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[QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 12816, member: 895"]
I promise you, Texas Tech will have a home in the Pac-12 with or without Texas. The Tech problem is not a problem any longer. It was last year, but the way things are shaking out now, it's not a problem... which is exactly why the Big Ten has been acting as they have been.

Trust me on this... the Big Ten has an agenda, which no one disputes. But they're not stupid... they have a method to their madness.

Also you're mistaken about the Big Ten not expanding to 16 teams. The Big Ten will expand further if other teams can add enough TV homes to make each of the existing shares increase. Missouri and Maryland, for instance, would bring over 5-6 million new homes to the conference, each at over $9 per year in additional revenue. That could be another $55 million in subscriber revenue alone, regardless of postseason payouts and advertising. I promise, promise, promise you the Big Ten would not necessarily stop at 14 teams even if it got Notre Dame and Texas. It will likely still go to 16, but it's concentrating on the big fish first.

Total misnomer when people assume the Big Ten wouldn't want to cut the pie two more ways. That's not the issue. The only issue is whether those two additional slices would make everyone else's slice bigger. Missouri and Maryland would, and others probably could too.
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