re: Is Slive hated as much as Beebe?

Slive has a lot of national respect and I would think he has the confidence of all the SEC Presidents. i don't believe that he is part of some dark conspiracy for or against any school. Beebe on the other hand carried too much water for Texas, which is why OU wanted a change. His roots are from the west coast, but he made a name for himself as the NCAA Director of Enforcement during the SMU death penalty. I'm surprised that they wanted him, because he'd know what goes on in Texas. (although I've heard that the NCAA only uncovered a fraction of SMU's violations.)