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Originally Posted by General Mike
I don't doubt they prefer Missouri over Texas Tech, but if Texas is coming, then Tech is too. And that's the bottom line cause Stone Cold said so.
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The problem with that right now is that Larry Scott also prefers Mizzou over Tech along with several Pac-XX execs. There's a huge difference between the TV market AND academic standings of Mizzou and Texas Tech. Colorado is also heavily campaigning for Mizzou because they don't want to see a school like Tech come in when they could have Mizzou (or even Kansas for that matter). There's not many that are listening to Texas right now. They've soured a lot of relationships at this point and have put themselves into a tough negotiating position with the Pac-XX. The Pac-XX is happy to have Texas join, but it's going to be on the Pac-XX's terms and not Texas (especially after what has transpired in the B12 the past 18-24 months). I have little doubt that Dodds is not please to have someone else telling him who's calling the shots.
Pretty amusing to listen to Chipper's interview here in KC today. He lamented how everyone was blaming Texas for the downfall of the conference and repeatedly painted UT as a victim. Add in that he was being interviewed by a K-State grad and it made for comedy gold.......
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