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When they were together in the SWC and Big 12, the impression was that Texas dominated the state and Texas A&M were just the Aggies - a strong program with incredibly passionate alums but a very distant 2nd in terms of power, influence and support (i.e. Texas got all of the casual fans). Now we see articles like this: SEC dominated Houston TV market in 2015
and Texas is making statements about being willing to trade Houston a place in the Big 12 for a new UT-Houston campus. Make no mistake, in the old days UT would have just plowed forward with its plans undeterred by something as irrelevant as UH.
That leads one to wonder whether Texas influence and support has waned a bit. College Station is a little closer to Houston than Austin (90 miles versus 150 miles), but that doesn't explain why SEC games would be leading the Houston airwaves. Houston/Austin/College Station are virtually neighbors in a state more than 800 miles across. Is the supposed "trade" with UH really a way for Texas to save face because, as the state flagship university, it can't deliver the 2nd largest media market in its own state?
and Texas is making statements about being willing to trade Houston a place in the Big 12 for a new UT-Houston campus. Make no mistake, in the old days UT would have just plowed forward with its plans undeterred by something as irrelevant as UH.
That leads one to wonder whether Texas influence and support has waned a bit. College Station is a little closer to Houston than Austin (90 miles versus 150 miles), but that doesn't explain why SEC games would be leading the Houston airwaves. Houston/Austin/College Station are virtually neighbors in a state more than 800 miles across. Is the supposed "trade" with UH really a way for Texas to save face because, as the state flagship university, it can't deliver the 2nd largest media market in its own state?