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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1826632, member: 622"] I get your point but Texas could withhold their vote and can lean on TTU (political leverage). Baylor and TCU "owe" UT. Essentially, UT holds 4 votes and only needs 2 or 3 to block expansion. Regardless, the GOR is only good for 9 more years including this season. UT can buy their way out, wait the time and destroy the conference, make life miserable for the others (especially the newbies) or decide to play nice (not likely). UT and OU are the only two Big 12 schools that can write their own ticket to another conference (Kansas may have a good shot at the Pac or B1G). Texas will do whatever they want and only OU can stand up to them. If taking Houston is the price of cooperation, Houston will be in the conference. The remaining Big 8 schools really have no leverage. One other point to remember is that UT, TTU, Baylor and TCU are one half of the old SWC, Houston was one of the SWC, too. There is history between them. [/QUOTE]