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New Name for the Former Big XII Conference

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The rest of your post confuses on-field performance and off-field clout/politics. Getting beaten up by Oklahoma on the field doesn't prevent Texas from being manipulative off of it.
I find it funny how now, everybody is making Texas to be this big bad bully when a few short years ago, Texas was soft and oklahoma's bitches.
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You mean the time when Arkansas said the same thing about Texas?
 
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How about the "Tentative Ten?" I'm thinking the over/under on Big 12 survival is less than 3 years.
COLLEGE STATION ? The Big 12 Conference promised Texas A&M $20 million annually and the Aggies intend to collect, A&M president R. Bowen Loftin said Wednesday.



?A key part of Texas A&M?s decision to remain in the Big 12 earlier this summer was the commissioner?s commitment that Texas A&M would receive a minimum of $20 million annually in future conference distributions,? Loftin said in a statement. ?We remain committed to the conference and fully anticipate that the Big 12 will honor its commitment to Texas A&M.?



And what happens if the Big 12 doesn?t honor its $20 million pledge? A high-ranking A&M official said late Wednesday that every legal avenue would be explored first, with the potential of bolting for the Southeastern Conference coming after.



Loftin issued the pointed proclamation in response to Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe?s explanation on Tuesday to reporters gathered for the league?s media days in Irving how part of the plan to save the besieged conference is set up.



Nebraska and Colorado announced in June they are leaving the Big 12 for the Big Ten and Pacific 10, respectively, with the Cornhuskers set to leave next year (and Colorado to be determined).



The two schools will have reported exit fees of between $30 million and $40 million combined, and in keeping the league intact, five of the schools that would have been left behind had the conference dissolved ? Baylor, Missouri, Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State ? had agreed to give up their parts of the departing schools? fees to the ?big three? to make sure they reached the $20 million.



Beebe said Tuesday that Texas and Oklahoma had declined that offer from the five schools, but that A&M ? whose athletic department is in the early stages of paying back a $16 million loan to the university ? had not. He added that the issue would be discussed further this fall.
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A&M expects $20 million annually from Big 12 | Texas A&M college | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
 
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The Bush League

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Yea, because UT is the only school in history to vote for unequal revenue sharing. People forget that when the big-12 was first formed, Texas was awful and they still agreed to it. Stop making it sound like Texas is the only school to ever benefit from unequal revenue sharing. And how exactly has Texas run roughshod over two conferences? I find it funny how now, everybody is making Texas to be this big bad bully when a few short years ago, Texas was soft and oklahoma's bitches. The fickle and reactionary mind of the college football fan...
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On the field, I still have no problem with Texas. Likewise, my opinion of the Texas fanbase remains favorable. But, after this summer, my opinion of the administration of Texas athletics has fallen off the map. It's not all Texas Admin's fault - the politics down there certainly doesn't help - but nonetheless, I found the conduct to be beneath the standards I would have expected. It's a perception thing, and I don't really want to argue about whether my opinion is justified, or have you defend your team's admin. I'm just telling you where I'm coming from (since you didn't ask, lol)
 
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