re: Finebaum is embarrassing Texas A&M today

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McElroy, it's just Baylor. Tech will likely end up in the Pac-12. They won't put up too much of a fight.

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I think Tech going solo to the Pac is a 50/50 shot at best. The elite academic schools like Cal/Stanford/USC/UCL could stomach a shitburger tier 3 school like Tech if it got 2 prominent research universities like Texas and A&M but they will be very resistant to Tech by themselves. Especially since it is a shaky claim at best that Tech can fully deliver all of the major Texas TV markets. If Tech doesn't get a Pac home, their politicians will go nuts as well.

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And the lege is out for over a year so it's open to make a move without too much political pressure. Besides Perry is only concerned with his presidential campaign

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Big Kat, I think these are two of your worst points. This is not an issue that gets hashed out on the floor of the legislature, this gets dealt with in backrooms, on the phone and in bars over drinks. This is about threats, grand-standing and political posturing and that goes on regardless of when the legislature is in session. As for Perry, with his Presidential run coming up, the last thing he wants is a lot of pissed off people. He can live with the status quo but this thing blowing up does him no good.