[Husker] Big XII to Dissolve?

[Douglas W. Jolkowski]

There are rumors that the schools in the Big 12 South are quietly 
considering "seceding" from the conference. The theory is that the six 
schools from the South would invite Arkansas back to the fold, then invite 
someone such as TCU or SMU to help form a reborn, eight-team SWC.

That would obviously send North schools scrambling. Colorado, once a target 
of the Pac-10, would no doubt see if there's still any interest from those 
quarters. Missouri would turn an eye toward the Big Ten.

That would leave four other schools looking for a home.

Kansas State and Iowa State, two schools with no nationwide appeal and no 
television market, would be out in the cold.

Kansas, with its basketball tradition, would be appealing to someone, but 
probably not a conference with the current punch of the Big 12.

As for Nebraska, word is no conference is anxious to invite NU because of 
the Huskers' penchant for lax academic standards.

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/sports_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2417_3745086,00.html


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Jaixen" <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:51 PM
Subject: [Husker] Big XII to Dissolve?


> Did anybody catch SportsNightly tonight?  They
> interviewed a reporter from the Boulder Daily Camera
> who said that there are reports that the Southern
> division schools are considering bolting the Big XII
> and reforming the Southwest Conference, with Oklahoma,
> Oklahoma State, and possibly Arkansas joining the
> Texas schools.  There is some internal pressure in the
> Texas state government to get schools such as TCU back
> into a BCS-quality conference.
>
> I couldn't find the story on the dailycamera.com site,
> and don't see anything elsewhere.  Obviously, any
> attempt to break up the Big XII would be horrible for
> Nebraska, as Nebraska would have a hard time finding a
> conference home.  Colorado would probably move to the
> Pac-10, and Missouri would probably be a candidate to
> be the 12th team in the Big 10, allowing them to have
> a conference title game.  Kansas might be attractive
> to either a new Southwest Conference or Pac 10 because
> of basketball.  Kansas State and Iowa State would
> likely be huge losers in this as well.
>
> Mike Jaixen
>
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