I think A&M and LSU deliver plenty of the Houston market. UH's big downside athletically is that they are still primarily a very large commuter with lots of non-traditional students who just don't care about UH athletics. Even during their brief stay in the SWC, UH never had good attendance unless they were playing UT, A&M or Arky who brought their fan bases in to sell out the Astro Dome.

I think the PAC has not given up on Texas as their logical eastern border and while I think that they want UT, if they couldn't have them they might eventually compromise with some combination of TTU/TCU/SMU/UH and or one or both of the OK schools to get into the TX TV markets and the CTZ.