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Originally Posted by Saul Good
As a large man once said, "dollar signs".
The Big 12 isn't a crappy league; at least not when you compare it to any league other than the SEC. It just has no real appeal.
There are two schools that anyone cares about nationally. Texas is in a freefall that would make Nebraska blush, and Oklahoma has been exposed as a team that has fattened up for years against mediocre teams only to get their shit pushed in when the postseason rolls around. Hell, you can now pencil in a bad loss or two during the regular season for them as well.
The strength of the Big 12 is its 7-9. That's something, but I don't think anyone is getting a boner over winning the Holiday, Car Care, Alamo, and Heart of Dallas bowls, especially when the conference had a losing record in bowl games overall, got spanked by a combined 46 points in the two good bowls, and didn't have a single impressive win outside of conference.
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If the SEC was concerned about "weak links" in football, they'd never have added Mizzou. Seriously: 2-6 first year and dominated. At least you beat Kentucky, so there's that.
The SEC should boot Mizzou, Kentucky, the Miss Schools (who haven't done a damn thing in their entire histories), Vandy from the League and just go with 10 football-first schools. Make a true football league and pick up Va Tech. Let Kentucky join the ACC for basketball purposes, Vandy the Big 10 for academids, the Miss Schools go Sun Belt (where they belong) and Mizzou? Back to the Big 12 or who cares where.