Limey Frog
Full Member
How would divide the new Big 12?
I know there's no great urgency to discuss this, but hey, this is a sports message board. It's all a waste of time.
I like the 'zipper' idea with six pairs, but I'd probably prefer a more easily memorable geographic structure. I'm guessing north-south won't suit the schools who would have their visibility in the state of Texas diminished by keeping all of the Texas schools in a single division. You could argue that the decision to put OU in the old south division and downgrade the Nebraska rivalry was the fatal 'original sin' of the Big 12 1.0.
I'd go with:
East--UCF, WVU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, KU, Houston
West--BYU, K-State, Okie State, Tech, TCU, Baylor
I'd also play nine conference games. I'm not sure about the 'annual cross-over rivalry' concept. I can't see too many compelling reasons for it, but if it happens my choices for TCU's rival (depending on how the divisions are aligned) would be Baylor, WVU, or BYU (obviously WVU in my preferred east-west structure).
Anyway, waste time on this if you please, or don't if you don't.
I know there's no great urgency to discuss this, but hey, this is a sports message board. It's all a waste of time.
I like the 'zipper' idea with six pairs, but I'd probably prefer a more easily memorable geographic structure. I'm guessing north-south won't suit the schools who would have their visibility in the state of Texas diminished by keeping all of the Texas schools in a single division. You could argue that the decision to put OU in the old south division and downgrade the Nebraska rivalry was the fatal 'original sin' of the Big 12 1.0.
I'd go with:
East--UCF, WVU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, KU, Houston
West--BYU, K-State, Okie State, Tech, TCU, Baylor
I'd also play nine conference games. I'm not sure about the 'annual cross-over rivalry' concept. I can't see too many compelling reasons for it, but if it happens my choices for TCU's rival (depending on how the divisions are aligned) would be Baylor, WVU, or BYU (obviously WVU in my preferred east-west structure).
Anyway, waste time on this if you please, or don't if you don't.