Now we know why Texas shunned the Pac 10/12

Texas logo/courtesy: sportsnewser

Money explains everything, doesn't it. Why else would have Texas decided to shun overtures from the Pac 10--soon to be 12 and stayed with the remnants of the Big 12--soon to be 10.

The explanation. A not small increase in rights fees, no, a humongous increase in rights fees...on top of their share of conference money. Apparently, our friends at the 4-Letter word (espn) are going to be paying them another...$12 million a year to market and run the soon to be called--Longhorn Network.

Read Chip Brown's detailed account of what will happen from Orangebloods.com RIGHT HERE

While we can't criticize Texas for living the Steve Miller band song "Take the money and run", we are stunned at the amounts of money being thrown around here. Sure, we get that Texas is a major player on the college football scene, but we are pretty sure they aren't the biggest. In fact, we'd argue they aren't in the Top 3.

However, they are getting paid a lot of money. Between conference and 4-letter money...they'll bring in somewhere near $32 million a year. On one hand, good for them for getting as much as they can from the people willing to pay them. However, if they got that much money, can you imagine what the SEC power teams are going to start demanding?

Since we referenced it earlier and there aren't any TV versions of this story, we'll settle for the music video. Enjoy your Steve Miller Band...it fits. Thanks YouTube:

Has the Big Ten already invited new members?

((ht: Sports Radio 810 Kansas City))

Depending on how much you believe what you read, the Big Ten has already fired the 1st shots in what could be a dramatic makeover of Division 1 NCAA Sports.

WHB Sports Radio in Kansas City is reporting, based on what they say "Multiple Sources" that the Big Ten has extended offers to join the league to Missouri and Nebraska along with Notre Dame and Rutgers.

The Sports Radio 810 WHB story, RIGHT HERE

By now we already know why such issues are being discussed; it's the money. For the Big 12 teams (Mizzou and Nebraska), they stand to gain a whole lot more money because the 12 does a sliding payout to their schools. Meaning...unless you've been Texas or Oklahoma, you don't get near the cut they do from the conference's bowl games. They would in the 10.

We aren't sure what would be in it for Notre Dame, they already have their own network and get paid pretty well for that and other things...plus they don't have to share.

For Rutgers, it's about TV. The Big 10 Network in particular. It would give them a team in the New York City marketplace and make the network oh so much more lucrative in that area.

We suspect that there may be some truth to this story, we will know for sure in the next month or so. We are a little skeptical that the 1st to report this is a Sports Talk Radio station in Kansas City...but then again, we are just a small little blog on the internet too.

TWTW: Was This The Real Terrelle Pryor...???

((HT: WBNS-TV/Columbus))

Terrelle Pryor has always been a college tease for an athlete...

He teased his announcement for where he was going to school after the official signing day period just so he could have the spotlight on national cable networks...

He's shown flashes of the athlete that OSU put all that, um, "faith" in by having him at quarterback. But in big games, he's always come up more than a little bit short on more than one occasion.

Not this last time...

He passed for two TD's and ran for another in the Buckeyes win over Penn State in Happy Valley- which, we think, wasn't so happy Saturday night after all...

"It was huge. They were making a big deal about it and people were doubting us, 'Buckeyes can't do this or this.' A lot of that stuff motivates us, but we knew we could do it," Pryor said.

For a change... and now they're in control of the Ten standings...
Whasupwidat...???
Here's your post from The Sweater, thanks to our friends at WBNS-TV...

Great Commercial From The Big 10 Network

The talented people at the Big 10 Network put together a great promo ad. Enjoy.



Are you really talking about little hot dog things Thad Motta?