re: Aggies and Mizzou fans: Differences between the SEC & Big 12

The thing that REALLY sucked was that most of the games were horrifically done on Fox, the production value was mid '80s quality and rarely HD. This was the Big 12 TV deal:

Tier 1: REGIONAL broadcast on ABC at 2:30
Tier 2: Fox Sports Net game at 6pm
Tier 3: Fox Game at 11AM with borrowed equipment from PBS.

They had the ability to broadcast more games and sometimes did on TBS and other non sports networks. The Texas/A&M game was the ONLY guaranteed national broadcast on Thanksgiving Night, though obviously they did pick up a lot of others (Texas/OU was typically 11AM Nationally on ABC for instance but it was more of an exception like the CBS Night Game).

Many weeks you would have 3 Big 12 games on TV. That's 12 schools, 3 games. I remember being so upset that I lived in Texas and could see more SEC and Big 1G games than Big 12 games many weeks. Their new TV deal is better but it still is a joke compared to the SEC, much less once the SEC Network launches.