I think that the "lesser" conferences signing with the BCS can be shown as coercion. "Sign, or else you get no money at all."
As the old saw goes, follow the money. Money, or 'distribution of revenue' is the legal path by which the BCS can be destroyed. It is there where the great disparity lies, and the best evidence is ours and Boise's payouts from the Fiesta Bowl. That Bowl made out like bandits, having to pay about 40% of what it would have had to pay had they invited some BCS spares. That money went into their pocket, near as I can tell.
As you all know, we play in the BCS or in the Poinsettia Bowl. That's a pretty steep drop in financial compensation. Why is a 4-loss Ole Miss playing in the Cotton Bowl and dragging home a sack of loot? Financial disparity. Lack of opportunity. No access. This is where the system is vulnerable.
The sad fact is, as long as the politicians see no great clamor from their electorates, they will not bother to do anything. Our alumni base is miniscule compared to the Usual Suspects here in Texas. Pols don't wish to piss off that many voters without a very good reason. Utah is the exception, and the apparatus of the State has been engaged. Wyoming should follow. As should Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico. That sounds like a Federal District Court to me...
Sadly, the BCS will probably die of innate greed before the wheels of justice grind it up. UT has shown its colors (green clashes with burnt orange, don't it?) and the rest of the Little Dwarfs (Little Sheep? The metaphor is more relevant... Sheep it is!) Little Sheep have inked a new agreement that reads something like "We, the Mighty UT, will beat the living crap out of you, and take 60% of the money, whilst you, the Little Sheep, will bleat only when we say and split the remaining 40% amongst yourselves." The Little Sheep agreed to this because they have nowhere else to go. The MWC wouldn't take them. The WAC probably wouldn't either. Besides, if they stay where they are, they'll have the same lousy record as they would in the WAC (Hello, Baylor!) but they'll cash a gargantuan check for their troubles, even if it is the crumbs falling off UT's plate... Such is the monetary and competitive disparity between the MWC and the Rump Big XII. That can't last. UT will want more, and it will leave it's bruised concubine for a new and unbruised chick to start abusing. They are their own masters. And, as long as they keep winning, they'll be able to keep this arrogant and contemptuous act going. Lose a few games, have some down seasons, and they collapse like a skewered souffle'.
In the end, that is UT's greatest fear. Losing. The Gravy Train keeps chugging as long as the wins keep piling up. Schedule Rice, U La. La., Tulsa. More wins, baby! But, the sad truth is, no matter how many athletes and players you have, you get soft playing anything less than the best. You start cutting corners, getting cute. This is all smiled at until you lose. Then it is a matter of Concern. By then, it is too late. As good as the Gravy Train is, the ride down far worse. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. UT is currently trying to sew up Texas all to it's own. Others who try to wriggle out of the net will not be rewarded well. (Unless you're A$M. How's that s*** sandwich taste, Aggies?) UT feeles that it can hang on for a little while longer if it has a monopoly on wins in Texas. It knows deep down that this cannot last.
Oh that TCU has the opportunity to take a rock to this tottering Goliath. Nothing would hasten their demise quicker than defeat at the hands of an up-and-coming independant, Private school they cannot get to politically or financially. We are a threat to them. A$M they can control, as we have seen. Ditto OU. TCU they cannot control. For these reasons, they fear us.
Mike Slive. Paging Mike Slive. Pick up the Purple and White phone... Opportunity is calling!
