Smash Williams
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I hate UT as much as any true OU fan, but I'm willing to admit that the Big 12 needs UT more than UT needs the Big 12. The Big 12 needs the Texas market as well as the national appeal that UT brings to the table. UT will always have other options.Utah would be an excellent replacement for Colorado as those two are on par [with Utah maybe even being better in both major sports recently]. Definately do not want another Texas school. Personally, if just Colordao left, I would not try to replace them unless we could get Utah or BYU, just go with 11 teams and move on with the prospect of having the potential for an extra OU/UT game every year. IF UT ever left on thier own to the Big 10 or the Pac-10, I'd be on the horn with aTm and the SEC and be on my way out of the conference.
One other thing that is lurking ot there. If Mack Brown ever becomes the AD at the University of Texas, he is likely going to try to make the OU/UT game a home-and-home and do everything else he can do to stick it to OU. In fact, I'm betting that in anticipation of that change, OU is already makig contingency plans to get the hell out of the conference. I like the Big 12, but bringing in UT was playing with dynamite and OU has the most to lose if that dynamite ever blew up.
With that said, if the UT dynamite ever blows up, it's not OU that has the most to lose; instead, it's the schools in the Big 12 who don't have truly elite football or basketball programs (i.e. schools besides OU, UT, KU). Also, A&M, with its sheer size and popularity in Houston and other parts of Texas, wouldn't have trouble finding a home, either. I'm sure the SEC would love to add another blue-blood football program like OU's to what is already a football super-conference, and they would probably like to add a huge Texas school like A&M as well. Middle of the pack Big 12 schools like Tech and OSU would have everything to lose. Where would they go? The SEC expanding to 14 teams makes sense if it means adding programs like OU and A&M, but are Tech, OSU, and Baylor really attractive enough to justify expanding beyond that? Would they be adding more to the financial pie than they would be taking from it?