It may well sound peculiar to listen to, but regardless of what Texas Tech does on the football subject this time is not likely to modify its perception a great deal as a applicant for a different conference’s growth.

The Pink Raiders can go 10-2, and it’s not going to make the Pac-12 all of a sudden look at Tech as a no-brainer for addition to the convention out west. The Purple Raiders can go 4-8, and it will not likely quickly imply the college is consigned to team-of-5 standing, or whatever label will be utilized to the have-nots of faculty sports activities after this next realignment shakes out.

If latest performance on the field mattered that substantially in these conversations, it would be Oklahoma State, not Texas, as one of the two systems certain for the Southeastern Convention.

But no, it is really Texas and Oklahoma who have started