[College Football] Big Ten, Texas have initial talks

Sleeping giant......UH Coogs.

Book it.

 

I am not sure what exactly will happen , but every mega conference should have a Conf title game .

 

They will, there's a massive financial incentive to have conference playoffs. I'm willing to bet that all BCS conferences will have one soon enough.

 

I would agree with this...The only rivalry games relevant to Texas would be Tx-Ou and Tx-A&M...the traveling would suck...I would also concur with the report on having ND and Tx start their own conf., which would do wonders for TV contracts, not so sure from a research standpoint...

 

From a purely football perspective...
Texas needs to find something in the west (like a Pac 10/Big XII merger or Western Alliance or something). The Big 10/11 doesn't fit the philosophy of a warm weather team. Texas has built itself as a passing juggernaut. Sure, all signs point to them going to a more "balanced," "pro-style" offense with Gilbert. However, let's not get confused. Do you think Texas wants to go to Wisconsin, Chicago, Pennsylvania and Michigan and play run-ball all winter? Didn't think so. How about playing in Texas and, say, L.A., Berkeley/Palo Alto, Tucson? Right.

Jus' sayin'

 

Weird time zone issues playing USC every year. Just sayin... Whatever does ultimately happen I am pretty sure will ruin college football for awhile.

 

Ya you have a good point here, i think a lot of fans in Texas would love the South Western weather in Cali, Ariz, and Oregon and Washington are beautiful states to visit. Pac 10 football is def closer to Big 12 than compared to Big 10. Pac 10 is more offense oriented , keep the scores in 25-35 ranges.

 

Ideally what would happen in the "Western Alliance" is two divisions, North and South.

North:
Cal
Stanford
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Washington State

South:
Texas
Colorado
USC
UCLA
Arizona
Arizona State

 

Texas would play at the North Pole if it means more money.

 

texas is going nowhere without a&m.

 

if this happened, i picture it being like the big 12 now. the best teams are in the big 12 south, and its a shame that we cant see the big 12 title game between ut and okla. instead, its okla/ut vs neb./col. it would be that way in this scenario. ut/usc vs oregon/oregon st/cal

 

I don't think it will ruin anything. It can be better that what we currently have. Discussions about time-zone restrictions are occurring all over the place. It would be a relatively easy fix.

Yes and no. It IS all about the money. However, without winning, the money will start to slowly fade.

Agreed. The Legislature will have something to say about that. Texas is a state school. They can't just move around all willy-nilly.

 

If Colorado and Mizzou leave, the Big XII could replace them with Arkansas and TCU, and get better as a conference overall.

 

Not happening. The Big XII needs more TV market money, not less.

 

1. Why is Arkansas leaving the SEC gravy train?

2. TCU really basically adds nothing on a net basis. Not as if Missouri and Colorado are powerhouses, but at least they are regionally popular.

No new tv sets, a tiny student body and alumni base mostly entirely within a market already dominated, and would lose the one thing they have going for them "plucky underdog!"/big fish in small pond ....etc and probably lapse into prolonged suckitude as most small private schools trying to play with larger schools. See, e.g. Baylor

 

Oregon won the Pac10 last year, and Oregon State has been a major pain in the ass to USC. USC is on the way down now that Petey boy is gone.

 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

 

lol...seems like all kinds of hell is about to break loose in the college ranks.