Yes it's called money and academic reputation. Texas brings both and they tried joining back when the Big 12 was formed but were shot down because AM couldn't go with them. The Big 10 will force Texas to actually play more than two tough games a year. The Big 12 championship and the OU game. By adding Texas and Nebraska you are almost insured that the winner of the Big 10 will play in the NC game.
Texas, A&M to Big 10; OU + 1 to SEC?
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Yes it's called money and academic reputation. Texas brings both and they tried joining back when the Big 12 was formed but were shot down because AM couldn't go with them. The Big 10 will force Texas to actually play more than two tough games a year. The Big 12 championship and the OU game. By adding Texas and Nebraska you are almost insured that the winner of the Big 10 will play in the NC game.
IF the Texas/A&M to the Big 10 rumors are true I think this is good for Iowa State. It would hypothetically leave 6 teams remaining in what was the Big 12, and you can definitely build from 6. Anything less and Iowa State would probably be headed to the Mountain West, but with 6 you can invite a few western teams and a few eastern teams and get back to 12 rather easily. And the best part is that Texas wouldn't be in the conference to pillage every other team's interests.
I wonder what the UT party line is now?
I LOL'd at this. You are a fool if you think Iowa will hold a candle to the 'Horns. Don't take my word for it, wait till it happens. Iowa will never be in the same breath as Texas. I could see OSU beating UT on a regular basis. Iowa? Absolutely not.
Iowa won't beat Texas on a regular basis. That is homer talk. I completely agree with LutherClone. A likely scenario is Iowa winning about 3/10 times, which considering how good Texas is, would not be that bad. OSU can hang with Texas. I'd see that coming out about 50/50. Iowa would have the next best shot at beating Texas on a given day. Wisconsin and Penn State would throw out a random win once every decade or so. If Michigan gets rid of RichRod and rights that ship they could go up against Texas any day as well.
THIS WHOLE THING IS TERRIFICALLY STUPID! WHY IS THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN HAPPENING? STUPIDITY AT IT'S FINEST, THANK YOU BIG XII.
We are saying the same things, you just have your Big 10 glasses on.
What are the tough games? OSU for OU and......PSU-nope. Michigan-maybe at one time. UW-10 years ago, maybe. Iowa- maybe every so often.
In this new era of college athletics, one that you have admitted to be about money, no one competes with UT.
That's the rumor. And apparently NU too which is supposedly true not rumor. If this is true (I don't think it is) then this would make one killer of a conference. The BTN already made TONS OF $$$$; I see that being renegotiated and the $$$$ x 2. Damn. the rich would sure get richer.
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Your first post chastised me for opining that Ohio State benefited from poor officiating when they beat Miami in football for the NC. Plus you somehow deduced that I hate the Big Ten, which is incorrect (love Badgers and NW). Lastly, I did use the "sarcasm pirate" to indicate my opinion was partly in jest. What did any of my post have to do with making excuses for "our great state's teams"?
