Good news?
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:31 am
In the greater scheme of things, this is actually good news for SMU - it means that the Big12 is stabilized.
When in turn means that there won't be just 4 super conferences - ACC, SEC, B10, PAC10 - anytime soon, bc Big12 is alive.
So, instead of 4 x 16 superconferences, there is more likely to be 5 x 12(14)(16) conferences [p12, bigT1E2N, big12-2, ACC14, Sec14), plus the BigEast for the near term.
Obviously, the SEC could go to 16, the Big10 to 16, and ACC to 16 which would eventually impact the Big East (Rutgers to B10, ACC to backfill when 2 leave for SEC, but where does B12 get to 16? need 2 more after UL and BYU...).
But those conferences are going to get to 16 without poaching the b12 now...or they are not going to 16 anytime soon. I feel 14 is better than 16, otherwise there isn't enough cross divisional games to mean anything...and under Karl Benson theory, 20 is better than 16 and you just have 2 divisions that never play each other except the champ game.
Big 12 Expansion: Louisville, BYU Considered Possible Targets, According To Report
By Steven Godfrey - Newsdesk contributor
The Big 12's expansion committee is set to file a report that could possibly recommend adding outside schools.
Jan 25, 2012 - The Big 12's membership structure is set for now, but that could still change in the future. The conference is set to examine adding more members, according to a report by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Brad Wolverton, with BYU and the University of Louisville considered to be the next likely targets.
In terms of popular rumors, no conference has experienced such dramatic realignment chatter in the last two years as the Big 12, so we'll clarify a fresh batch of speculation with Wolverton's reporting. For the record, the Big 12 is set to enter to enter the 2012-'13 academic year with its "core" of eight teams - Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Iowa State - and two new members - TCU and West Virginia - replacing Missouri and Texas A&M, who are both departing for the Southeastern Conference. This past season the conference lost former members Colorado and Nebraska to the Pac 12 and Big 10, respectively. And now, the newsy bits:
The conference does not consider expansion as a must. Some school presidents are comfortable with the current ten-team structure
The candidates for expansion are BYU and Louisville, but they wouldn't necessarily come as a package. According to Wolverton, some Big 12 officials feel comfortable with the 11-team format the Big Ten used for years.
If both the Cougars and Cardinals joined the conference, the Big 12 would be again eligible for a conference championship game in football, but Wolverton reports there's little interest in reestablishing that event.
The expansion committee is in the midst of preparing a report to conference officials as to where it feels the conference should go - if anywhere - in the coming years.
For more news on college football, be sure to visit SB Nation's college football page.
When in turn means that there won't be just 4 super conferences - ACC, SEC, B10, PAC10 - anytime soon, bc Big12 is alive.
So, instead of 4 x 16 superconferences, there is more likely to be 5 x 12(14)(16) conferences [p12, bigT1E2N, big12-2, ACC14, Sec14), plus the BigEast for the near term.
Obviously, the SEC could go to 16, the Big10 to 16, and ACC to 16 which would eventually impact the Big East (Rutgers to B10, ACC to backfill when 2 leave for SEC, but where does B12 get to 16? need 2 more after UL and BYU...).
But those conferences are going to get to 16 without poaching the b12 now...or they are not going to 16 anytime soon. I feel 14 is better than 16, otherwise there isn't enough cross divisional games to mean anything...and under Karl Benson theory, 20 is better than 16 and you just have 2 divisions that never play each other except the champ game.
Big 12 Expansion: Louisville, BYU Considered Possible Targets, According To Report
By Steven Godfrey - Newsdesk contributor
The Big 12's expansion committee is set to file a report that could possibly recommend adding outside schools.
Jan 25, 2012 - The Big 12's membership structure is set for now, but that could still change in the future. The conference is set to examine adding more members, according to a report by The Chronicle of Higher Education's Brad Wolverton, with BYU and the University of Louisville considered to be the next likely targets.
In terms of popular rumors, no conference has experienced such dramatic realignment chatter in the last two years as the Big 12, so we'll clarify a fresh batch of speculation with Wolverton's reporting. For the record, the Big 12 is set to enter to enter the 2012-'13 academic year with its "core" of eight teams - Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Iowa State - and two new members - TCU and West Virginia - replacing Missouri and Texas A&M, who are both departing for the Southeastern Conference. This past season the conference lost former members Colorado and Nebraska to the Pac 12 and Big 10, respectively. And now, the newsy bits:
The conference does not consider expansion as a must. Some school presidents are comfortable with the current ten-team structure
The candidates for expansion are BYU and Louisville, but they wouldn't necessarily come as a package. According to Wolverton, some Big 12 officials feel comfortable with the 11-team format the Big Ten used for years.
If both the Cougars and Cardinals joined the conference, the Big 12 would be again eligible for a conference championship game in football, but Wolverton reports there's little interest in reestablishing that event.
The expansion committee is in the midst of preparing a report to conference officials as to where it feels the conference should go - if anywhere - in the coming years.
For more news on college football, be sure to visit SB Nation's college football page.