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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1833492, member: 622"] I generally agree with your thoughts; however, the recent B1G TV deals have proven that CFB and CBB are severely underpaid by the TV networks. If ESPN and Fax can pay double for a Wisconsin-Minnesota game than what the SEC, ACC and PAC get for an equivalent game, then there is plenty of money left to go around (as in each conference can expect double what they are getting and hoops is far more valuable than the TV people are letting on!). As long as UT and OU are happy, the conference stays together. If they ever become unhappy, the conference is toast. Still, the Big 12 has a terrible problem in that their footprint is still small which could keep the Big 12 a distant #5 (which s still better than the rest) and for Iowa State, OKieState, TexasBlech, etc., a distant #5 is about the best they can hope for unless the get sucked into another P5 by the vortex created when UT and/or OU leave. [/QUOTE]