Aggies mention SMU-Houston as stop-gap for Big 12

[StallionsModelT]

From texags:

The biggest FU we can give to tu is to kill the LHN. To do this we must convince a majority of other Big 12 schools that it is a dead conference walking, and they too should abandon ship. This would take away tu's support while they try to get the LHN set up.

tu wants to go independent, but doesn't have the LHN in place yet to do it. They are just using the B12 as a sefety net until the LHN is established. If we leave for the SEC but other B12 schools stay put, they will replace us for a year or two with Houston (or SMU etc) as a stop gap measure to keep the B12 together.

To kill the LHN, we must convince other Big 12 alumni bases that the conference is dead and they need to jump ship.

This should be fairly easy to do. Point to the clause from Spadilly's LHN Contract about incentives if Texas goes independent and that it prohibits a formation of a Big 12 network.

Then point to more recent actions by Texas to undermine the legitimacy of the Big 12 (continuing to sign up high schools games for LHN, trying to blackmail Tech into being on the LHN, etc).

Making other schools realize that Texas is undermining the conference, will get them to jump ship too.

The worst possible outcome of everything for texas is being forced to change conferences (or try to go independent) without the LHN in place.

[Stallion]

The LHN is in place-Going Independent will only make it much more lucrative-better and more games controlled by Texas not a conference

[East Coast Mustang]

Not sure what they're talking about...won't LHN be in place in two weeks? Thus Texas would have the 2011 season & offseason to get it online with various cable providers if they wanted to go Indy with it in 2012.

[Pony_Law]

Well when the little kid can't beat the big boy on the block he takes his ball and goes home, Aggies are so pathetic. I love the fact that they accept that their only way to hurt texas is to walk and create confrence chaos, lord knows they can't beat them at sports

[East Coast Mustang]

Well when the little kid can't beat the big boy on the block he takes his ball and goes home, Aggies are so pathetic. I love the fact that they accept that their only way to hurt texas is to walk and create confrence chaos, lord knows they can't beat them at sports

There's a good chance that in a few months they will have beaten Texas in football in back-to-back years.

[ESPoNy]

Well when the little kid can't beat the big boy on the block he takes his ball and goes home, Aggies are so pathetic. I love the fact that they accept that their only way to hurt texas is to walk and create confrence chaos, lord knows they can't beat them at sports

There's a good chance that in a few months they will have beaten Texas in football in back-to-back years.

And 4 out of the last 6

And are 15-12 against them since 1984

Yes A&M has been down the past decade (for several reasons), but it's not like they havn't been a major power before.

[gostangs]

Exactly what is the UT vs A&M head to head record over the last 5 yrs?

[ESPoNy]

2006 TAMU 12-7 (A)
2007 TAMU 38-30 (CS)
2008 UT 51-7 (A)
2009- UT 49-39 (CS)
2010- TAMU 28-24 (A)