A few days after Big 12 powerhouse Texas decided to remain where they are instead of leave for the Pac 10, many fans and experts alike now ponder what this means for the Pac 10. Essentially if Texas had join the Pac 10 with former Big 12 team Colorado, the new super-conference, not only could form divisions and have a playoff before bowl games, but they could have also made a strong push for a national television deal.

Fans betting on the Pac 10 should be none to worried, as the conference still has powerhouses such as USC, Stanford and Oregon to carry the load. Nevertheless, Texas joining the division would have legitimized it, after powerhouse USC was punished by the NCAA by being banned from national title games.

By Texas staying in the Big 12, fans betting on a domino effect occurring, should know that with the possibility of expansion looming within the NCAA, it is only a matter of time before the conference crumbles. For all intents and purposes, Texas is the big cheese in the Big 12, as not only does it have the most rights to the Big 12 television deal, but it also holds strong influence on the other schools in Big 12's South division. Had Texas jumped to the Pac 10 and formed the super-conference, the other schools in its division would have tagged along.

Also by Texas turning down the Pac 10 offer, it fundamentally, staves off the rest of the NCAA having to form super-conferences just to compete with what would have been known as the Pac -16. Furthermore, although the divisions are set up this way in football, the super-conference's that could have resulted, would have also had an effect on the new format to the March Madness basketball tournament. In April, the NCAA approved altering the format from 64 to 68 teams. Once the super-conference format ends up happening, because it inevitably will, it will be trickier to determine which teams qualify and which ones miss the March Madness tournament.