Is Tommy Tuberville Betting Against The Big 12? It Sure Sounds Like It!
by ccmachine on Jun 30, 2010 2:09 PM CDT
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PrintI guess the illusion that everything is rosy in the Big 12 has been foiled by Texas Tech's Tommy Tuberville. In an interview yesterday on Rivals Radio, Tuberville showed very little, if any at all, confidence in the long-term viability of the Big 12 Conference.
Check out his comments after the jump!
"I don't think this conference will last long because there is too much disparity between all the teams," Tuberville told host Bill King. "In the SEC, for instance, Vanderbilt makes as much money in the television contract as Florida. Everybody is good with it. Everybody is on the same page. Everyone gets the same votes.
"That doesn't happen here in the Big 12. We have some teams that get a little bit more money and have a little bit more stroke than some of the other teams. And when that happens, you're gonna have teams looking for better avenues to leave and reasons to leave."
"We have a 10-team league right now, but I just don't know how long that's gonna last, to be honest with you."
So I guess the big looming question is, what's the point? Why then, did the conference keep together just to crash and burn a few years down the road?/
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I kind of agree with him
I think they need to add 2 more teams to make this viable.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
And those two new teams...
…will need to surrender their conference money to Texas or else we’ll go through this all over again.
OU and Texas will both be getting extra $$.
Really, the unequal distribution of cash is fair. OU and Texas games draw much better ratings, and are much more valuable broadcasts than are Iowa State, and Baylor games. To give those schools the same cash would be like communism!
It may be fair but is it good?
To me this looks like the Yankees and Red Sox domination of the other teams in the AL East.
Eventually the power will be even greater, and one sided. Is it good for a conference, to have teams, that knows they will not be able to win it? I mean every conference has as their cellar dwellers, but even Iowa State has hope of winning the conference now.
Soon, they might be like the Baltimore Orioles, and quit trying.
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OU and Texas get the biggest piece of the pie
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Tommy T is a jerk . He may be saying this but he is really thinking it gives him a chance to finish closer to the top & ne a “hot commodity” again. Seriously, Ole Miss is a better job than tech. No offense red raiders…..
by OU JJ on Jun 30, 2010 10:53 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
That's why TT got rid of Leach
they wanted someone who could stick his foot in his mouth and cut his own throat as well as the rest of the administration has done.
Time to go Pac-16!!
OU, OSU, TT and either Kansas or Texas should join the Pac-16 already. We can put the pressure on Texas by accepting first and let them make their choice. KU will join us and things will be just as good if Texas isn’t sure but they won’t have a conference left so I am pretty sure they would join us. Atleast we would be dictating our own decision that the Pac-16 is best for us and don’t have to bow to Texas.
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