Texas A&M has wanted to move to the SEC since the late 1980s. They were supposed to be the 12th member with Arkansas. A fact lost on about 98% of the people who write about college sports (Yes, I am pointing fingers of shame for your ignorance at Dennis Dodds and the blog, Out Kick the Coverage).

It took the Aggies nearly 20 years to accomplish what they set as a goal with their friends from Arkansas.

Texas won because they got time. Time to establish the LHN. The Longhorns will need to add programming beyond two measly football games, and basketball and baseball contests. College sports networks thrive on two types of programming: lots and lots of live programming and re-airing of games.

Texas needs to add sports to join the Big 11. The next four or five years will allow Texas to add and become competitive in these new offerings.

At 19 varsity sports, the ‘Horns would not compete for several conference championship sports offered by the Big 11, or even the ACC, and Pac 12.

Two other bits of misinformation and ignorance regarding media rights and the Big 12-3. The unequal television revision is known as the Kansas State rule. Texas wanted teams to schedule difficult opponents in football and men’s basketball instead of feasting on out of conference cupcakes like K-State did and does.

To encourage this scheduling, a school would receive a bigger cut of the television revenue because those games receive more money from ABC and ESPN. An AD had a choice: schedule lousy home opponents that ESPN paid bottom dollar to televise (if it was televised at all) or schedule a difficult home/road opponents that ESPN top dollar to televise.

That is, a school was rewarded for its risk.

When the five breakaway schools returned to the Big 12-3 last summer, three schools were offered additional television money for returning. OU and Texas passed on the additional money. A&M held fast to the offer.

Blame Texas for refusing to allow partial qualifiers to receive full rides, which crippled Nebraska’s football program. Castigate Texas for asking schools like K-State, Baylor, and Mizzou to step up the OOC scheduling especially in football.

But get your facts straight if you are going to pass yourself off as a knowledgable national football columnist or blog that claims to know something about its subject matter.