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Originally Posted by dawgfan
I think Texas is going to have a hard time going independent. Obviously they could pull it off just fine in football, but what about all their other sports? BYU could do it because, frankly, their other sports aren't a big deal, and so placing them in the WCC was a viable solution. What would Texas do with their other sports? Conference USA or the Sun Belt? I have my doubts...
Joining the Pac-12 would make a lot of sense, as would the Big Ten.
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From Chip Brown "Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said Wednesday it would be Texas' goal to hold the Big 12 together. But if there wasn't sentiment for that he said Texas and a school like Notre Dame should look at starting their own conference. Dodds has said he is against Texas going independent." Don't really know why Dodds would publicly list that as an option, but it is an interesting alternative to think about. That's also the only way I can see ND not being the 16th Big Ten team whenever #15 joins.
Also trying to figure out how this can work out for UMass. Was hoping it would wait 2-3 years so we could show some success in the MAC (and attendance-wise) and slide into the Big East when the shit hit the fan, but the timing isn't looking great right now.