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Texas A.D.: 'We're still committed to the Big 12'
Jun. 3, 2010 2:41 pm
Texas Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds tried to evade reporters as he left a meeting today.
When he was aked about a report moving Texas and five other Big 12 schools to the Pac-10, Dodds replied: " Do you expect me to read Orangebloods.com?"
When asked about Texas' future with the Big 12, Dodds said, "We're still committed to the Big 12."
But he declined to answer when asked how long Texas was committed to the league. He left all other questions to the university presidents.
Today in Kansas City, rumors are flying the Pac-10 will invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Colorado, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Chip Brown, a former Dallas Morning News reporter now working for Orangebloods.com, reports the news. At 5 p.m., Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe and University of Texas President William Powers will update the media on Big 12 developments.
I'm in Kansas City at the Big 12 meetings and will have live coverage from that news conference.
The super-sized Pac-10 would access to markets No. 2 (Los Angeles). No. 4 (Dallas), No. 6 (Houston), No. 12 (Phoenix), No. 13 (San Francisco), No. 14 (Riverside, Calif.), No. 15 (Seattle), No. 17 (San Diego) and No. 21 (Denver).
According to 2008 Big 12 revenue numbers, Texas ranks No. 1, followed by Oklahoma (12), Nebraska (18), Texas A&M (22), Oklahoma State (24), Kansas (26), Missouri (42), Colorado (51), Baylor (53), Kansas State (55), Texas Tech (56) and Iowa State (60). The Pac-10 numbers: USC (14), Stanford (19), California (21), UCLA (30), Washington (35), Oregon (36), Arizona State (46), Arizona (49), Oregon State (50) and Washington State (64).
What does this mean for Iowa State? We'll find out.
Kind of ironic, don't you think?