Texas is not going to be in the PAC 12 while A&M, OU and others from the Big 12 are in eastern based conferences

the PAC 12 hours and game times are a disaster even with a couple of other Big 12 teams in the mix and there is no chance that any group of Big 12 schools that does not include OU would be enticing to Texas to make that move

and Texas is really not all that excited about the PAC 12 even if OU was in a group of 3 or more others making the move

the hours and game times are still terrible and the exposure is not great either especially since the wess coass cares a great deal less about college sports and eastern fans and media are in bed or passed out drunk by the time most PAC 12 games are at half time

then there is the simple math done over and over by Jon Wilner that shows the PAC 12 is the one with the greatest issues with media dollars then there is the fact that the PAC 12 far and away has the most teams in the P5 with the lowest revenues, highest academic side subsidies and the highest athletics department debts

the PAC 12 has 3 of the top 10 teams in athletics department debt with Cal being the leader and a total disaster and the PAC 12 has 5 of the 8 highest academic side subsidies for public P5 schools

it is Rutgers well in the "lead" @ 23.8 million then ASU @ $19.4 then Maryland @ $14.6 then Virginia @ $13.6 then CU @ $12.2 then AU @ $9 and Utah @ $8.8 million

and Maryland and Rutgers should improve although Rutgers seems to be run like a disaster and Maryland will not be getting a full share from the Big 10 for a long time because of front money designed to get them out of debt from leaving the ACC

and several of the PAC 12 schools that are at the very low end of P5 revenues also have very very high debt levels relative to most P5 programs

lastly if Texas and or Texas and OU bring enough value to the PAC 12 to move their media contract up closer to the SEC or Big 10 then Texas and OU bring that much or more value to 8 teams in the Big 12 Vs to 12 other teams in the PAC 12 it is simple math

the PAC 12 has a lot of financial issues and will for the long term simply because of low overall program revenues often subsidized by high academic side contributions and high debt loads to match

that is not an attractive situation especially with the hours and game times