After West Virginia was cleared to join the Big XII, the Big XII announced their schedules today.
As no surprise, TCU and Texas will meet on Thanksgiving. Note TCU's first half of the conference schedule, then look at the second half.
Oklahoma still has two OOC games to schedule and Oklahoma State needs one more.
The entire conference slate can be seen here.
Did they re-align the
no divisions
no championship game
No
They still will only have 10 teams, so no divisions. A&M and Mizzou are going to the SEC.
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No split, only 10 teams as of
No split, only 10 teams as of now, with the addition of TCU and WVU.
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There are rumors about BYU
There are rumors about BYU and Louisville joining the conference in the future. My guess is, if that happens:
North
BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State.
South
Baylor, Louisville, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia.
Unless they split into East and West
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looking at those schedules
Makes it more clear just how assinine the reality of West Virginia being in that conference really is.
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Asinine, asiten, asieleven...
Whenever I see the word
Whenever I see the word Asinine, I think to myself her face was about a 4, but her..........nevermind.
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You might want to use your
You might want to use your spell check when deploying a synonym for "extremely stupid." Just sayin'.
I'm looking forward to seeing
I'm looking forward to seeing how TCU does in the league. I think they could be legitimately great now that they'll be able to tap into Texas recruiting even better
I second that...if TCU can
I second that...if TCU can continue to win (albeit with a few loses in the short term) it will be interesting to see if they can grow into a conference power like Wisconsin who's capable (key word:capable) of running the table.
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I really hate it when
I really hate it when conferences have geographic outliers. I don't get why the SEC didn't invite WVU instead of Mizzou. Is it because of their academics? The SEC has Mississippi and Mississippi State, fergodsakes!
i agree
just from a purely common sense perspective, WVU to the SEC makes MUCH more sense. They seem a better fit culturally, also. As for Mizzou, shoulda just stuck with the Big XII - II. Were it not for Texas, that'd still be an intact conference.
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It's all about money and
It's all about money and markets. Mizzou has St. Louis and Kansas City. West Virginia has...what city is WVU in? What's WVU's capital? Are they even close to any big cities? DO THEY EVEN HAVE TELEVISION???
Answers:
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Mountaineer fan's
Mountaineer fan's response:
1. Morgantown
2. Morgantown
3. Morgantown is a big city
4. Morgantown does.
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Missouri is contiguous to
Missouri is contiguous to Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas while West Virginia is contiguous to only Kentucky. Geographically, Missouri probably made more sense to the SEC and I'm guessing the SEC decision makers didn't take the Big12's feelings into consideration when they poached Missouri.
Oklahoma has 1 open date.
Oklahoma has 1 open date. They play ND on Oct 27th.
They still need to schedule 2
They still need to schedule 2 more non-conference games.
UTEP and Rutgers have been floated out there as a possibility for one game.
OU's open weeks are 1, 2, 3, and 5. Two of those will be filled with OOC games, two will be bye weeks.
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Has Oklahoma played a 1-AA
Has Oklahoma played a 1-AA team before? they seem like a team who tries not to schedule them. I'm guessing they'll have to bite the bullet and get a 1-AA team to fill that gap on such short notice.
No wonder they dropped FSU
WVU could easily lose four or five games in conference this season. Dropping FSU will end up looking like a pretty good decision for them if they barely scrape into a bowl with a 7-5 record.
The beginning of
Texas's conference schedule is brutal.
Did they re-align the divisions putting OU in the North?
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