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Longhorns got what they wanted
FoxSports ^ | Jun 15, 2010 6:45 PM | Kalani Simpson

Posted on 06/15/2010 7:28:04 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo

Nice poker face, Lady Gaga.

Way to go all in there, Bevo.

Oh, we were braced for Expansiogeddon. Texas was going here. Texas was going there. Everyone wanted Texas. Texas to the Pac-10 was a done deal. Texas was going to topple all the dominoes because Texas held all the cards.

Well, then Texas got its bluff called. And guess what? When it came down to the moment of truth, Texas pushed away from the table, stayed right where it was. Texas fold ’em.

Don’t get me wrong. Thank goodness. The Big 12 (now 10) somehow hanging on saved college football as we know it. It kept regions that made sense intact. It kept Iowa State, the Kansases, Mizzou and Baylor from being blown right off the map.

And so we’ll hear a lot about how Texas “saved” the Big 12, and it did. About how Texas made out like a bandit. And oh, baby, it did.

About how Texas got exactly what it wanted. Yeah, it did. It definitely did.

But that’s the point. This is what Texas wanted. Superconference? No thanks. No longer being the lone superpower? Uh, no, not for them. Living in a league which might feature clashes of titans most every week? Nah. Having to actually count the votes? Please.

No, when it came time to “call,” Texas was bluffing. Texas was never leaving. This was what Texas wanted all along.

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1 posted on 06/15/2010 7:28:04 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
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To: Bad~Rodeo
The only thing worse than sitting in Texas Memorial Stadium and watching the Horns kick the dog poop out of Baylor is having to travel to Waco to watch the Horns kick the same dog poop out of Baylor.

And the same could be said about playing or traveling to A&M, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, etc.

As a season ticket holder, I would have loved the Pac 16 but down here in Austin, it is all about the money and Bevo poops money by the millions.

2 posted on 06/15/2010 8:05:55 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: Bad~Rodeo

“Texas was never leaving. This was what Texas wanted all along.”

The writer of the article has no idea if this is true. All the “experts” look at events after they happen, and then tell us how they knew all along what was going to happen.


3 posted on 06/15/2010 8:08:43 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("And for that matter what do we REALLY know about HereInTheHeartland?")
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To: trumandogz

My seats are on the east side, sunny side up


4 posted on 06/15/2010 8:09:02 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (INTEGRATE or VACATE: BoycottMexicoNow.com)
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To: trumandogz

Texas is now like the elves in the Lord of the Rings...sailing off to Valinor.


5 posted on 06/15/2010 8:13:41 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Anyone pushing Romney must love socialism...Piss on Romney and his enablers!!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

The fundamental issues of the conferences are still unresolved.

Why should UTx and aTm make the money to fund KU or ISU sports? Why should UF, UGa and UTn make the money to fund UMs etc sports. Why should UNC make the money to fund Wake sports?

Ultimately we may see the super conference with programs that can carry their own weight forming a few conferences around the country.


6 posted on 06/15/2010 8:14:06 PM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

Living in a league which might feature clashes of titans most every week?”

The PAC 16.....when would they ever feature a clash of titans? And they just added CU about the 3rd most relevant team in Colorado (lol). What alternate universe is this lady living in. Bill Powers, the Cal Berkley moonbat running UC Austin will eventually get his wish but A&M called his bluff this time.


7 posted on 06/15/2010 8:21:23 PM PDT by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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but A&M called his bluff this time.

Rumor has it A&M was in on it

8 posted on 06/15/2010 8:23:21 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (INTEGRATE or VACATE: BoycottMexicoNow.com)
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They should change the name of the Big 12 to the Big Texas conference. There is TU, and then there are TU’s nine little lapdogs slobbering all over themselves to follow along. Oklahoma is the real disappointment in all this. If any school could write its own ticket and go its own way it should be OU. But instead OU once again bows to its master south of the river.


9 posted on 06/15/2010 8:25:38 PM PDT by Jay Redhawk
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To: Jay Redhawk
But instead OU once again bows to its master south of the river.

They're getting a 10mil bump also

12 posted on 06/15/2010 8:28:02 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (INTEGRATE or VACATE: BoycottMexicoNow.com)
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To: Bad~Rodeo

I still believe Stallings outsmarted them. If A&M went to the SEC all of a sudden Texas wasn’t as “wanted” by the PAC 10.


13 posted on 06/15/2010 8:28:18 PM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: wolf24

LOL~, very perceptive


15 posted on 06/15/2010 8:32:03 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (INTEGRATE or VACATE: BoycottMexicoNow.com)
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To: wolf24
And yet, UT is somehow set apart....

And yet, UT gets the biggest piece of the pie, plus they get to bake their own pie...

Spare me.

16 posted on 06/15/2010 8:33:00 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Chuck Norris wears Jack Bauer pajamas.)
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To: Jay Redhawk

It’s called the Mack 10.


17 posted on 06/15/2010 8:33:33 PM PDT by 38special (I mean come on.)
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To: Terry Mross

What Texas didn’t want was the SEC gaining a foothold in Texas. Back when the SWC conference broke up it was the same thing Texas to the Pac10 and A&M to the SEC until the Big 8 became the Big 12. It will eventually happen. The Big 12’s days are numbered, NU and CU gone, Mizzou wants out, Texas wants out and A&M wants out.


18 posted on 06/15/2010 8:34:31 PM PDT by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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To: TexasNative2000

The PAC 10 refused to let us get our own oven. They insisted we use their’s


19 posted on 06/15/2010 8:35:23 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo (INTEGRATE or VACATE: BoycottMexicoNow.com)
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To: Bad~Rodeo
Well played.

Seriously, I give DeLoss Dodds a lot of respect as an executive guiding that athletic department. He's a hell of a visionary and salesman.

My personal opinion is that this was essentially a dry run for UT. Now they know exactly how everyone will respond when they bring this up in two years.

20 posted on 06/15/2010 8:38:06 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Chuck Norris wears Jack Bauer pajamas.)
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