Texas Staying in Big 12!!!

[East Coast Mustang]

Here's my question: how did Dan Beebe pull a rabbit out of his hat and come up with more money for the conference to keep Texas, OU, and A&M happy? Not having a conf. championship game will cost them money, as will not having CU and Nebraska. Where's all this money Beebe is promising coming from?

And who would've thought four days ago that Dan Beebe would end up looking like a genius in this whole deal?

[EastStang]

With this crew anything is possible. I just wonder if some SMU alum gave Beebe the numbers to keep the Big XII together.

[RGV Pony]

ESPN said a TV network saw the impending chaos and stepped in w/ an offer...Fox I assume

[peruna11]

(tweet) ChipBrownOB:

Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds to meet with UT coaches today to explain the salvaging of the Big 12, sources say.

[carolina stang]

Money talks, but.....How is there any trust after this? This isn't the end by any means. Married couple stays together after affair...Never the same and the jilted partner looks for an opportunity to screw the other one over. Kansas and others will have long memories.

[huskerpony]

ESPN said a TV network saw the impending chaos and stepped in w/ an offer...Fox I assume

Just heard on ESPN radio that Fox has offered an 18-year deal. $17mil per school per year. (Although I have also seen reports that say $25 mil for Texas, $17 mil for everyone else--can't imagine that will go over well with OU and A&M.)

Thing is, an 18-year deal is ridiculous. Sounds like it offers stability to the conference, but when the SEC contract is up and gets triple that amount and the Big 12 still has a decade or more left on this contract, isn't everyone mad they are getting hosed again for another decade?

And where was this deal last week before schools started leaving?

[smupony94]

Big 12’s TV pitch could save conference, stop expansion

'I think there’s a 70 percent chance of the Big 12 surviving,' a highly placed official at a Big 12 school said.

[ponydawg]

ESPN said a TV network saw the impending chaos and stepped in w/ an offer...Fox I assume

Just heard on ESPN radio that Fox has offered an 18-year deal. $17mil per school per year. (Although I have also seen reports that say $25 mil for Texas, $17 mil for everyone else--can't imagine that will go over well with OU and A&M.)

Thing is, an 18-year deal is ridiculous. Sounds like it offers stability to the conference, but when the SEC contract is up and gets triple that amount and the Big 12 still has a decade or more left on this contract, isn't everyone mad they are getting hosed again for another decade?

And where was this deal last week before schools started leaving?

Believe I read something like OU, aTm, and UT would make closer to 20 mil while the other schools made a lousy 17 mil. But UT's 25 mil included the money they would make from their own network on top of the other tv contract.

[huskerpony]

Ah. That makes more sense.

[huskerpony]

Big 12’s TV pitch could save conference, stop expansion

'I think there’s a 70 percent chance of the Big 12 surviving,' a highly placed official at a Big 12 school said.

Now the question is what do we call this new league? I propose the Texas's Ho's Conference--the THC-10 has a nice ring to it. I am also partial to Bevo's [deleted].

[Garret]

Just heard on ESPN radio that Fox has offered an 18-year deal. $17mil per school per year. (Although I have also seen reports that say $25 mil for Texas, $17 mil for everyone else--can't imagine that will go over well with OU and A&M.)

Thing is, an 18-year deal is ridiculous. Sounds like it offers stability to the conference, but when the SEC contract is up and gets triple that amount and the Big 12 still has a decade or more left on this contract, isn't everyone mad they are getting hosed again for another decade?

The SEC signed a *15-year* deal that started last year, so they have 14 more seasons left on their TV deal. So, it isn't close to being a decade or more between the end of the Big 12 and SEC deals...more like 5 years.

[Mestengo]

Texas will get more money that the rest if the Big 12 stays together , count on that.

[davidpaul123]

Id be surprised if the TV deal is that long. While the Big-12 has stuck together for now, I dont think this marraige is going to last long term. The super conferences seem invetiable, I guess we will have to wait till the next round of moving and shaking. I hope we have won a whole bunch of games and conf championships by then to put ourselves in a position to be in a big time conference.

[SMU89]

Texas will get more money that the rest if the Big 12 stays together , count on that.

The only thing I can count on in all this is a cold one at your new tailgate spot.

[PK]

Channel 8 news says Texas confirms that they told the PAC 10 "No."