re: Texas will be independent within 5 years of joining

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When University of Missouri officials talk about the Tigers' athletic future as it relates to the Big Eight, they use words like "content" and "satisfied."

They bring out the superlatives when that future is related to the Big Ten. "The Big Ten is uniformly high-quality public research universities," Chancellor Charles Kiesler said. "That's what we think we are. When we compared ourselves to other universities, we don't do it to the Big Eight. We're much more likely to compare ourselves to the universities in the Big Ten."

Kiesler and Athletic Director Dan Devine, attending the NCAA convention, are making no effort to hide their interest in joining the Big Ten.

There is no indication the 11-member Big Ten has a reciprocal interest.

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