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<blockquote data-quote="Charleston Mountie" data-source="post: 131781188" data-attributes="member: 1427666"><p>The feeling I got from the recent news is that every conference in the Alliance more or less committed to leaving everyone else alone especially the Big-12 so it could find its feet again. A lot of "experts" post stupid like WVU is ACC-bound, the Big-12 has lost its P5 status, the expansion has made the Big-12 a G5 conference, but these are not bright people saying these things. If you follow the history of these things, not a lot really happens. Schools leave, get replaced, the dust settles and life goes back to normal.</p><p></p><p>Colorado would be nice to have back, but really they are no better than any other team in the Big-12 right now. Same for Nebraska, Missouri or Arkansas. All of them are solid teams but none of them are Blue Bloods. Is there any difference between WWVU and Missouri? Baylor and Arkansas? Oklahoma State and Nebraska? TCU and Colorado? Other than a 90s run for Nebraska, all of those teams are equal to or less than the stature of the current Big-12 average.</p><p></p><p>As for BYU needing a travel partner, I think the thinking is that Boise State would be that travel partner. If we go to 16, Boise State would fall into the West division and when a Texas team visited BYU one year they would host Boise State that same year and then reverse it the next year. UCF needs a travel partner as well as USF is obvious for the same reason. I think it could happen that way, bring in Boise State in the west, Memphis and USF in the east. The only unanswered question would be who would be the 16th team for the West. I have heard SMU and Tulane mentioned and I would honestly be find with either but I like SMU better. But Tulane is an AAU member and there are only 2 others in the Big-12 right now, Kansas and Iowa State. Otherwise, Tulane and SMU are carbon copies of each other. Same size, in ever respect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charleston Mountie, post: 131781188, member: 1427666"] The feeling I got from the recent news is that every conference in the Alliance more or less committed to leaving everyone else alone especially the Big-12 so it could find its feet again. A lot of "experts" post stupid like WVU is ACC-bound, the Big-12 has lost its P5 status, the expansion has made the Big-12 a G5 conference, but these are not bright people saying these things. If you follow the history of these things, not a lot really happens. Schools leave, get replaced, the dust settles and life goes back to normal. Colorado would be nice to have back, but really they are no better than any other team in the Big-12 right now. Same for Nebraska, Missouri or Arkansas. All of them are solid teams but none of them are Blue Bloods. Is there any difference between WWVU and Missouri? Baylor and Arkansas? Oklahoma State and Nebraska? TCU and Colorado? Other than a 90s run for Nebraska, all of those teams are equal to or less than the stature of the current Big-12 average. As for BYU needing a travel partner, I think the thinking is that Boise State would be that travel partner. If we go to 16, Boise State would fall into the West division and when a Texas team visited BYU one year they would host Boise State that same year and then reverse it the next year. UCF needs a travel partner as well as USF is obvious for the same reason. I think it could happen that way, bring in Boise State in the west, Memphis and USF in the east. The only unanswered question would be who would be the 16th team for the West. I have heard SMU and Tulane mentioned and I would honestly be find with either but I like SMU better. But Tulane is an AAU member and there are only 2 others in the Big-12 right now, Kansas and Iowa State. Otherwise, Tulane and SMU are carbon copies of each other. Same size, in ever respect. [/QUOTE]
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