(05-11-2015 10:58 AM)EvilVodka Wrote:  The ACC + Texas is ONLY an option if Texas pursues some type of ND type deal so that they can keep their Longhorn network. Otherwise they're not coming....

If they opt to give up their network and join full-fledge into a conference, its the PAC 12 or Big 10

sorry, but them's the strokes

Based upon what? Opinion? We'll see. They won't go to the PAC because they can't earn enough out there and the travel would be a problem. They won't go to the Big 10 because the average Texan won't identify with that move and A&M wins the state by default and what's more Texas knows that. Their best path to reestablish dominance is to go head to head with A&M and let their record speak for itself. And that is not opinion it's the reality of their situation. They could consider the ACC and maintain a privileged status. That's an opinion.

But what is not an opinion is that they are under contract to ESPN for the LHN until 2031 and are heavily obligated to ESPN who has no share in the PAC and would perceive a move to the FOX controlled Big 10 as a loss in access to the nation's top college football product and that is a fact. So a move to the PAC or Big 10 is not very likely for Texas. Oklahoma has much more freedom in that regard as does Kansas. Both are obligated for about 8 million a year for about 6 more years, Kansas to ESPN and Oklahoma to FOX. Either of those could be bought out, or even swapped. But the Horns are hooked for well over the next decade. That is unless they choose a move to an ESPN controlled conference like the ACC or SEC. But hey, never let reality get in the way of an emphatic opinion.