What might have been?

[cayin]

Weiberg could never get more than 8 votes, and he needed 9. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess which 4 were the holdouts. At the time, BTN was the only major conference network. Big 12 would have been second, years ahead of SEC, ACC, and Pac.

I thought the Big 12 was the first to explore a conference network?

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Tommy o ****** the B12. He can rot in hell.

To me he can rot in hell for caring more about his players than people his players victimized.

 

[theshadow]

I thought the Big 12 was the first to explore a conference network?

Mountain West was actually the first on-air (2006).

Big Ten was the first P5; they formally announced in summer '06 and went on air in '07. Big 12 TV negotations (and conference network talks) didn't really start until summer/fall '06.

Weiberg ended up leaving the Big 12 in summer '07 to lead BTN's launch.

 

[cycloneML]

Tom Osborne is one of the worst people in the history of this nation (if not the world), but I’d like to see what would have become of the league if only Texas and A&M had joined in ‘96

What did dr Tom do?

 

[JM4CY]

To me he can rot in hell for caring more about his players than people his players victimized.

Man, they don’t like it when you bring this up.

 

[dafarmer]

If the dictionary had an entry for sanctimonious pr###, it would have a picture of Dr. Tom as one of the definition,

 

[Remo Gaggi]

What if Woody Hayes didn’t go nuts and punch that Clemson player? Earle Bruce stays and continues to build the program. No Donnie Duncan, Jim Criner or Jim Walden. Fry has a much more difficult job recruiting and they continue to be bottom feeders in the Big 10. Just a reminder, the next time you’re ready to throw a punch. Unless it’s on Jay Bowe, then go right ahead.

 

[Hammerschlagen]

The old big 12 minus Texas and plus TCU would be a great conference

 

[CoKane]

Read an article about team records after moving to different Conferences and their dismal records. I got to thinking what kind of money could the old Big XII had received if they had stayed together, for football rights in today’s market. $40 to$50 million a year?

One of the Sic'em 365 guys did an article on this, they also talked about it on their radio show. I don't have a link at the moment for you but its out there

 

[Marcelason78]

The old big 12 minus Texas and plus TCU would be a great conference

Yup, kinda like the current Big 12 without Baylor and BYU.