what a joke. this whole thing was about texas and them wanting more money. texas was sick of the bottom feeders getting money that they felt should have been theirs. texas wanted to be able to start their own network (again, to line their own pockets) and besically started all this talk of realignment. when colorado saw what was going on, they jumped. good move on their part, because if they hadn't, they wouldn't have been included in the pkg deal, that texas was going to try and put together for the pac-10.
texas went on to say that if nebraska left, the big 12 was over, done deal. surprise, surprise, texas still hasn't left and now the big 12 president is trying to save the conference, by claiming they can get a tv deal, that will be comparable to the sec. who knows what texas a&m is going to do, but in my opinion, they are the one's that hold the key to all of this. if they bolt, then all of a sudden you have a 9 team conference. not too appealing.
if a&m does stay and the big 12 is salvaged, it is going to be a watered down version and one that will no longer have a conference championship game. greed by texas started this mess and i hope they get hosed from all this crap.