Who Needs Them?

I don't understand where the talk of dissolving the Big 12 Conference started or when it started, but it has been all the talk the past few days and seems to have come out of nowhere. Personally, I don't understand why you would dissolve a powerhouse conference like the Big 12. It makes about as much sense as dissolving the Southwest Conference years ago. I also don't understand why Colorado and Nebraska leaving the conference would make the Big 12 start bleeding other schools. The conference can certainly go on without them.
Here is my proposal. I've been reading that this is all about maneuvering to get the University of Texas. The Pac-10, the Big 10, and the SEC all really want Texas in their conference because of the big money that comes with it. If I were the Athletic Director of the University of Texas (he can switch jobs with me for a day if he would like to), I would say enough. Nobody wants to be that naive little rich kid who only has friends because he has a lot of cool toys. Texas doesn't need any of these other conferences. What stinks is that these other conferences don't really want any of these other Big 12 schools. All they really want is Texas. But these other schools are getting caught up in it. Poor Baylor is going to be left in the dust. Let's form a Texas Conference. We can do it! Let's have Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Baylor, SMU, TCU, Rice, and Houston. Yes, it's the old Southwest Conference without Arkansas (the way it always should have been). Let's make an unofficial and unwritten agreement with all Texas high schools that their athletes can only go to Texas Conference schools. The Texas Conference will dominate, annihilate, and destroy all other schools in the nation. Alabama will definitely have to take another cheap shot on the Texas quarterback in order to have any chance of winning another National Championship.
Texas can do quite well on its own. Let's keep all of our money and resources right here south of the Red River. Say no to these other money-hungry, stab-you-in-the-back conferences and tell them we don't need them.