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I thought it was an interesting article. The most prominent part from the article:
Commonality was a foreign concept in the Big 12 in 2010 and 2011. Trust was gone. All for none and none for all. And despite all the flowery talk the last three years, the truth is, the Big 12 remains a conference that lives on out of desperation more than anything else. Some have nowhere else to go; others, like OU and Texas, know they are kingpins of scorched Earth.
If the Big 12 had voted to install a network, perhaps it would have rankled Texas. Maybe the Longhorns would have bolted the league, though it’s clear now that other conferences would not be so quick to capitulate to UT. Would not roll out a burnt orange carpet for The Longhorn Network. Who knows? Maybe the Big 12 would have been staggered either way.
This much we know. The SEC passions boil up plenty of hatred. Georgia hates Florida. Tennessee hates Alabama. Alabama hates Auburn. Everyone hates LSU. But give the SEC credit. Its schools have come together in solidarity. They chant “SEC! SEC!” after big bowl wins, and they mock their inferiors in other conferences, and they sign away their precious inventory of ballgames to the common cause of the SEC Network.
Meanwhile, in the Big 12, Texas and ESPN connive to get as many as three games a year on Bevo TV, and Kansas State, a top-20 program by any definition, can’t get its season opener televised even in Kansas.
I don't know about "Kansas State" and "top-20 program" in the same sentence, but the rest is pretty good. Fascinating look at conference politics in another area of the country. Kevin did say that the B12 has a good chance at succeeding in its current form. So there's that.
I thought it was an interesting article. The most prominent part from the article:
Commonality was a foreign concept in the Big 12 in 2010 and 2011. Trust was gone. All for none and none for all. And despite all the flowery talk the last three years, the truth is, the Big 12 remains a conference that lives on out of desperation more than anything else. Some have nowhere else to go; others, like OU and Texas, know they are kingpins of scorched Earth.
If the Big 12 had voted to install a network, perhaps it would have rankled Texas. Maybe the Longhorns would have bolted the league, though it’s clear now that other conferences would not be so quick to capitulate to UT. Would not roll out a burnt orange carpet for The Longhorn Network. Who knows? Maybe the Big 12 would have been staggered either way.
This much we know. The SEC passions boil up plenty of hatred. Georgia hates Florida. Tennessee hates Alabama. Alabama hates Auburn. Everyone hates LSU. But give the SEC credit. Its schools have come together in solidarity. They chant “SEC! SEC!” after big bowl wins, and they mock their inferiors in other conferences, and they sign away their precious inventory of ballgames to the common cause of the SEC Network.
Meanwhile, in the Big 12, Texas and ESPN connive to get as many as three games a year on Bevo TV, and Kansas State, a top-20 program by any definition, can’t get its season opener televised even in Kansas.
I don't know about "Kansas State" and "top-20 program" in the same sentence, but the rest is pretty good. Fascinating look at conference politics in another area of the country. Kevin did say that the B12 has a good chance at succeeding in its current form. So there's that.