[Husker] Re: Baylor basketball gets the almost-death penalty (fwd)

[Neal Smith]

The part about Ann Richards insisting Baylor be in the Big 12 is accurate.  Concerning Arkansas, they wanted nothing to do with the Texas schools.  Why do you think they quit the SWC and bolted to the SEC?  BYU was never considered for the Big 12.  That leaves a bunch of smaller Texas schools,  TCU, SMU, Rice, etc that were not good options.  Baylor wasn't a bad choice at the time, nor is it now.
 
Neal 

Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:
> >From what I understand and have heard primarily from Bill Byrne several years ago when he came to South Sioux as part of a Big Red Tour, BYU and Arkansas were both options. There was some talk about allowing Colorado to leave and go the the Pac 10. The post is correct; as I understand, Governor Richards insisted that Baylor be included. The original plan was to not include them. 
> 

What happened over a decade ago is no longer very important.

The question is whether either school would be interested in moving today,
as well as whether they'd be good fits academically or athletically. If
any schools leave or are forced out because of NCAA action, isn't the Big
12 'damaged goods'? Would Arkansas leave the SEC for a conference with
some stability issues?

> I do not know for sure, but I also think I recall hearing that the conference also trademarked the name "Big 14" during the time of transition. I suppose this leaves open the option to add teams in the future.

I heard that they trademarked Big 12, Big 13, Big 14 and Big 15, and possibly even Big 16. Once you're filing one trademark, the cost of covering the rest 
of your options is fairly small. 
--
Mike Nolan

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