As respects ’Cuse, there is zero chance that they would move from the Big East. As my sister, who is a ’Cuse Alum, said: “Yeah, I would much rather see them (Basketball Team) play Northwestern, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin than Georgetown, Villanova, UConn, and Pitt.” The ’Cuse alumni would be furious.

I laughed. It seems odd. But they [Texas] actually inquired in the mid-ninties and were told no. For what reason I can’t possibly imagine. Personally, I’d rather Texas than Notre Dame.

With respect to aTm, when Texas was flirting with the Big Ten previously, they were working on the SEC. I doubt that both schools would be added.

The football scheduling for them could be an issue though, with 12 games they’d play 8 Big Ten games, plus, I’d assume, they would continue to play Oklahoma and A&M. That means they’d only have two other games to schedule every year (Penn State has four), and they’d have to be home games every year just to get them to six home games some years (keep in mind, OU is a neutral site game) They would never have eight home games. I wonder if that winds up being a deal breaker.