Every other conference is seeking out new markets and we are donating a spot to a market we already own?? If true, we know why this conference is doomed.
Sad but true. I'm going to be ripped, but so be it.
Adding the teams that are being discussed to bring the conference back to 10 or 12 teams will not mean squat in terms of long term stability. The pie-in-the-sky teams like ND would, but ND isn't coming to the Big 12.
You've got OU thinking they "hold the keys" when in reality they will be used as a scapegoat by Texas exactly like Mizzou was used by Nebby. They do have the brand, which makes up for the shortcomings of the state itself.
OSU who will do nothing to break their bond with OU, and will quickly fall in step with whatever OU does.
Texas Tech is the same as OSU, bonded with UT.
Texas is positioning themselves for whatever happens. They will not make the first public move, but you can bet they've got all the moves already mapped, and will come out fine wherever they wind up, even independent.
Mizzou is in lala land after last year, not realizing how they were used. They go simply because of the value of their TV markets, and nothing else.
KU will have moves mapped as well, and you will hear RockChalk Jayhawk and another major conference logo on the floor of Phog Allen without much of a problem. They take UT's place if the Longhorns go independent.
Baylor, ISU, and KSU?? Good luck to us. The Big East doesn't have much stability, and adding us to that conference will make as much sense as the Big 12 adding TCU. It may happen, but it will not create stability in Big East.
