Tenacious D
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I hope that the four schools come to the SEC, for sure, but can't begrudge them for going to the Pac-10.
However, I take some issue with the littany of possible, but what I believe to be secondary reasons being used to substantiate their refusal to join the SEC - geography, academic standing, research dollars, bohemian cultures in Austin, etc. etc. etc.
It ignores the gigantic Yellow and Blue elephant in the room.....that Texas knows that they are far more likely (read: FAR, as in, "to the point of near certainty") to not only have their arses handed to them in the SEC than the Pac-10, but consistently so.
They know that they will be just one giant amongst several, instead of 1-2 others. And no, a conference of USC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Oregon doesn't seem nearly as imposing as one including Florida, Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, et al.
They would know that they could never make the case that we owed our success to their presence, and most frightening to them, nor would we act like it. They seem to value someone needing them, almost desperately, above all else. Don't believe me? Please see, Exhibit(s) A: Cornhuskers, Nebraska, and B: Tigers, Missouri, your honor. While the distances amongst the Big 12 members is now a gaping maw, the first fissures were formed when these two school became resentful of Texas' lofty status, and spoke out about it.
They know that they will have to compete on an entirely different level to be consistently successful in the SEC, as opposed to the Pac-10. They know that the Pac-10 is desperate to have them, whereas there is no guarantee that the, "Pac-16" - even once formed - would ever approach the status which the SEC now so thoroughly enjoys, and has for such an extended period of time.
Again, I cannot begrudge Texas for electing to go to the Pac-10, nor could I disagree with their being accepted as members in that confernece. But let's call it what it is - the primary reason, that is:
Texas is a whorish prima donna who would rather stand reason on its head than to admit that they are afraid of the enormously larger and more pervasive competitive challenges which they would be required to meet as equal members of the Southeastern Conference. And ultimately, the fact that they so desirously hope to avoid those challenges perhaps best expresses their true opinion of the Pac-10 best of all.
Or most simply, they're cowards, first and foremost, and bullies, second.
Good luck with that.
However, I take some issue with the littany of possible, but what I believe to be secondary reasons being used to substantiate their refusal to join the SEC - geography, academic standing, research dollars, bohemian cultures in Austin, etc. etc. etc.
It ignores the gigantic Yellow and Blue elephant in the room.....that Texas knows that they are far more likely (read: FAR, as in, "to the point of near certainty") to not only have their arses handed to them in the SEC than the Pac-10, but consistently so.
They know that they will be just one giant amongst several, instead of 1-2 others. And no, a conference of USC, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Oregon doesn't seem nearly as imposing as one including Florida, Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, et al.
They would know that they could never make the case that we owed our success to their presence, and most frightening to them, nor would we act like it. They seem to value someone needing them, almost desperately, above all else. Don't believe me? Please see, Exhibit(s) A: Cornhuskers, Nebraska, and B: Tigers, Missouri, your honor. While the distances amongst the Big 12 members is now a gaping maw, the first fissures were formed when these two school became resentful of Texas' lofty status, and spoke out about it.
They know that they will have to compete on an entirely different level to be consistently successful in the SEC, as opposed to the Pac-10. They know that the Pac-10 is desperate to have them, whereas there is no guarantee that the, "Pac-16" - even once formed - would ever approach the status which the SEC now so thoroughly enjoys, and has for such an extended period of time.
Again, I cannot begrudge Texas for electing to go to the Pac-10, nor could I disagree with their being accepted as members in that confernece. But let's call it what it is - the primary reason, that is:
Texas is a whorish prima donna who would rather stand reason on its head than to admit that they are afraid of the enormously larger and more pervasive competitive challenges which they would be required to meet as equal members of the Southeastern Conference. And ultimately, the fact that they so desirously hope to avoid those challenges perhaps best expresses their true opinion of the Pac-10 best of all.
Or most simply, they're cowards, first and foremost, and bullies, second.
Good luck with that.
