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RoadRage · 08-17-2003, 10:55 AM

Baylor should never have been in the Big XII in the first place. A big fuck you goes out to former Texas governor Ann Richards for arm-twisting Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech into making the BIg XII take Baylor in as well.

Who should replace Baylor? The three best candidates are Arkansas, Texas Christian, and Colorado State.

TCU and Colorado State are non-BCS schools who would kill for the chance to jump up. Both are perennial contenders in their respective conferences in all sports and would have immediate rivalries in the Big XII.

Arkansas is in a BCS conference with whom they don't fit well geographically and whose alumni would love resuming old rivalries with the other Big XII South schools. Arkansas is closer to all other Big XII schools than it is to Knoxville, Athens, Gainesville, or Columbia.

For Arkansas to jump conferences, it would require some skilled negotiation with the SEC and probably require the entry of either Southern Mississippi or Louisville (the two leading contenders IMHO) into the SEC as well. To get Colorado State or TCU would simply require a written invitation.

08-17-2003, 10:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
RoadRage Stay off the sidewalk! Location: Oklahoma City, OK	Baylor should never have been in the Big XII in the first place. A big fuck you goes out to former Texas governor Ann Richards for arm-twisting Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech into making the BIg XII take Baylor in as well. Who should replace Baylor? The three best candidates are Arkansas, Texas Christian, and Colorado State. TCU and Colorado State are non-BCS schools who would kill for the chance to jump up. Both are perennial contenders in their respective conferences in all sports and would have immediate rivalries in the Big XII. Arkansas is in a BCS conference with whom they don't fit well geographically and whose alumni would love resuming old rivalries with the other Big XII South schools. Arkansas is closer to all other Big XII schools than it is to Knoxville, Athens, Gainesville, or Columbia. For Arkansas to jump conferences, it would require some skilled negotiation with the SEC and probably require the entry of either Southern Mississippi or Louisville (the two leading contenders IMHO) into the SEC as well. To get Colorado State or TCU would simply require a written invitation. __________________ Join TFP Team SETI 43K workunits complete, 34 members, more of each needed.