TCU to the Big 12, bypasses big east

[Sutterkane]

huge move for them, and I'm actually happy that worked out that way

 

[Hump4Hoops]

TCU in the big east was just ugly.

 

[dawgstudent]

so does Missouri still leave?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

From ESPN:</p>

The Big 12 released a statement confirming the invitation and that negotiations will begin immediately with TCU. The University of Missouri did not participate in the vote on the advice of legal counsel.

 

[grandpa jones]

They could call it the Southwest conference

 

[patdog]

Missouri didn't want to leave because the conference was down to 9 teams. They wanted to leave for a lot of the same reasons Texas A&M wanted to leave.If Missouri has a BCS conference to land in (and I'm not counting the Big East as a future BCS conference), they're gone.

 

[patdog]

It's just an embarassing reminder to everyone that it's a second tier BCS conference every time the name is mentioned. In fact, they should probably just go ahead and change the name anyway.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

...which has forced Texas to announce that they are ceasing all high school coverage on the network for the next six years, incidentally the amount of time the schools have signed their Tier I & II rights to the conference.

It's obviously an attempt to keep Missouri interested in the Big 12 and make it more appealing to prospective future conference members. We will see what will happen...