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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 797157, member: 652"] With Steve Patterson being the next Texas AD I think this was a good hire for anyone not wanting more conference expansion. Patterson unlike Oliver Luck is a double Longhorn graduate and will always do for Texas what he thinks is in the best interest of the University and unlike Luck won't have to worry about any potential collateral damage for any other school. Texas isn't going to go the Pac-12, people need to realize the war in college sports is not between conferences its between TV Networks. FOX owns the B1G and half of the Pac-12 and Big XII. ESPN owns the ACC, SEC(tier 1 games are on CBS), half of the Pac-12 and Big XII. While ESPN currently has the B1G rights that will likely end after the B1G's next TV contract is negotiated after the 2016 season. At worst FOX will probably split the B1G rights with ESPN or likely will get them exclusively for FOX, FS1, and FS2. Texas is its own beast unlike any team (except Notre Dame Football with NBC) by being in bed with ESPN for the LHN. Texas will not go anywhere where it can't keep the LHN and money it makes from ESPN on the side. Texas's power is immense and very few schools if any could do what Texas is doing with the LHN. Nebraska and Texas A&M used the LHN as a scapegoat reason to get out of the Longhorns shadows and paint Texas as the bad guy for basically doing what an businessmen in America would do which is make all the money they could for themselves. The Pac-12 is quietly getting ticked off FOX for using them to prop up FS1 [URL='http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2013/10/17/pac-12-football-night-games-exposure-issues-and-the-fox-sports-1-dilemma/']Jon Wilner on Pac-12-FOX[/URL] Pac-12 getting ticked at FOX is something to watch as FOX's plan has been to use the B1G and Pac-12 as its corner stones to go against ESPN's ACC, SEC conferences turn the college sports field into regionalized hubs. The South for ESPN and the Midwest and West for FOX. Texas getting Anderson instead of Luck whom I think would have been a more progressive AD for Texas rather than Patterson who I think will be more conservative and keep the status quo is something I think keeps a baring to watch. Also, Dr. Gross may take a look at the Arizona State AD job if he is contacted, but with us in the ACC now and IPF on its way I think we could find an Eastern/Southern AD to continue the tremendous work Dr. Gross has accomplished on the Hill. [/QUOTE]

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