Texas and the weak Big (12)
Texas playing all those weak teams has a solid chance to overtake Michigan
in all-time wins in 15 to 20 years.
Not after Michigan wins three consecutive national titles they won't.
Texas has dominated those two rivalries the past few years. Oklahoma is the only school that has provided a consistently high level of competition for them in that conference.
Aside: The average basketball quality just spiked for that conference.
Big 12 has dropped to the strength level of the ACC for football. You can't lose a solid to good program like Nebraska and claim there was no dropoff. Colorado has been a nonfactor since Kordell. True point about the quality of basketball improving across Big 12. Anyone have the year of the last time either Col or Neb made the field of 64?
2003 for Colorado (10 total appearances)
1998 for Nebraska (6 total appearances)
Finished first in the Big 12 north (I know, that was a weak part of the big 12, but still) 4 times between 2001-2005 and beat a very good Texas team in the Big 12 Championship game, not to mention their killing of what appeared to be another BCS championship bound Nebraska team 62-36 in the last game of that regular season.
However, Michigan did its share of dining on weak opponents way back in the pre-Big Ten era. Still, I agree; it's different for that to happen today.
It would really take a terrible effort on Michigan's part over the course of the next decade for Texas to get even close to overtaking us.
If we get back to consistency and what we know, we should be able to keep the Most Wins locked up. We've only had two bad seasons so far so I wouldn't worry too much. Besides with two less teams that means Texas has two less opponents to play each year and one less game in the form of a conference championship.
We got this no worries.
Michigan certainly isn't playing all 11 Big Ten teams every year, if that's what you were implying. In fact, it was stated that the Big Twelve might go back to each team playing every other team in their conference (9 games) while the Big Ten will likely play 8.
They both will have 12 scheduled games with the Big Ten having a 13th for the conference championship which, of course, Michigan will only play in if they win their half of the conference.
It'll be fine. We'll keep that record. Please. Please we'll keep that record. It'll be fine. It'll be fine.
But if the Big 12 adds another team or two (I've heard TCU and maybe Mexico St./Colorado St.), I'm not sure the conference strength is diminished much. Colorado has been a veritable doormat for the better part of a decade, and only recently has Nebraska become a legitimate power again.
They play futbol. New Mexico St., on the other hand, may be an option.
I get what you're saying though, but I don't think picking up those two teams makes up for what they lost. Nebraska is on it's way back big time, and Colorado is probably between those two schools (early 2000s, even with TCU, late 2000s, around New Mexico St/Colorado St. level).
I agree TCU would be a better fit, but i dont think New Mexico St. If you're talking about the agiies then Hell no they suck, if you really meant Lobbos well they were descent but not a step-up. I'd think that Big 12 should offer TCU and Houston. 2 Texas colleges who have been consistantly good lately.