College football shake-up

[akuma_river]

Yes this is a sports article but it plays up the politics angle of ontd_political because of how much freaking money (at least a quarter billion) we are talking about that is in dispute and also the fact that Texas (the state) is threatening to make a law that will make it illegal for Texas (UT) to leave its current conference without taking it's

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[devil_ad_vocate]

Gosh, they could call it something catchy like... oh, I don't know... how about: The Southwest Conference?

[kerrence]

Now that would be downright nutty.

I've got it!

[delia43]

The Big 5!

Gawd knows we don't have enough "Big [#]" conferences to make it confusing enough.

Re: I've got it!

[devil_ad_vocate]

THE HUMONGOUS FREAKIN' CONFERENCE!

[sparkly_stuff]

it is in Texas' best interest to have our three super football teams to continue to play against each other.

I agree, OP. Those games generate a shitload of money.

I know nothing about the politics of football, but I do think it would be cool to see the Texas teams get to play against Colorado and Arizona.

[gretchystretchy]

Eurgh, all of this makes me queasy - because my school (KU) has been thus far left out of the expansion talks, and if we get stuck with the red-headed stepchildren that nobody wants (K-State, Iowa State, Baylor, etc.), that will really fuck us over.

WE INVENTED BASKETBALL HERE. I know most of the money is in football, BUT STILL.

[frostycakes]

Not like that'll affect how fucking badly CU sucks anymore... :(

but in all honesty, yay for going to a FCS school and not having to care about this mess! :P

[fight_the_sky]

Big 12 teams that aren't OU, UT (maybe OSU/TT) are totally screwed basically. NU might be okay because we travel incredibly well even in the regular season