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So you don't think that having 9 of the opponents on your schedule becoming increasingly insignificant and financially uncompetitive is an issue? The conference you were a part of for like 90 years failed for this very reason and it was a huge deal.

No, even if this is the long term result. I know that may not sit well with you and I certainly don't care. Markets and situations change and I'm not a fan of the Big 12. I am a fan of Texas. The other schools in the conference need to do what's best for them. Perhaps doing what is best for them is trying to push the arguments that Boren is making. Maybe they will bolt like A&M did. It's what happens to institutions. They change.

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Again. Absolutely the DUMBEST smart kids I know. It's as if you are all completely devoid of any business knowledge past freshman level accounting. The Big 12 is a part of your brand, and the LHN leverages against that brand, instead of against others. To lack the self awareness to even remotely acknowledge that your actions can have negative implications is amazing.

No, you Aggies consider the SEC part of your brand. Texas does not consider the Big12 part of its brand. The Big 12 is it's conference. You all have made a business decision to make this about your conference, and Texas never has.

(It's a chicken an egg deal, but the Big 12 has a natural geographic disadvantage that the SEC doesn't have. I'm not arguing that Texas might have more conference loyalty if it were in the Pac or the SEC.)

Our freshman level accounting and business acumen have led to the richest revenue machine in college sports. I'm okay with it.

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I'm not complaining, honestly. I love it. Y'all are the DUMBEST smart kids I know. Keep it up, please. I'm loving the shite show.

Will take your accounting tips under advisement. I'm loving the show two, because I'm thinking Texas will flip at least one recruit from A&M, and will make some improvements on the football field this year.

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Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:16 am to oman

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I'm loving the show two

Stanford's standards have clearly dropped.

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because I'm thinking Texas will flip at least one recruit from A&M

Texas hasn't "flipped" a recruit from A&M in the Kevin Sumlin era. They may have won a few head to heads, but there's only been 3 flips between the two schools, all going to A&M:

Thomas Johnson (2012)
Zaycovan Henderson (2014)
Otaro Alaka (2014)

A flip is when one school's commit flips his commitment to the other school without decommitting first.

If you want to stretch that to include recruits who decommit from one THEN commit to the other, you have to include Ricky Seals-Jones in that mix as well, making the score 4-0 in A&M's favor.

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Posted by TeLeFaWx

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Posted on 1/22/16 at 11:36 am to oman

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No, you Aggies consider the SEC part of your brand. Texas does not consider the Big12 part of its brand.

They don't consider it a part of their brand because they know it dilutes them so they don't acknowledge it. It's like telling a crazy dumb chick she acted crazy and dumb. The lack of self awareness is identical. I feel like a parent telling a petulant child they aren't allowed to have candy. The Big 12 logo is painted on your field. You wear it on your jerseys. It's a component of your recruiting. At the end of the day when the Big 12 office is selling off their tier 1 and tier 2 inventories... Kansas vs Iowa State goes in to the inventory just like the RRS does... And the it gets split up evenly(thanks to recent negotiations especially). So when Iowa State and KU gets bumped in favor of literally every other game on at the same time, the lack of interest and ad revenue has a tangible result. The shittiness of the Big 12 DIRECTLY affects your bottom line. Your wallets. Absolutely the DUMBEST smart kids I know.

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