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Texas' Tech problem

...but unlike Texas and A&M, Tech is not a member of the Association of American Universities, leaving them short of the academic requirements the Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is searching for in potential members. According to an email obtained through a public records request the Columbia Post-Dispatch, Ohio State University president E. Gordon Gee to Delany, the Red Raiders are the only thing holding Texas back from making the jump to the Big Ten.

"I did speak with Bill Powers at Texas, who would welcome a call to say they have a 'Tech' problem."

The "Tech problem" would hinder the Texas from joining the Big Ten, but not the Pac-10, which would explain the west coast giant's new found interest in the Horns.

we-are-texas.com

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