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Originally Posted by the_meanstrosity
Maybe I'm naive here, but why would any Big 12 team outside of Colorado be interested in the Pac 10? If the Texas schools leave the Big 12, I would think it'd be for a conference like the SEC that already has a large tv contract in place.
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Academics; whether it’s justified or not the Pac-10 is seen as an academic conference and the SEC is seen as a football factory conference.
And as far as Texas is concerned, if they join the Pac-10 the TV revenue will increase substantially. Of course they would have to get used to sharing that revenue equally, which might be hard for them to swallow. If the Big-12 only looses 1 or 2 teams I don’t see Texas going anywhere; but if the Big-10 goes ape shit and grabs a bunch of teams out of the North Division, and Colorado leaves, then who knows?