Monday Aug 29, 2011
I'm not a football fan but the re alignment of UT Austin and A & M has caught my attention. A & M is looking to move to a more 'prestigious conference. In the South East Conference it will play Ole Miss and Alabama, both classic football powerhouses.
This article notes the differences in quality of opponents. And the writer points out that UT really has no interest in a competitive conference. Far better to play Baylor or OK State with fewer resources.
And so perhaps the so called Big 12 conference will dissolve and like Notre Dame, UT would go independent.
In that case we might FINALLY see what schools like Tx State and University of Houston have always dreamed. Imagine a real Texas Conference that looked like this.
TCU
SMU
Baylor
Texas Tech
Tx State
UTSA
Univ North Texas
Univ Houston
Rice ?
and then perhaps a wild card Rocky Balboa choice like West Texas State in Canyon, or Kingsville which has done very well the last few years
These schools are in large enough towns to be able to generate enough attendance to earn Division I status.
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