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An interesting article coming out of cowtown on why TCU should still go to the Big East...
A lot of this could apply to BYU as well... except for that part about still going to the Big East.
Namely, Nebraska, Colorado and Texas A&M have all either left or plan to leave the former Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Missouri have expressed their desires, at times, to also do so.
Why does TCU want "in" to a league where six other schools wanted "out?"
In all six cases, the reported reasons for defecting had nothing to do with things that happened on the football field.
True, UT-compliant Dan Beebe was removed as Big 12 commissioner at Oklahoma's request. The Longhorn Network also has agreed to keep its cameras, for now, away from all high school venues. And league schools have agreed to share Tier 1 and Tier 2 TV revenues for the next six years.
Those are all positive steps. But by agreeing to allow Texas to retain all of its Tier 3 (Longhorn Network) money, the Big 12 will not have "equal revenue sharing." Texas will begin each year with an average of $15 million more to spend -- and with the Big 12's blessing.
The exact difference between what TCU eventually will receive from the Big 12 and what the Horned Frogs would have earned from any new Big East contract is mere speculation. The networks will determine that.
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If you think the Big East isn't the same, wait until the Frogs have to deal with weekly life in the Big 12.
Frogs loyalists insist that recruiting will benefit from the move to the Big 12.
Maybe, but maybe not. I think kids like to play for schools that win a lot. Teams that go to BCS bowls.
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This is a Golden Age for TCU, and its football success helped to create it.
There are 11 private universities that play football in BCS auto-qualifying conferences. Miami and Southern Cal are two, but the rest includes, among others, Syracuse, Baylor, Wake Forest, Boston College and Northwestern.
How many BCS bowls have any of those others appeared in lately?
Granted, TCU's head football coach may take issue with my assumption that the Frogs will have the scales tilted against them in the Big 12. I may end up in his desk drawer's June Jones file.
Why does TCU want "in" to a league where six other schools wanted "out?"
In all six cases, the reported reasons for defecting had nothing to do with things that happened on the football field.
True, UT-compliant Dan Beebe was removed as Big 12 commissioner at Oklahoma's request. The Longhorn Network also has agreed to keep its cameras, for now, away from all high school venues. And league schools have agreed to share Tier 1 and Tier 2 TV revenues for the next six years.
Those are all positive steps. But by agreeing to allow Texas to retain all of its Tier 3 (Longhorn Network) money, the Big 12 will not have "equal revenue sharing." Texas will begin each year with an average of $15 million more to spend -- and with the Big 12's blessing.
The exact difference between what TCU eventually will receive from the Big 12 and what the Horned Frogs would have earned from any new Big East contract is mere speculation. The networks will determine that.
[...]
If you think the Big East isn't the same, wait until the Frogs have to deal with weekly life in the Big 12.
Frogs loyalists insist that recruiting will benefit from the move to the Big 12.
Maybe, but maybe not. I think kids like to play for schools that win a lot. Teams that go to BCS bowls.
[...]
This is a Golden Age for TCU, and its football success helped to create it.
There are 11 private universities that play football in BCS auto-qualifying conferences. Miami and Southern Cal are two, but the rest includes, among others, Syracuse, Baylor, Wake Forest, Boston College and Northwestern.
How many BCS bowls have any of those others appeared in lately?
Granted, TCU's head football coach may take issue with my assumption that the Frogs will have the scales tilted against them in the Big 12. I may end up in his desk drawer's June Jones file.
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