http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=5287646
excerpt:
Smart people and smart money predict that this new conference setup won't ho
ld for decades to come -- probably not for even a single decade.
[...]
Staggering to think that the future could get any more on Texas' terms, isn'
t it? Short of handing Dodds a scepter and giving the Longhorns an annual au
tomatic BCS berth, there isn't much more sucking up the Big 12 could have do
ne to keep Texas in the fold.