Expansion
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 [...]
Utah goes to the Pac-10 and 10 teams want in the MWC
So Utah did it. I think it is a mistake to be honest. They had more to gain by staying on top of a growing conference. But hey, they did it for the nookie. The interesting thing to come of this is Craig Thompson’s comments after the move. With Utah leaving the MWC, many speculated [...]
Will Utah go to the Pac-10?
It’s official, the Pac-10 has done what everyone expected them to do and invited Utah to become their 12th member. Everyone saw this coming. But what everyone else sees coming next might not be the case. You should see the headline at ESPN right now, Pac-10 invites Utah. Source: Utes will accept. Oh yeah? Is [...]
