re: How long before Texas tries to join the SEC?

Never on their own, only if the conferences combined. They will argue academics, values, culture, etc... isn't a good fit with the SEC. A bunch of bullshite.

The truth is that they are terrified of being on equal footing with anyone. They require the advantage of superior facilities, superior athletes, and having more TV exposure and more money than other programs they compete against in order to win consistently.

Yes, they can beat the likes of Rice, Wyoming, Tech, etc... but they are much less likely to win the game when the team on the other side of the ball has similiar athletes. See LSU, Bama, Florida, Arkansas, OU, and A&M as prime examples of teams they would rather not play. Say what you want about historical records but over the last 50 years A&M and UT are right at .500 in terms of head to head wins/losses. OU has owned Texas for the last 40 years but still Texas has an overall historical win lead. OU arse rapes Texas every other year now it seems. In general, UT needs an overwhelming athletic advantage in order to win. Texas will never, never, ever, never join the SEC on their own.

Dodds will curl up under his desk, suck on his thumb, and clutch his "we're Texas" burnt orange blankie just thinking about their prospects in the SEC.

That is a fact.