What a dumb statement…Its been more than 20 years since we were in the same conference with them!!! They, along with Okie state, are our natural rivals and will be again, once we start playing them most every year. NO one cares about Cincy or WVU, Colorado or Utah…why should we?? Theres no connection…Our natural rivals are in the southwest, in Texas and Oklahoma. Another reason why current expansion is stupid and creates more problems than it solves.
i cede that the texas colleges may be more beneficial to each other than having those come in from the 4 corners but for the conference the outta staters are going to have to be a big deal if the big12 wants to continue being a bigtime conference.
and i do agree current expansion is stupid and has created more problems, but college football is in a period where its in transition and all about the money. until that resolves its going to be stupid. cabt wait to hear how much all of usc and ucla sports teams enjoy flying from la to new jersey and back.
I have never considered BU or TCU a rival and TT only somewhat of a rival. We have changed conferences so much, we really haven’t had much of a rival, but I did consider SMU a big rival in the AAC.
I feel like Arizona or byu are as much of a rival as Oklahoma state or tech or Baylor. I also don’t consider anyone from the old Missouri valley conference a rival either. Swc was 28 years ago and is being good was 33 years ago. 1991 rivalries are as important now as 1958 rivalries were in 1991. Were the fans upset that Saint Louis did t play us in football anymore in 1991?
Sit back watch for a few years and see what comes out. There are a lot of good games on the future schedules and the Big 12 looks to have a nice balance of teams that can rise up.