Conference Re-Alignment Thread Part Who Knows

[Perfect Zero]

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Goodbye A&M you can have them....just like the Cornhuskers,they cant win the Big 12 so they bolt............seriously lol.

If it was about the championships, the Aggies would be going to the Sun Belt.

[ZB9]

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SEC will teach Aggy how to cheat again...

[AuburnAlumni]

SEC will teach Aggy how to win again...

Fixed.

[SoonerCrazy25]

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Is it an accomplishment to win the Big 12 (10)?

Im hopeing we see you in the Big Easy.....................

[ZB9]

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This is not exactly true. The 76% number is only true with the Tier 2 television rights. As UT and OU spend much more time on Tier 1 stations than any other Big XII schools, they likely stand to benefit from this just as much as schools that don't appear on Tier 2 as often, like Iowa State and Kansas. This percentage increase hurt the middle/upper Big XII programs, like Okie State, A&M, and Mizzou, to help those at the bottom as well as the top.

K I see..but it's more even now than the previous revenue system that Nebraska were original proponents of

[DonkeyJote]

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K I see..but it's more even now than the previous revenue system that Nebraska were original proponents of

Nebraska didn't leave for just revenue sharing. They left because they are a near-elite program and they were treated like Texas' manservant. Nebraska didn't like how conference headquarters were moved to Texas, and the Championship Game was moved to Dallas. And the talk of the Longhorn Network was there before Nebraska left.

[ZB9]

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Nebraska didn't leave for just revenue sharing.

interesting..when it is pointed out that Nebraska was an original proponent of the revenue sharing that Huskers now complain so much about, the argument shifts to other excuses

They left because they are a near-elite program and they were treated like Texas' manservant.

mostly on the field, where the Huskers were 1-8 against Texas

Texas didnt force the Huskers to fire Solich or to hire coaches like Callahan. Nebraska can blame their fall to mediocrity on whomever they want, but they ran their program like crap in the 2000s

Nebraska didn't like how conference headquarters were moved to Texas, and the Championship Game was moved to Dallas.

perhaps they would have stayed if the game was in Ogallala, Nebraska instead lol

fyi, the Big 10 championship game is not going to be in Nebraska either. It will be in Indianapolis (which ironically is 7 miles further from the Huskers than Dallas is according to googlemaps)

And the talk of the Longhorn Network was there before Nebraska left.

Yet, it was not a possibility until Nebraska left. Im sure UT is saying thanks Nebraska

[doom41]

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Yet, it was not a possibility until Nebraska left. Im sure UT is saying thanks Nebraska

Please explain this, because since the start of the conference every team has had the right to start their own network if the wanted to. How did NU leaving make the LHN a possibility, when UT could always do it and it is well documented that they had been working towards it for years?

[Greenevol]

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If it was about the championships, the Aggies would be going to the Sun Belt.

08/31/08:
Arkansas State - 18
Texas A&M - 14

Maybe they should set their sights a little lower, maybe the SoCon.

[ZB9]

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Please explain this, because since the start of the conference every team has had the right to start their own network if the wanted to. How did NU leaving make the LHN a possibility, when UT could always do it and it is well documented that they had been working towards it for years?

Ill give you the short version. Texas wasn't trying to go anywhere until Nebraska and Colorado left and Mizzou tried to leave. Those programs leaving caused Texas to look for options to cover themselves. When Texas to the Pac 10 started becoming a strong possibility, ESPN stepped in and offered Texas a deal for a network, keeping them from leaving and stopping the dominoes. ESPN did not want a Pac 16 super conference, with Fox TV rights, or for the big 12 to break up.

TAMU might be trying to copy Texas and gain similar leverage by threatening to leave, but of course the Aggy's don't carry the same cache

[acts238shaun]

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Im hopeing we see you in the Big Easy.....................

You better hope it's not Bama. You should hope it's by some twisted miracle a Big East team in the Big Easy.

[Bamafan3723]

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Im hopeing we see you in the Big Easy.....................

I hope you get your wish.

[DonkeyJote]

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interesting..when it is pointed out that Nebraska was an original proponent of the revenue sharing that Huskers now complain so much about, the argument shifts to other excuses

A&M left because of the revenue sharing. I don't recall ever claiming that's why Nebraska left, but hey, why should I ruin a good story?

mostly on the field, where the Huskers were 1-8 against Texas

Texas didnt force the Huskers to fire Solich or to hire coaches like Callahan. Nebraska can blame their fall to mediocrity on whomever they want, but they ran their program like crap in the 2000s

I agree here. Texas has been a better team than Nebraska over the last 10 years or so. At least one of those losses are disputed by Nebraska (the Big XII title game) and that may have contributed to Nebraska leaving. But I don't think on the field stuff had anything to do with it.

perhaps they would have stayed if the game was in Ogallala, Nebraska instead lol

fyi, the Big 10 championship game is not going to be in Nebraska either. It will be in Indianapolis (which ironically is 7 miles further from the Huskers than Dallas is according to googlemaps)

Yes, but Nebraska much preferred the game to be held at Arrowhead or in St. Louis. I don't think it's the distance that bothered Nebraska, it's that Texas moved the game to their backyard where it would be a virtual home game for the Longhorns. The league headquarters were moved South. Texas joined the conference and slowly took it over behind the scenes, and that never sat well with Nebraska. They moved to a conference that isn't dominated by one team, and that share a similar set of values and opinions as Nebraska. Also, the Big Ten could guarantee Nebraska $20 mil, and Texas (I mean, the Big XII) couldn't. Nebraska was getting around $10 mil, maybe less, in the Big XII. Nebraska's traditional rival being in the South and only playing twice every four years didn't help, and the rest of the North being so overshadowed by the Texas schools, that Nebraska was never really able to develop a real rivalry with any of them.

Yet, it was not a possibility until Nebraska left. Im sure UT is saying thanks Nebraska

I remember hearing a lot about Texas getting a network before Nebraska left. They were already looking into it. It was probably sped up, but I remember hearing the Pac 12 was going to let them have their own network if they joined. I'm sure Texas didn't decide to have a network and to have it launch in 14 months. This had already been in the works.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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You better hope it's not Bama. You should hope it's by some twisted miracle a Big East team in the Big Easy.

Kind of an arrogant statement. Do you think Alabama looks that much better then OU?

[acts238shaun]

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Kind of an arrogant statement. Do you think Alabama looks that much better then OU?

Bama's D will be sick this year. Come the BCS CG Bama's O will be fully on track. If you wanna beat Bama, get them early in the year. I would say after the Florida game, barring injury, Bama will be beating everyone handily - sans LSU.

It's not me being arrogant. I am an Arkansas fan living in SEC HQ (B'Ham) who doesn't have a lot of love for Bama. I respect Nick Saban quite a bit, but not a Bama fan. Oklahoma lost it's two best linebackers, unfortunately. I think the proper statement the gentleman should have made was I hope we get past FSU.

At the moment I am hoping Arkansas can get to Bama before their new QB's get it on track. That's the only thing holding Bama back in my opinion, that and possibly their pass rush.