DexterMorgan
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Holy lopsided divisions batman
If not TCU, then who?
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Holy lopsided divisions batman
ssckelley
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Cyclone fans everywhere would wet themselves over a division alignment like that. They would actually have a shot at winning a division crown.
bigdrumtuner
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Why does everyone forget about BYU in all this talk of realignment? They would make a great addition to any conference.
It was that way under the old Big 12. Nebraska for the past 8-9 years was
no better than West Virginia and probably worse.
Colorado has been a bad program for the past 8-10 year.
Texas and OU pretty much want to play each other every year.
They are not going to split up OU and OSU.
TCU = A & M.
History says they had that lineup before and no reason they cannot do it again.
DexterMorgan
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Don't they also only want to join the conference for football? (either that or want to join for everything but football, can't remember)
DexterMorgan
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We know, that's why it wont be that way again.
"They'll never split up Michigan and OSU"
Hypothetical, if say the SEC came calling for Michigan, do you think they
would say we will not go unless we can bring Ohio State.
Now apply that same scenario to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State what would the answer be? We already saw this when the Pac 12 was looking to expand. Those 2 schools want to play each other every year.
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DexterMorgan
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I was talking about division alignment within the big 12. They can play every year and not be in the same division.
Maybe Texas will move to the North, but if you look at the previous big 12
schedule Texas rarely ,if ever ,played north of Oklahoma City after Nov 1st
I actually agree with you. If the Big 12 could get into Florida, that could help them. South Florida is a big school that seems to be getting better. A move to the Big 12 could help them along. WVU doesn't bring much money, but some athletic tradition. Louisville, I don't know, I guess they are good at basketball. At the end of the day, getting rid of the Big East would help the Big 12. At least until the alleged "6 year deal" is up and all he** breaks loose again.
Is that the Big 10 model? Iowa for example, I guess, plays Purdue every year.
So in the case of Oklahoma you have Texas and OSU as must play.
So perhaps Texas to the north. Though I still think they balk at that..
Guess will see what happens, dust needs to settle on the Missouri situation first .
If these were the teams that ended up in the Big 12, I think the divisions could look like this:
West?: ISU, K-State, KU, OU, OSU, and Missouri
East?: Texas, TT, TCU, Baylor, WVU, and Louisville
Edit: You could then have protected rivals like TX vs. OU. No other "rival" would really matter, but Texas and Oklahoma will play every year one way or another.
I supposed you could say in success the last few years but in regards to fan base..there are more A&M fans in Fort Worth (TCU's home) than the entire TCU fan base.
I would be willing to bet the UNI has a larger fan base than TCU. They have a much larger student body.
