I don't think the Big XII is collapsing. I don't think Nero is playing the fiddle while Rome burns. Most of this posturing, chest puffing, and turf protection.
I've said all along they wouldn't expand cause Texas has at least 3 NO VOTES to stop it.
More importantly:
-Oklahoma is tied to OK "T Boone Pickens" State
-Texas is pretty tied to Texas Tech especially since A&M snuck out for the SEC.
In both instances, these Schools (Oklahoma & Texas) aren't going to another conference where they are no longer the chairmans of the board (like BAMA, Florida, LSU, etc in the SEC or tOSU & Michigan in the B1G) so to speak with the stroke. And those other conferences are not going to care anyways. The B1G moved on from Notre Dame cause they don't need them and never will. The SEC would be the same way which is why the SEC has only a $1 million exit fee, ie nobody is leaving that marriage.
The most conceivable option that probably still is Waaay out there is TX, TX Tech, OU, OK State to the PAC. I think the LHN prevents that. That and the attitude of Texas. Status quo will never exclude a conference with Texas from being at the table.
For similar reasons (politics) Kansas is tied at the hip to K State or the other way around since we are talking football.
Nobody is courting the private schools of Baylor & TCU. Both have small enrollments.
Iowa Stare is more isolated than we are and the B1G don't want Aimes.
In any event if I'm wrong and it all goes south and the Big XII goes away:
1. Expansoon with the likes of Houston, Cincinnati, and BYU (who is head and shoulders above any other G5 program in terms of fans and tradition) wouldn't have stopped that anyway. Beyond those 3 the list of G5s gets pure laughable & embarrassing.
2. WVU will be fine, and probably land in the ACC which some would like (I would NOT be one of them. Hate the basketball/city school conference). Better spot is SEC from a culture, fan, & schedule standpoint. WVU would have to learn to cheat better too.
3. If no spot in ACC or SEC becomes available, I really wouldn't care. I've watched a lifetime of college football and the best schedule I've ever got to see is what WVU plays now. If that goes away I would prefer to remember the best of times as opposed to a G5 schedule at P5 prices.
Plus at my age, I'm on a beach in a few more years for 6 months a year of it anyways.
Glad all this has been settled.
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