Texas considered joining Big Ten in the mid 90's.

[JXC]

Of course, the only hockey the Big Ten offers is Women's Field Hockey.

Ohio State belongs to the CCHA for hockey.

That having been said, UT doesn't seem to have a women's field hockey team, whereas our Buckeye squad are actually ranked #5 in the country.

you beat me to it...good post.

 

[SparkyOSU]

 

[Muck]

I didn't read the article so I'm going to ask a question that is answered by it!

There...fixed that for ya DB.

...That left the SEC as a possible relocation target for the Longhorns — until Berdahl let it be known that UT wasn't interested because of the league's undistinguished academic profile. Only two of 12 schools in the SEC were American Association of Universities members and UT officials saw admissions standards to SEC schools as too lenient.

"We were quite interested in raising academic standards," Berdahl says. "And the Southeastern Conference had absolutely no interest in that."...