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The Governor at the time was a Baylor alum and made the other Texas schools take Baylor with.

As well as the lieutenant governor who really has the power, and the guy who ran the Texas Education Agency. They threatened to open the oil trust that UT and A&M get exclusive access to the rest of the public schools. Upon the prospect of losing unlimited funding they just went with Baylor's idea of joining the Big 8. It didn't help that Rice, UH, and TCU were all bad at the time either. Fuck Kim Helton forever and ever.

Up to that point there was a bunch of talk about splintering the state - Texas as we know almost joined the Pac 10, they were talking to the Big 10 too, A&M and Houston were talking to the SEC who was open to going to 14, TCU was sort of talking to the Big 8, and SMU was seriously considering dropping to D-3. Once the oil money threat went down, all that instantly stopped.

UT and A&M still get exclusive access to that trust, and it's only being opened at some point in the near future if another public school can hit a bunch of funding and personnel targets. Texas Tech and Houston are closest by far.

I didn't think that the emerging research thing was going to touch the PUF, but instead would create a new fund (with a bit less money) to fund the new t1 schools?

My understanding of the whole thing was that the money was coming from the PUF to start a new trust for the new Tier 1s. I know it's not new spending because it'd never would have passed otherwise, so maybe it's coming from another fund.

Author:	Irish Boy [ Tue May 04, 2010 2:19 pm ]
Post subject:	A Request
If anyone is bored and looking for desperately something to do, could you please link to some of the commentary around the time of the creation of the Big Ten Network? Newspapers, blogs, anything. Thanks.

Author:	Brick [ Tue May 04, 2010 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
I found this. http://lifeinthegreatmidwest.blogspot.com/2007/11/big-ten-network-again.html I almost want to send an email to the author telling him he should delete this posting because he looks pretty dumb now. The Big Ten Network is probably the best thing to happen to the Big Ten in decades.

Author:	Irish Boy [ Tue May 04, 2010 2:40 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
Thanks. That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. I'm planning a small project.

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Tue May 04, 2010 2:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
http://www.bigten.org/genrel/062106aad.html This is a link to state by state reviews of the network http://www.fangsbites.com/2007/08/reviews-of-big-ten-network.html

Author:	Irish Boy [ Wed May 05, 2010 2:15 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
A new request: Does anyone have any details on why Baylor was included in the Big 12 back in 1996 over schools like TCU, Houston, and Rice? I know the Texas state legislature stepped in at some point but any details are helpful. It doesn't even have to be a full story, just enough of a sense so that I have some names and can research it further myself.

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Author:	Hawkeye Vince [ Wed May 05, 2010 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
Here is a Dallas News article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 22e33.html

Author:	good dolphin [ Thu May 06, 2010 9:45 am ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
Koresh brought league officials to his house and got them laid.

Author:	KDdidit [ Thu May 06, 2010 11:39 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
Some responses from the people I asked online, sure some of it matches the article, but didn't read it all. Quote: The Governor at the time was a Baylor alum and made the other Texas schools take Baylor with. As well as the lieutenant governor who really has the power, and the guy who ran the Texas Education Agency. They threatened to open the oil trust that UT and A&M get exclusive access to the rest of the public schools. Upon the prospect of losing unlimited funding they just went with Baylor's idea of joining the Big 8. It didn't help that Rice, UH, and TCU were all bad at the time either. Fuck Kim Helton forever and ever. Up to that point there was a bunch of talk about splintering the state - Texas as we know almost joined the Pac 10, they were talking to the Big 10 too, A&M and Houston were talking to the SEC who was open to going to 14, TCU was sort of talking to the Big 8, and SMU was seriously considering dropping to D-3. Once the oil money threat went down, all that instantly stopped. UT and A&M still get exclusive access to that trust, and it's only being opened at some point in the near future if another public school can hit a bunch of funding and personnel targets. Texas Tech and Houston are closest by far. I didn't think that the emerging research thing was going to touch the PUF, but instead would create a new fund (with a bit less money) to fund the new t1 schools? My understanding of the whole thing was that the money was coming from the PUF to start a new trust for the new Tier 1s. I know it's not new spending because it'd never would have passed otherwise, so maybe it's coming from another fund.

Author:	Irish Boy [ Fri May 07, 2010 8:06 am ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
Thanks for all the responses. I've gotten a pretty good toehold to go through the old newspaper accounts of this time. I'm planning a project of as-of-yet undetermined length.

Author:	spanky [ Fri May 07, 2010 9:18 am ]
Post subject:	Re: A Request
good dolphin wrote: Koresh brought league officials to his house and got them laid. You do not talk about my savior like that.

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