, a process that will accellerate once Texas starts their own network.  An alliance with no trust and diminishing shared interests is inherently unstable.  Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, perhaps OK State and K State will all be reviewing options for leaving on their own terms after living through extortion on Longhorn terms.  

The Big 12 is done.   Maybe not this year ... but soon.

[Leftcoast]

I\'m starting to think the Pac 10 dodged a bullet in avoiding Texas.   Sounds like sour grapes, I know, but the revelations on just how badly they treat their "colleagues" in the Big 12 is revealing.   My naive assumption was that they would "just" be another USC.  

It\'s clear now I needed a different ruler.   USC\'s arrogance, previously believed to be an unfathomable quantity, pales when compared to UT\'s.

I\'ve got to believe that the more desirable schools in the Big 12 will be looking for an exit door, a process that will accellerate once Texas starts their own network.  An alliance with no trust and diminishing shared interests is inherently unstable.  Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, perhaps OK State and K State will all be reviewing options for leaving on their own terms after living through extortion on Longhorn terms.  

The Big 12 is done.   Maybe not this year ... but soon.