Big 12 Might Not Die

[Side Show Joe]

A friend that I wouldn't classify as an "inside source", who follows OU, and works at a Florida newspaper, says OU and OSU won't make a move until Texas and Texas A&M do.

The thinking is OU, OSU, Kansas, Kansas St., Iowa St., Missouri, and possibly Baylor will announce their commitment to the Big 12 after the Texas 3 are gone. They will approve a true revenue sharing deal, and invite 5 or 7 teams from major markets, in hopes of keeping up with the other BCS conferences. By doing this they would keep their BCS status, and not be subordinates of the PAC 10. Apparently, OU thinks it has enough stroke to pull it off.

If this is true, good for them.

[ColoradoEagle]

Hey...we're from a major market!

[BeanCounterGrad'03]

Hey...we're from a major market!

Unfortunately, so are TCU and SMU

Maybe we could hope that Baylor despises the above two enough to decide the big public school of the area would be a better choice...one can dream.

[ColoradoEagle]

I could see them bringing in TCU, but I highly doubt they'd be interested in SMU. I was half joking, but going off the post in the other thread where interest was expressed in us by the Big 12 North members as a means of recruiting in Texas was interesting.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

Kansas

Kansas State

Iowa State

Baylor

TCU

North Texas

Houston

Memphis

Colorado State

New Mexico

One can dream.

[Mean Green 93-98]

So if the Big XII survives, does that kill the MWC? Or does the MWC kill the WAC to survive? It just doesn't seem likely that all 3 of them continue into the era of the new conference order.