Expansion
BYU Is Leaving The Mountain West Conference To Be Independent
Sources are now confirming what Craig Thompson and the entire MWC have been fearing since Utah left for the Pac-10: BYU is pulling a Sarah Palin and “going rogue.” It seems the only thing in the way now is the pending approval of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who owns Brigham Young [...]
The New Big Ten and Pac-12 Divisions
Ever since Nebraska joined the Big Ten and Colorado and Utah joined the Pac-10, no one has said much about how the conferences will be structured. Granted, the change can’t even happen this year so it isn’t a big deal, but what is the best natural fit for each conference? They obviously want a championship, [...]
My Proposed Big Texas Conference
I know everyone is already calling the new Big XII the Big Texas Conference, but hold your horses. Texas obviously owns the conference and all bow to their will. But this whole thing got me thinking- what if there really was a Big Texas conference? What would it look like? How would it go? I’ll [...]
The SEC plan for expansion
Well, it came out this week that OU and Texas A&M were in fact invited by a top official into the SEC. They of course refused because neither school has a spine and cowers in the presence of almighty Texas. So the now decimated and pathetic Big XII is now the Big X. Everyone has [...]
Expansion Who Wins, Who Loses
Okay with the dust finally settling in this realignment business, we can be sure of one thing that even though things may be calm and the wholesale changes to different conferences has been stemmed for now, the realignment talk is not done. Let’s recap; Utah leaves the Mountain West behind and joins the Pac-10, Boise [...]
