Big12 Expansion?

I would imagine that no one in the Big XII will move unless UT does it first. If OU wants to break apart from Okie lite then it will have to be when everyone is abandoning ship. Maybe then OU and KU would jump to the SEC or Big Ten. UT-Austin would fit well with the UWs, UC-Boulders and Berkeley's of the world. Hard to imagine OU and KU fitting in or liking 60% of the country being asleep when some of their games are on.

Academics, Culture, and Geography are all important to decision.

I don't know if in Big XII country they like to wave the pom poms at games like they do in the south, but I was watching a replay of the Alabama vs Missouri game and Tiger fans looked like fish out of water waving those pom poms like Southerners.

 
Since the BYU scenario is off the table and really only leftover Big East prospects remain, I think the Big 12 should just wave the white flag and let the schools get picked apart.

 
One theory floated on another site is KU, OU and UT to the B1G which is the best scenario imo. Travel is not too bad for those teams in the west. Far better football and basketball schools than raiding ACC's UVa and UNC. But the suits appear to have eyes set on ACC teams.

 
Creed said:
One theory floated on another site is KU, OU and UT to the B1G which is the best scenario imo. Travel is not too bad for those teams in the west. Far better football and basketball schools than raiding ACC's UVa and UNC. But the suits appear to have eyes set on ACC teams.
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Why would B1G want UTah? If its UTerus you are talking about, no thanks.

 
I have such a hard time seeing any of the Big 12 members joining the Big 10. Then again, Rutgers and Maryland were certainly more unthinkable prospects.

 
If expansion happens in 10 years (when all the TV contracts are set to expire), I bet Kansas would jump to the Big 10 in a heart beat.

I suspect the Big 10 adds two if still makes sense. One Big 12 team and 1 ACC team.

 
nic said:
If expansion happens in 10 years (when all the TV contracts are set to expire), I bet Kansas would jump to the Big 10 in a heart beat.

I suspect the Big 10 adds two if still makes sense. One Big 12 team and 1 ACC team.
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Fair amount of chatter now about KU and OU to the B1G. Very solid IMO

 
It will be interesting to see what happens to all these contracts. The TV landscape will change a lot in 10 years.

 
East: Ohio St, MSU, Michigan, Penn St, Purdue, Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers

West: Nebraska, OU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Northwestern, Illinois

Please make this happen Jim Delaney.

 
1995 Redux said:
East: Ohio St, MSU, Michigan, Penn St, Purdue, Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers

West: Nebraska, OU, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Northwestern, Illinois

Please make this happen Jim Delaney.
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I think those additions to the divisions make the most sense without ripping apart rivalries.

You can add more to the east but then who goes to the West? Indiana and Sparty? limited options.

Adding KU and OU means that the divisions are balanced over the long haul and historically.

I'd love for UVA to be added and I definitely believe they were in(just needed a partner to go with them) but I don't know the mindset in Iowa or Minnesota on expansion. I'd prefer to have a good balance of East and West powers.

OU is always gonna be good, They can play Texas in the OOC like the old days. Having a 16 conference that goes from East of NYC to North of Dallas sounds exciting.

 
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If the Texas 4 go to the PAC and the Big Ten gets KU and OU, I expect to see the ACC make a move for WVU and fully accept Notre Dame. The SEC would probably move on Clemson and or VaTech so that could reopen the door for North Carolina and or Virgina to the Big Ten East. Would the SEC consider Okie State at that point? The Mountain West can have ISU and KSU.

 
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