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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charleston Mountie" data-source="post: 129580150" data-attributes="member: 1427666">Steve,I really like what you have to say all the time but on this one, I think you have stepped into muddy water.Two themes are being meshed here that are not tied together as they once were and that is a critical development. Boren was originally going for a trifecta - Network + CCG + Expansion.The market was and is there for all of that, provided everyone in the conference wants the same thing and they don't.  The BIg12N has a potential market value if there is no LHN. The CCG obviously has market value because we have been told it is worth at least 30 million and we are going to get one in 2017. Expansion was also a net gain, again because we were told so at roughly 250 million per addition. It was then implied that by adding to our stock of in conference games that a contract renegotiation would be in order. Read that as, an increase in payout and an extension of the time frame.The market is there - under set circumstances. One thing stood in the way. Texas. Texas has pressured TCU and Texas Tech to mimic their vote stalemating the process so that the LHN remains in tact, the CCG is somewhat dubious because it now makes getting out of the Big12 and into the CFP all that much harder and the expansion question has been pushed back AGAIN.Texas is all about Texas and never anyone else - ever. This is not news. Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas A&M all now the words to that song and the rest have to be happy to be in the chorus.The LHN is not about money for Texas, it is about branding which is about EGO. They can't give it up after making such a fuss over it or they lose face. This is the same egocentric mindset that keeps Notre Dame out of a conference. This is a mix of arrogance, egocentrism and a decent dose of schizophrenia on both their administrations. These are the type of people that do not realize the house is on fire until their tie is burning.No conference is going to be good enough for Texas because no conference is going to see them for how they see themselves. Texas, like Notre Dame is best suited as an independent and think for all involved that is the best outcome for the Big12. Texas needs to go.So, Steve, as much as you want to bash Buck and my God there are times he deserves it, this is a time to be clear on the topic. Many debates on this board are more about some poster supporting their stance and the expense of being accurate and you have not been one of those, but in this thread you look like one. Buck is always going to be Buck first and damn the facts. He sees things his way and no one else does - usually.Don't let these debates get personal and you will find that you can get more from the conversation.</blockquote>

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