Baylor wouldn't have enough legislative pull to go up against UT and Tech. This isn't 1996, Ann Richards isn't in the halls of power anymore. Baylor would just have to get a MWC invite, no way the legislature would tie UT's hands for BU.
/42texasperspective
//realizesemawtopac18won'thappen
///willfaptothoughttonightanyway
Well, if you're going with sixteen, you may as well go with eighteen. I mean, if you're going to essentially marry two separate conferences, nine in each division means an eight game conference schedule with four non-con games.
Leib has a point, though. Each Pac team has a travel buddy. I never really thought of that. Washington/Washington State, Oregon/Oregon State, Arizona/Arizona State, SC/UCLA, Cal/Stanford, Colorado/Utah, Texas/Tech, OU/OSU, KU/KSU.
I mean, it does follow the model. Mizzou will go to the SEC or Big Ten if it all goes to Hell anyway. KU will fight for us over them without a doubt.
Don't forget about Dodds. The dude is actually pretty EMAW. And didn't OK mention the other day that Castiglione oddly mentioned us and KU by name as schools they don't want to separate with?