![]() ![]() Utah was the evener, the school that put membership at 12 instead of 11. That surely was part of it, but entrenched interests in California and especially in the Pacific Northwest might not have wanted a league of that size or that required so much travel. Texas A&M’s jump to the SEC is seen by many as the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Recall that Colorado’s exit from the 12-team Big 12 opened the door to talk about most of the Big 12 South joining the PAC as a Pac-16 East. Neither has prospered in football, even playing in a division with the weak/rebuilding/confused trio of UCLA, Arizona State and Arizona. These are the PAC’s newest members neither has much history with the mostly West Coast conference. To make this happen, the Big 12 must find a way to boost its revenue picture to prospective members. Or, whether aligning with more regional schools opens the door for nine- and 10-win possibilities. The issue officials at Arkansas and Missouri might wrestle with is whether big paychecks are enough to offset what have been, and figure to be in the near future, football seasons with between three and seven victories. At this point, those schools’ football programs are in the bottom five or the SEC. But conference realignment is 90 percent football driven. 1 in baseball when the 2021 regular season ended. Arkansas remains a national player in hoops and was ranked No. Mizzou, in particular, is geographically separated.ĭue to several internal/in-state issues, Missouri has not competed well in football and basketball in recent seasons. Neither has been close to a division championship since 2014. The Razorbacks reached the league’s title game twice in the early 2000s the Tigers were SEC East winners in back to back seasons (2013-14) neither has won an SEC title. Arkansas and Missouri both made solid starts, competitively, with their SEC football chances. Arkansas’ history with Texas schools in the old SWC varied from okay to we’re out of here. Mizzou’s major rivals – none showing up on recent Tigers schedules – are mostly Big 12 teams. **If I’m calling the shots, I start with Arkansas and Missouri. This is where I’d hope our athletics administrator are pro-active. Big 12 conference talk tv#but the TV packages of the ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12 are not expected to be as lucrative once new contracts are hammered out in two to four years.Īnd you can’t get told no – and have no chance of hearing yes – if you don’t reach out and try to find new league members. The other three conferences aren’t far behind. A major reason expansion will be difficult is that the Big Ten and SEC have huge television monies rolling in. This means the league commissioner, the relevant TV interests, and key school athletic administrators, must come up with the kind of package (largely financial) that would be attractive to new members. And, north of Kansas, north of Nebraska, the Dakotas.Įxpansion of the Big 12 hinges on what kind of package the organizers (re-organizers) of the conference can offer to possible expansion targets. Louisiana and the cash cow SEC to the east. The unpopulated desert and grasslands of West Texas and beyond. The map and current conference alignments say it cannot. In three previous stories, I’ve offered my opinion on where Texas is, athletically, and what the future could be, ranked the Power 5 football members into tiers based on size, strength and history/tradition, and taken an in-depth look at the five major conferences. ![]()
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