Week 1 overshadowed by upheaval

[Water Pony]

Be careful what you wish for, chaos? Where is the adult supervision? This article highlights this process has not be planned. The goal was not to blow-up one or more conferences, but that may be an outcome.

"The Big 12 will be sun-bleached bones on the prairie soon enough. Its surviving members will be approached by any number of leagues seeking to solidify their place in the new world order. Another round of corporate raiding could yield the result many have foreseen: four 16-team conferences at the top of the food chain.

It is the craziest thing. When working on a story on the six major conference commissioners this summer, I didn't find a great appetite among those men for that ultimate consolidation. A month later, it seems inevitable."

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