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<blockquote data-quote="skygusty_rivals" data-source="post: 129481898" data-attributes="member: 1500287"><p>You and I know a hard sell when we hear one.&nbsp; You know when you are hearing a high pressure sales pitch, you are the one getting sheared, not the one doing the shearing.&nbsp; We also don't know people who work this hard for nothing.&nbsp; As in all things, follow the money, and there you will find the motivation for just about everything.&nbsp; There is a huge amount of money on the table.&nbsp; Expansion also works for other conferences in that if the BIG12 can be pressured to take two lesser teams, it reduces the odds that two of your teams could go if the environment shifts again.&nbsp; If at the same time you can contribute to sowing discord between Oklahoma and Texas, to the point that one may eventually leave you get double duty out of stirring the pot.&nbsp; The BIG12 has spots open, they have filled up in other conferences to the point that adding more is really unweildy unless you can land a really big fish.&nbsp; There aren't many of those.&nbsp; I think you are on the right track.&nbsp; Of it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and smells like a duck, it is probably a duck.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="skygusty_rivals, post: 129481898, member: 1500287"] You and I know a hard sell when we hear one. You know when you are hearing a high pressure sales pitch, you are the one getting sheared, not the one doing the shearing. We also don't know people who work this hard for nothing. As in all things, follow the money, and there you will find the motivation for just about everything. There is a huge amount of money on the table. Expansion also works for other conferences in that if the BIG12 can be pressured to take two lesser teams, it reduces the odds that two of your teams could go if the environment shifts again. If at the same time you can contribute to sowing discord between Oklahoma and Texas, to the point that one may eventually leave you get double duty out of stirring the pot. The BIG12 has spots open, they have filled up in other conferences to the point that adding more is really unweildy unless you can land a really big fish. There aren't many of those. I think you are on the right track. Of it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck and smells like a duck, it is probably a duck. [/QUOTE]

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