[Husker] UT is doing NU an favor

[Dick Karre]

Rod Wellman wrote:
> Referring to the Texas legislature, it's amazing to me that any State legislature would get involved in such things.  It's even more amazing to think they might actually try to force Baylor (not even a public school) into the arrangement.  That just really seems to be out of whack, especially in Texas, where they pride themselves on a lack of strong central government regulation.
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Rule 1. In matters of religion, decisions are not always the result of 
consistent logic. Reportedly, the legislature and (then) Gov Ann 
Richards forced the Big 12 to take Baylor (Richards' alma mater), rather 
than TCU.

> Another puzzling thing to me is when I see mention of the Big 10 being interested in Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.  They would have to overlook the fact that T Tech is not an AAU university.  
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Rule 2. When there is a lot of money on the table, principles can become 
somewhat malleable. The Big Ten and Pac Ten both see a lot of money on 
the table in Texas. We'll see if the Big Ten is willing to compromise 
far enough to swallow TxT and Baylor to get UT; the Pac Ten obviously 
has no reservations. And that could put NU in a precarious position, 
unless they have a Big Ten offer in their hip pocket. If UT's threat to 
take the Big 12 South to the Pac Ten isn't a bluff (I tend to think it 
is a bluff), the whole Big 12 North could wind up in the lurch.


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Dick Karre
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