Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

[Katpappy]

With the Pac 12 & BTN both up for renewal in '23 Nebraska and maybe Colorado come back.  There's also one or two of the Arizona schools.  Also, UCF won't be a bad choice.  Does anyone have an idea of the possibilities of conference changes.   

[SkinnyBenny]

Ahhh, shazbot! it. Let’s just ignore TV contracts and likelihoods for a second, and just for funsies come up with our own personal dream Big XII. Just for grins and giggs, you guys. NO JUDGMENT.

NORTH:
—KSU Kats
—KU Settings
—Iowa St. still squeaks in, but only for the Gems threads.
—Nebraska but only in a world where we get to LOL at them for crawling back.
—Colorado State. Mike from Ft. Collins is right: we belong together. Also Ft. Collins is an SB dream town. DREAM TOWN. Also my friend Eric lives there.
—Colorado so we can have at least one good smelling fanbase.

SOUTH:
—OU Suicide Bombers, obviously
—OSU OANNs, to continually play video of Brad Seib’s TD every two years
—Texas, duh
—aTm. lol jk eff those weirdos
—WVU Crocketts. Everyone clamoring to get rid of them must never have gone to a roadie in Morgantown. Some of the most fun I’ve had EVER
—Arkansas Pig Aggy (they just seem like they’d fit in with KU and TTech and Iowa State and all the other hick schools in our conference.)
—Duke. Sister school for academics and sister school for basketball.

[MakeItRain]

Flood Aggie
Iowa
Missouri
Nubb
Kansas
Kansas State
Pig Aggie
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
LSU
Texas
Aggy

[TheHamburglar]

Ahhh, shazbot! it. Let’s just ignore TV contracts and likelihoods for a second, and just for funsies come up with our own personal dream Big XII. Just for grins and giggs, you guys. NO JUDGMENT.

NORTH:
—KSU Kats
—KU Settings
—Iowa St. still squeaks in, but only for the Gems threads.
—Nebraska but only in a world where we get to LOL at them for crawling back.
—Colorado State. Mike from Ft. Collins is right: we belong together. Also Ft. Collins is an SB dream town. DREAM TOWN. Also my friend Eric lives there.
—Colorado so we can have at least one good smelling fanbase.

SOUTH:
—OU Suicide Bombers, obviously
—OSU OANNs, to continually play video of Brad Seib’s TD every two years
—Texas, duh
—aTm. lol jk eff those weirdos
—WVU Crocketts. Everyone clamoring to get rid of them must never have gone to a roadie in Morgantown. Some of the most fun I’ve had EVER
—Arkansas Pig Aggy (they just seem like they’d fit in with KU and TTech and Iowa State and all the other hick schools in our conference.)
—Duke. Sister school for academics and sister school for basketball.

Unbalanced divisions. I like it.

[TheHamburglar]

Iowa
Iowa St
Nebraska
Wyoming
K-State
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
OSU
Arkansas
Texas
A&M
Arizona
Arizona St

10 game conference schedule, no divisions.

[michigancat]

Nothing is changing

[SkinnyBenny]

Ahhh, shazbot! it. Let’s just ignore TV contracts and likelihoods for a second, and just for funsies come up with our own personal dream Big XII. Just for grins and giggs, you guys. NO JUDGMENT.

NORTH:
—KSU Kats
—KU Settings
—Iowa St. still squeaks in, but only for the Gems threads.
—Nebraska but only in a world where we get to LOL at them for crawling back.
—Colorado State. Mike from Ft. Collins is right: we belong together. Also Ft. Collins is an SB dream town. DREAM TOWN. Also my friend Eric lives there.
—Colorado so we can have at least one good smelling fanbase.

SOUTH:
—OU Suicide Bombers, obviously
—OSU OANNs, to continually play video of Brad Seib’s TD every two years
—Texas, duh
—aTm. lol jk eff those weirdos
—WVU Crocketts. Everyone clamoring to get rid of them must never have gone to a roadie in Morgantown. Some of the most fun I’ve had EVER
—Arkansas Pig Aggy (they just seem like they’d fit in with KU and TTech and Iowa State and all the other hick schools in our conference.)
—Duke. Sister school for academics and sister school for basketball.

Unbalanced divisions. I like it.

  read closer, my friend

[TheHamburglar]

Ahhh, shazbot! it. Let’s just ignore TV contracts and likelihoods for a second, and just for funsies come up with our own personal dream Big XII. Just for grins and giggs, you guys. NO JUDGMENT.

NORTH:
—KSU Kats
—KU Settings
—Iowa St. still squeaks in, but only for the Gems threads.
—Nebraska but only in a world where we get to LOL at them for crawling back.
—Colorado State. Mike from Ft. Collins is right: we belong together. Also Ft. Collins is an SB dream town. DREAM TOWN. Also my friend Eric lives there.
—Colorado so we can have at least one good smelling fanbase.

SOUTH:
—OU Suicide Bombers, obviously
—OSU OANNs, to continually play video of Brad Seib’s TD every two years
—Texas, duh
—aTm. lol jk eff those weirdos
—WVU Crocketts. Everyone clamoring to get rid of them must never have gone to a roadie in Morgantown. Some of the most fun I’ve had EVER
—Arkansas Pig Aggy (they just seem like they’d fit in with KU and TTech and Iowa State and all the other hick schools in our conference.)
—Duke. Sister school for academics and sister school for basketball.

Unbalanced divisions. I like it.

  read closer, my friend

 

[Katpappy]

Welp, this thread may get busy again in a couple of years. 

[DaBigTrain]

Nothing is changing

Get off your high horse lol

[MakeItRain]

Nothing is changing

Get off your high horse lol

His timing is crap as now we're just having fun, but his sentiment is correct.

[michigancat]

My timing was impeccable you dweebs

[star seed 7]

Agree with sb, I don't know why everyone wants to get rid of wvu, I'd keep them over Baylor, tech, and tcu.

[Pete]

I don't think we'll ever see a school get "kicked out" of a Power 5 conference, so I don't even day dream about getting rid of Baylor, as much as I'd like to see that happen.

[Pete]

I acknowledge MIR's point about the streaming services having tried NFL, for example, but the big streaming services' parent companies have more money than the old networks...and more money than most countries on this planet.  If the the steamers like Apple and Amazon decide that it's an investment that gives them the street credit to fully move into the mainstream and replace the networks, then why wouldn't they do it?  Amazon makes big bets all the time, for example.  Apple seems less likely to be a true disrupter in programming, but who knows?

[michigancat]

I acknowledge MIR's point about the streaming services having tried NFL, for example, but the big streaming services' parent companies have more money than the old networks...and more money than most countries on this planet.  If the the steamers like Apple and Amazon decide that it's an investment that gives them the street credit to fully move into the mainstream and replace the networks, then why wouldn't they do it?  Amazon makes big bets all the time, for example.  Apple seems less likely to be a true disrupter in programming, but who knows?

I would never get Apple TV+ based on their current content but if the Big 12 had a deal with them I would ABSOLUTELY sign up

[Pete]

I acknowledge MIR's point about the streaming services having tried NFL, for example, but the big streaming services' parent companies have more money than the old networks...and more money than most countries on this planet.  If the the steamers like Apple and Amazon decide that it's an investment that gives them the street credit to fully move into the mainstream and replace the networks, then why wouldn't they do it?  Amazon makes big bets all the time, for example.  Apple seems less likely to be a true disrupter in programming, but who knows?

I would never get Apple TV+ based on their current content but if the Big 12 had a deal with them I would ABSOLUTELY sign up

IKNOWRITE!  Also, from a "product positioning" standpoint (IMO), consumers would more quickly begin to associate Apple TV with "real TV," even if they were not sports fans.  You'd hear about it at the office, etc.

[MakeItRain]

I'll also point out that streaming deals with a conference like the Big 12 is risky given the number of people in the conference without access to high speed internet. That's the biggest issue with the ESPN+ set up. Apple TV subscriptions could be problematic for rural folks in the plains.

[michigancat]

I'll also point out that streaming deals with a conference like the Big 12 is risky given the number of people in the conference without access to high speed internet. That's the biggest issue with the ESPN+ set up. Apple TV subscriptions could be problematic for rural folks in the plains.

that's a tiny number of people

ESPN+ sucks with freaking fiber for reasons we've discussed ad nauseam

[steve dave]

I like ESPN+ but I'm pretty easy to please

[star seed 7]

Keep forgetting to cancel it. Too late now I guess

[Katpappy]

Just mirror cast from your phone to your TV.  Don't need internet for that.

[SkinnyBenny]

Not seeing many people post their dream Big XIIs and it's hurting my feelings

[Katpappy]

My dream is simple, just get the Big XII back to XII.  Just don't do it with a couple of scabs.

[chum1]

The original Big 12 lineup was AMAZING. It's depressing to know that it will never be nearly that good again. The Big 10 and SEC are now also worse than they were before by adding teams that no one GAF about. This was all a mistake.