Big 12 Considers Name Change

[CrossCyed]

I know everybody wants something geographic, but you don't want something that portrays the conference as part of the country that no one cares about. Believe it or not, something like the Great Plains Conference or the Big Central Conference or the Midwest Conference could bring a negative connotation for those around the nation.

The "Big" moniker has history and tradition - it needs to be kept in some form, at the very least.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

I think Big Central Conference could work well. It would really only limit us to schools not on the coast.

 

[CrossCyed]

I think Big Central Conference could work well. It would really only limit us to schools not on the coast.

Depends how committed we are to ten teams.

 

[Cyrok]

An earlier post got me thinking of something historical that would tie the remaining Big 12 states together. How's this:

1. Chisholm Trail League (Conference): There is some historical tie-in to the Big 12. This old pioneer cattle trail (also used earlier by Indians and traders) went from the Red River in Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas. Present day US 81 roughly follows the same route.
Chisholm Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2. Shawnee Trail League (Conference): This gets better, as the Shawnee Trail (also known as Texas Road) was a pioneer cattle trail (also an Indian trail and major trading corridor) that passed through Midwest Indian lands and went from Texas, through Oklahoma and Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri. US 69 now follows this route and US 69 coincidently proceeds north from Kansas City to pass through Ames within two miles of Jack Trice Stadium.
Texas Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Each of these two names tie together a big part of midwest history, including early settlers, Indians, the cattle industry, cattle drives, Rawhide, major US highway routes still in use today, Big 12 states, the Red River Shootout, the Kansas-Missouri rivalry during the Civil War, etc.

I love both of these and I like getting away from "Big" and "Conference".

 

[LindenCy]

An earlier post got me thinking of something historical that would tie the remaining Big 12 states together. How's this:

1. Chisholm Trail League (Conference): There is some historical tie-in to the Big 12. This old pioneer cattle trail (also used earlier by Indians and traders) went from the Red River in Texas, through Oklahoma to Kansas. Present day US 81 roughly follows the same route.
Chisholm Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2. Shawnee Trail League (Conference): This gets better, as the Shawnee Trail (also known as Texas Road) was a pioneer cattle trail (also an Indian trail and major trading corridor) that passed through Midwest Indian lands and went from Texas, through Oklahoma and Kansas to Kansas City, Missouri. US 69 now follows this route and US 69 coincidently proceeds north from Kansas City to pass through Ames within two miles of Jack Trice Stadium.
Texas Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Each of these two names tie together a big part of midwest history, including early settlers, Indians, the cattle industry, cattle drives, Rawhide, major US highway routes still in use today, Big 12 states, the Red River Shootout, the Kansas-Missouri rivalry during the Civil War, etc.

I love both of these and I like getting away from "Big" and "Conference".

I don't think it would fly, but I really like the ideas.

 

[CYinPA]

I know everybody wants something geographic, but you don't want something that portrays the conference as part of the country that no one cares about. Believe it or not, something like the Great Plains Conference or the Big Central Conference or the Midwest Conference could bring a negative connotation for those around the nation.

The "Big" moniker has history and tradition - it needs to be kept in some form, at the very least.

Agree. I see no reason to get rid of the Big 12.

If they do, they need to remember we are trying to sell the product to young athletes and those people that watch said athletes.
Maybe something more like how the pros are.
Big League Athletics

 

[nickwc]

I like the idea of selling the rights. You see it in Europe with the Barcaly's premeirship in soccer.

 

[Ace000087]

Big League Chew Conference

 

[Farnsworth]

I know everybody wants something geographic, but you don't want something that portrays the conference as part of the country that no one cares about. Believe it or not, something like the Great Plains Conference or the Big Central Conference or the Midwest Conference could bring a negative connotation for those around the nation.

The "Big" moniker has history and tradition - it needs to be kept in some form, at the very least.

i think this is dead on. only gives people on the coast more reason to be made fun of for being from "the middle of nowhere"

 

[IAC1858]

The BETTER Ten Conference, but if we want the sponsor, The Better Homes and Gardens Conference.

 

[19210]

If they change it they should have Power 10 as the name. Otherwise just leave it with the big 12. Everyone know the name. However, we have made fun of the big 10 for like 15years+ for having 11 members.

I was thinkning something like the Best 10 or Better 10, or even the Smarter 10 because we can count.

 

[CyBobby]

THIS

Let's call a spade a spade.

Wait....Texas is leaving in 5 years....nevermind.

Actually I would put the over and under at 3 yrs....It's not exactly a state secret that Texas wants to go Independent and that Texas A & M wants to join the Southeastern Conference.


That would pretty much make a shambles out of the big 12 conference or whatever you would like to call the conference.

Maybe we should just call our conference "The Leftovers".:twitcy:

 

[swarthmoreCY]

We should keep the Big 12.

If not, the Power 10 or Top 10 sounds good. Maybe we could sell the rights to Topps.

 

[Ace000087]

Being that 6 of the current teams had ties to the South West Conference (SWC), I would think the South Central Conference (SCC) would be a good mix of new and old.

 

[simply1]

Why do you people keep adding a number, haven't we seen how that backfires enough times in the past year?

 

[simply1]

Being that 6 of the current teams had ties to the South West Conference (SWC), I would think the South Central Conference (SCC) would be a good mix of new and old.

I don't mind that one sort of, pretty close to SEC when you say it out loud though.