Texas wants to keep the Big 12 together so they can start their own TV network and continue to be
the power player in the conference. They probably won't be able to do the same anywhere else.
That being said, a Big 12 North without the lure of Nebraska football or the Denver TV market would offer painfully little to the teams in the South. Even moving the Oklahoma schools up and replacing them with the likes of TCU and someone else in the South doesn't make a whole lot of sense because those schools don't offer what the conference really needs: TV sets.
No, the Big 12 is dead. Right now everyone is just waiting for Nebraska to make it official. A&M and Texas, meanwhile, are fighting with each other, and judging by the Longhorns' reactions, A&M
may actually be winning (for once). If we go to the SEC, I will be the happiest man on this board.
For a long time, it seemed like a witch hunt in the SEC. Of course, in Alabama's case, or really any major money maker, you can throw out that repeat offender thing. Bama was put on three years probation in 1995, then all this happened in 2002, which placed them in the "twice within five years" rule. They got put on probation last year, also within the "twice within five years" rule for major offenders. This technically makes them eligible for the death penalty, but we know that won't happen.
