I’m excited about the new Big12. Hope Tx and OU stumble in SEC. Tx is already struggling.
I think while losing its marquee teams the conference will be fine. They should have expanded years ago. I’m only sad to have lost the rivalries with my team and others in Big 12.
But we will move on and make the best of it. Conference illustrated this year we are very capable.
They absolutely should have expanded earlier but UT didn't want to and fought it because they didn't want to split the pie with others.
Like businesses that think quarter to quarter this was a really poor long-term business decision.
I've seen UT basketball attendance and thats how football will be if they go win 5-6 games a year in the SEC.
Tea sips are front runners not fanatics.
Every Big 12 school would have been better off had they expanded back to 12 immediately following the defections.
And realistically they could have been the first to go to 16.
That divisional or Pod scheduling is far more beneficial to higher rated teams.
And what is sad is they had the history lesson. The B1G in a true 10-man round robin fell off a cliff.
They expanded and now you have a B1G powerhouse.
Big 12 decided to follow the silly path anyway for the highest possible payout.
And it was led by UT who had more money than anyone anyway. Just insane greed.