Didn’t they always cry about wanting to get away from Texas?

Am I high or last time this was blowing up, KU and K-State were handcuffed together due to the board of regents or something?

If so, I could see Big 10 being the best case scenario. Decent basketball matchups for KU, Decent football matchups for K-State.

This is all about Bowl money for the conference, especially now that the NCAA is considering expanding the playoffs.

The SEC could routinely dominate the Top 8 rankings and the bowl/playoff money to the conference would be insane.

I thought Mizzou was smart to get out when they did, just because if Texas leaves the conference collapses. Tough spot to be in. I could see them voting for Texas and OU though just because it makes the conference stronger and there's no way they call the shots in the SEC.

Not sure what happens to the other Big 12 teams though. Iowa State could make some sense in the Big Ten athletically. KU basketball would be an amazing get too, but their football team is just brutal. Yeah Rutgers exists but they were a regular bowl team when they joined the Big Ten. KU would add zero value if football playoffs are the driving factor in a realignment. But teams would have to go somewhere.

Either way it'd be bad for KC. Instead of hosting a conference tourney every year they might be fighting for scraps from another conference. Unless the remaining teams just stick it out and try to add some AAC teams or something.

I don't see the BIG going after ISU simply because they bring nothing money wise and they won't sustain their football success. They do have a good history for basketball and are in the AAU but this is football and TV driven.

Texas and Oklahoma will both loose status in the SEC. They won't be able to compete with the top tier SEC teams and be left scrambling for scraps.

See what's happened to Mizzou in the SEC. Just an afterthought now.

Hope the money is worth it.

F Texas

As I recall, that's one of many reasons why everyone hates Texas. And why some teams left the Big 12.

I was just thinking that. He's kinda naive if he truly believes what he just typed. Perhaps he didn't go to the Lions because he wants to wait for an actually decent job.

Same winning percentage conference wise as they had in the Big 12 with the same number of conference championship game appearances. Program is the same just in more a secure conference.

It seems like Mizzou has competed just as well in the SEC as it did in the B12. I don’t remember any Missouri B12 Championships. They made 2 championship games in each conference, and it actually took them less years to do so in the SEC.

But what does the Big 10 get out of that deal? They aren’t going to want to bring in a team that averages high school level attendances for football games.

How's that worked out in recent years though? Mizzou is now a bottom feeder in football in the SEC and a total joke in basketball. They were at least competitive most years in the B12.

It was eye-opening realizing how far behind the competitive level was in the Big 12 and how little it prepared us for a tough week in-week out real conference, but I think Drink is making the right steps to becoming very relevant again. He will likely end up with a top 20 recruiting class this year and hopefully put us one step closer to competing at an SEC level. It beats the alternative to clinging to a dying conference, just because we were closer to the top with the weaker competition. As far as the basketball goes, I think you can see from the re-alignment talks and KU being left out of most of those discussions just how important college basketball programs are to these decisions. No one really gives a shit.