re: A retrospective look at Longhorn fans' initial reactions to the SEC Network

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did they think a channel that focuses on only one team would be viable? Are they that arrogant

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my Aubie friend,, I see you are new to the ways of the Bevo... yes, yes they are THAT arrogant@

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well they originally thought that they were going to be able to air Texas high school football games which would have probably caused it to be on nearly every cable/satellite system in Texas.

I kind of wonder if they will try to do that again now that the P5 have decided to essentially break off from the NCAA to make their own rules.

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I'm not seeing why the remainder of the P5 would vote to hand Bevo that kind of advantage, unless they see a way to leverage that into all the conference networks.

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That was Mizzou's fault. Mizzou kinda forced them to do it to even consider staying and then bolted anyway.

So yay for Mizzou.

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Cardboardboxer, I think the entire GOR/expanded-GOR was well fleshed out and kicked around even before you guys left, the reason it is associated w/ Mizzou is largely because Brady Deaton(mizzou chancellor at that time) was leading the committee that was essentially bound to trying to save the conference.

At the end of the day I think it is recognized that the only way the Bev12 had any real value as a product to a national broadcast co, was if a substantial GOR could be achieved, and that is why it eventually came into existence, even after we both left. Remember they had to scramble and add the likes of TCU and WVU just to have something resembling a big conference in numbers. Outside of TU and OU there just wasn't much there to sell.

It still figures that if Bevo along with possibly OU and 1 or 2 others leave the conference is undermined and may have to reform under a new charter which would free those leaving from having to pay out an actual penalty to remaining schools.