My Dream Conference - That will NEVER happen

[Dwan]

And assuming we head to a 16 team super conference. Take the SWC from the 80s and toss out Rice

Arkansas
Texas
Texas AM
Texas Tech
Baylor
TCU
Houston
SMU

Add 6 members of the Original Big 8 that are now left in the Big 12
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
Missouri
Iowa State

Then add Memphis and Louisville.

Add Sherwood Blunt, and we might go .500 in this conference that has 0% chance of ever happening. I just love the old SWC and it seems strange we are going to live in a world where Texas in in the Pac-12 and TCU is in the Big East. The original Big 8 had two teams in CU and NU that always seemed to be culturally linked to the Pac-10 and the Big 10 respectively. And Arkansas has made a lot of money to become .500 in both Football and Basketball since leaving the SWC. Memphis has a top 5 B-ball program, a decent TV market, and Fred Smith who could be the Phil Knght of Memphis Football.

[StallionsModelT]

I agree. To bad it represents what college football should be all about (traditional regional rivalries) and not whoring yourselves out for an extra dollar to have a product that is virtually the NFL.

[Pony_Law]

If our school was committed to winning and made an effort no reason we couldn't be competative in this conference without cheating. SMU is a sleeping giant. Great school, very nice city to live in, generous alumni, just have to want to make it happen

[mustangxc]

Since you are dreaming I would tweak that to the 8 Texas SWC schools in one division.
LSU, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Missouri in the other division. Or to make it more equitable spilt the divisions into quadrants like the WAC 16 did. Then you have more crossover games yet are sill guaranteed to play against 3 in-state rivals.

[35straight]

If the aggies leave, I like this scenario: 12 teams.

South

SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
Baylor
UH

North
OU
OSU
Kansas State
Kansas
Iowa State
Missouri

[Water Pony]

I like it. If Missouri goes too, add BYU. However, if UT goes independent, then chaos may rule. You can't count on OU staying unless the Big12 can reinvent itself with an approach strong enough to save their BCS auto-bid.

[goldenstang]

If the aggies leave, I like this scenario: 12 teams.

South

SMU
TCU
Texas
Texas Tech
Baylor
UH

North
OU
OSU
Kansas State
Kansas
Iowa State
Missouri

This is the ideal scenario as far as I am concerned. Adding SMU, UH, and TCU would give the big 12 a way to move OU and OSU to the north allowing a potential OU and UT meeting in the conference championship game. I would think that the networks would pay a pretty penny for a BIG 12 championship game featuring those two. They could still keep the Red River Shootout if they had one set annual match between two teams from opposing divisions. The PAC 12 have a similar type of deal for USC, Stanford, CAL, and UCLA to allow those teams to play every year even though they are in different divisions. The BIG 10 does the same thing allowing for Michigan and Ohio St. to play every year.