re: 89% of aggy students vote to bring back TEXAS game

Go to bed fool.

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I want to know why more than 95% of your posts on this board are about Texas A&M.

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Pretty obvious, still stirring the pot lie a dowager threatened by the younger socialite replacing her in the society ladder.

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But there were multiple other reasons we joined the SEC that had nothing to do with the horns.

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Wrong..
If aggy was in the position that UT is in they would have never left.

aggy saw a way out but still doesn't realize that they will be Ole Missed in a minute if they challenge the SEC.

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Wrong..
If aggy was in the position that UT is in they would have never left.

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Such outdated thinking.

The death of the IND's between the 1960's and 1990's was clear indication that the model was changing from the singular to the multiplier. We have seen this in business when multiple firms get reduced to just a few for economic gain. CFB has not expanded overall even though some conferences have expanded. Singular apex predators work in some places but humans, dogs, and apes have all experienced success by forming groups over individuals.

Scandal forced Southern Cal to allow the PAC to better share control. The B1G and the SEC learned the power of sharing since before WWII. ACC via UNC and Duke held their conference back and Utx and OU harmed theirs but wanting unequal shares. It has caught up with them as they did not change to fit the new terms of success.

While you may deny all this drinking the local KoolAid it is obvious to those outside looking in. If none of this matters as you seem to claim then leave any SEC boards and return to your own boards and rebuild what you have left by adapting to the current model than trying to reclaim one that is old and dead. Christ, I am older tan some of you put together but even I knew not to stay in that past as it was a dead end.

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Unequal revenue sharing in the B12

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Fully supported by conference votes from Aggy administrators.

Only outspoken against when you ended up on the short end of the stick.

Kind of like aggy not wanting doodlum damn to do with millions of arid grazing acres in West Texas -- until oil was struck on it, and they lined up with outstretched hands.

And LOL at Cheesy Tits/Kentucky Mustangs criticizing UT Austin for "destroying" the SWC in one take, then criticizing UT Austin for not dumping Baylor in another take.

76–37–5

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USC never controlled the PAC...

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Such dumbassery, are you 12?

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When Texas wanted to discuss issues with the PAC 12...
They went to Palo Alto.

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Because the PAC had a 1 blackball system and Stanford did not want Utx.

Utx had to sell Stanford to release the blackball but SC was the alpha dog on conference stuff in the PAC same way Bucknuts and Meatchicken controlled the B1G.

SC was the money gorilla in the conference until they got busted and the PAC used the downtime to move to equal revenue sharing.

SWC in the early days was in 3 states but OU and OSU left leaving only TX and AR

Big 8 was in 6 states


B12
(2) OK = Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
(2) KS = Kansas and Kansas State
(1) MO = Missouri
(1) CO = Colorado
(1) IA = Iowa State
(1) NE = Nebraska
(8) = Big Eight

(4) TX = Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Baylor
(4) = SWC

Texas wanted 3 other votes they knew would support them but in reality it limited the footprint and the long term equality of a balanced conference. Usually when you merge the bigger part sets policy not the little part.

Lets say for shits and giggles you start with equal revenue from day 1 of the B12 and you add to the footprint from day 1. Baylor historically was the lesser child and TCU or Rice would have been better choices.

B12
(2) OK = Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
(2) KS = Kansas and Kansas State
(1) MO = Missouri
(1) CO = Colorado
(1) IA = Iowa State
(1) NE = Nebraska
(2) TX = Texas and Texas A&M

Leaving 2 more in new states
(1) AR = Arkansas (maybe you move before they go SEC)
(1) LA = Tulane (flag in SEC, NOLA, and academic school)
(1) TN = Memphis (flag in SEC, basketball presence, and Memphis recruiting)
(1) CO = Air Force (double up in CO but good school for growing viewers)
(1) CO = Colorado State (so CU has a partner)
(2) NM = New Mexico and New Mexico State (risky but PAC improved AZ and ASU)

Even if you have to keep 4 in TX
TCU > Baylor
UH > Texas Tech

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You obviously don't know what you are talking about...

Academic money is 5x to 15x the money that athletics bring in.

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I do know this and have spoken of it often but keep in mind PAC added AZ and ASU in the 70's out of the old Border Conference. Not like they were academic schools back then.

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Stanford is considered the most prestigious research university in the country.

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Do you even Johns Hopkins bro? Not knocking Stanford as they are up there but being Top 20 is not being #1. If it was just about academics then Cal Tech or the medical one in CA (UC SF maybe) would be in the PAC. Pretty sure JHU is doing about 3 billion in annual research revenue.


I don't have to research the PCC. I was around when that cheating scandal went down that collapsed the conference. I know they did not invite Idaho or Montana to join the PAC from the PCC even tho neither were caught cheating in the scandal. The 4 Cali schools were all about continuing even tho UCLA and USC kept cheating their asses off. They were big schools with lots of living alumni and the GI Bill of WWII had limited the future success of private schools at the national level with limited enrollment. USC may be private but it has a large student body like a state school.

Point is the PAC 12 wouldn't be in the mess if Stanford wasn't in control

Stanford doesn't really need television revenue to survive because they take 40% off the interest from their endowment and they put it back into the university. Including sports.

So not allowing a media company to control their network is a Stanford idea.
Schools like Washington State are hurt by this. If FOX or ESPN controlled the network it would be on every cable or satellite provider.

But...the conference would lose power plus it would lose the potential to turn a huge profit.

Even USC is hurting. If USC controlled the conference Larry Scott would be gone. Larry Scott is a Stanford puppet.

USC had to have a fundraiser in 2017 because they couldn't afford to send their band to South Bend
Arizona St asked ULL to cancel a game because Arizona St couldn't pay the 1.2 million in 2021 because they need the money in case someone comes after Bobby Hurley.