This sounds stupid to me. All this redistribution of conferences is madness (and no, not awesome March MADNESSS!!!!!). The Big 12 is one of the most respected conferences in the nation, and not just in football or in sports for that matter. I don’t understand why we “need” to do this.
SEC wants some of us, PAC 10 just invited Colorado.
“It’s all about money”. I understand that, but I can’t believe either one of those conferences have THAT much more money than the Big 12 considering the schools.
Here’s why I love the Big 12:
- We’re all good (minus Colorado)
- We can all drive to almost all of our away games
- They all have awesome tailgates (Baylor needs to step it up)
- I’ve never felt super unwelcome at visiting campuses (All except Tech. What a horrible place).
DAMMIT I love Big 12 fans. We all take this shit WAY too seriously.
Football is life in the South, we do live for this shit. Why 
would i ever want to miss out on laughing my ass off at special moments like this one: ———>
Or all the old rivalries and games? A&M & UT Thanksgiving games? Red River Shootouts? Battle of the Brazos? tech vs Anyone (keep trying Tech, eventually someone will care enough about you to claim you as a rival. You have to be considered an equal first to become an rival though. Just FYI. )
<————-Or tailgates that have just as much to prove as the outcome of the game?
And as I said earlier it’s not just football. The Big 12 puts up a solid showing in every single sport (minus those communist games they play in the North East with broomsticks and voodoo dolls). We have golf champions, track champions, tennis, baseball softball…. it goes on and on.
The rumor with the PAC 10 invites is that in addition to Colorado; Texas, Texas A&M, OU, OSU, and Tech will also get invites. Are y’all trying to become like the Big 10 now? What do these numbers even mean at this point? (Will give you props on that cleaver logo, Big 10, but your name is still stupid.)
HELL! All you’re doing is bringing the Big 12 to the PAC 10!! You’re just going to become the “Big PAC”. Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of going to a conference with more money if you bring everyone from your old conference with you?
Let the PAC have CU, fine with me. I have no beef against them, I love Colorado the state, but if they wanna go that’s alright, I understand. They probably heard Oregon has killer weed. Take Tech too though please; they’re probably closer to Arizona than any of us anyways. Let’s pull in LSU, their fans are hilarious and it’s a hop skip and a jump from NOLA. Maybe Florida too. or TCU, I love some horny toads. Somewhere nice and warm I actually want to visit. I have no desire to ever go to California unless a huge chasm opens up between me and Vegas and the only way to get there by traveling around the world and through Cali.
If we are going to screw up everything right now lets take the time to screw it up right:
Make 4 16-team conferences. 8 in each division (so 7 games) and rotating playing 2 of the other teams in your conference. Each conference has a championship, and the 4 conf champions play in a +1 playoff format for the national championship. then you still keep all your bowls and everything.
I don’t know what will happen. Nor will I ever understand it. The only thing I know for sure and for certain is this:
If the Big 12 ceases to exist the author of this post will be:
like this guy
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UPDATES
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Colorado is expected to announce as early as today (Thursday) that the school is leaving to join the Pac-10.
Nebraska is also expected to announce it’s move to the Big-10. (Really Nebraska? Really? )
A Big 12 football coach, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach on Wednesday night that if Nebraska left the Big 12 the conference would dissolve, according to his athletics director and university president. The coach said Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado would join the Pac-10, leaving Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State behind.
Think about this Nebraska. Look what you’re about to do. We can replace Colorado, not a big deal. But if y’all leave you’re killing the Big 12. I realize y’all want to be with your cousin loving relatives in the Mid West, but why leave something great like the Big 12 for the Big 10? If y’all go that makes the big 10, which has 11 schools, the Big 12. WHICH ALREADY EXISTS!!!!! You’re leaving an awesome Big 12 for a shitty Big 12!!!! WHY?
The Texas Governor, Rick Perry, is expected to meet with Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech coaches today (Thursday) do discuss ways the four schools can stay in the same conference if Nebraska leaves.
WHY GOD, WHY!!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!???!!?!!?!?!!!?!!?!!??!?!?!?!!?1???!?!?!?!?!
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For a more in-depth read on what’s happening and some more of the inside stuff that is going down between Texas and the Big 10, some possible outcomes, and a look at the politics check this post out. Very well written: Adding Texas: The Texas Tech Dilemma (the best part is the posts from the Tech fans)
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From the Big 12 Commissioner
“The Big 12 Conference has been informed that the University of Colorado has accepted an invitation to join the Pacific-10 Conference. I continue to work through the process that was agreed upon last week by our Board of Directors to address membership issues, and are working tirelessly towards the long-term viability of the Big 12.”
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Nebraska’s officially gone to the Big 10.
Baylor’s announced they want to stay together with the remaining schools and make a 10 team conference.
This is the last act of a desperate man. Baylor doesn’t want to get left behind. I’m sorry, but y’all suck. I have no problem leaving you behind. Tech’s too high or too worried about staying accredited to care right now. Which is fine. I’d LOVE to get rid of them. They’re happy with who ever will take them (just know you get whatever diseases come with them too).
So as we sit right now the Big 10 has 12 teams and the Big 12 has 10 teams. This is ludicrous.
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How the Big 12 was saved:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-big12save061410