Big 12 Rebrand thoughts.

Cyinthenorth

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The Hateful 8 + Grateful 8. Abbreviated H8+G8. Those could be the divisions too.
 

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Reminds me of a kid I went to HS with (small town iowa). He lettered only his senior yr. as a ST player. Then went to BV and was on the roster (don’t know how many seasons) and claims to be a college football player…

Are these guys art or pe teachers now?
 

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Having lived during the Big8 & Big12 era- I don't feel the Big12 name is untouchable. Especially if we get to the point of a 24 team Big12.

Yormark doesn't need to force a name change. But if a media consultant can come up with a cool name- why not change to something that reflects a conference that combines Big12, Pac12 and ACC?
 

t-noah

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I would keep the XII roman numerals but maybe have a V in the background.

More importantly we should keep the Big 12 name. Any other name will sound too much like one of the G5 conferences.
I can almost guarantee it will be the B12 something, but the B12 will remain.

Not only would a different name altogether, sound like just another G5 conference, but a name other than B12 (plus 'something') would be taking all the air out of our sails. The recent exposure, prominence, power gained, and momentum that the B12 currently has, will be lost.

The B1G (Big 10), the SEC are not changing names. The Big 12 should remain, and will.

Now watch me be wrong!
 
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I agree with "keep Big 12 name"...but some of these conference names are way better than others.

Sun Belt and Mountain West are actually pretty cool sounding. Horizon League is also pretty cool sounding.

Conference USA is probably the dumbest one ever with separation. American Athletic Conference is so incredibly generic...that's a conference that actually should change the name.
 
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We kept the Big 12 name through all of the negative realignment moves. Let's not change it now after a big positive realignment move. Pretty soon if we changed the name, there would be calls to start clean with the history/record books.

We still have 7 of the original 12 teams. It's not like we'll be grasping at straws like the Pac X will be doing to keep their name.
 
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t-noah

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We kept the Big 12 name through all of the negative realignment moves. Let's not change it now after a big positive realignment move. Pretty soon if we changed the name, there would be calls to start clean with the history/record books.

We still have 7 of the original 12 teams. It's not like we'll be grasping at straws like the Pac X will be doing to keep their name.
The Big 12 (+ in the shadows somewhere, whatever number we currently are at). Done.

Especially since the number will likely change a time or two more. And we don't want a weird conference name like a G5.

Keep the Big 12.
 

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Everything is about power, Power 5 is now the Power 4, power play, yada yada.

Own it, the Power Conference.
 

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Here me out… The Big X
The app formally known as Twitter did it. Gotta be the hip a cool thing the kids want.

Secondary benefit it would really annoy B1G fans.
;)
 

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FBS Conference Name Rankings:
1. Sun Belt (Cool and accurate)
2. Mountain West (Cool and accurate)
3. Mid-American Conference (accurate)
4. Big 10 (cool)
5. Big 12 (cool)
6. PAC-12 (cool)
7. SEC (not that cool, somewhat accurate)
8. ACC (not that cool, somewhat accurate)
9. American (just bad)
10. C-USA (just bad)
 

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