(12-19-2020 11:01 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(12-19-2020 10:01 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Since ESPN ran the article on the 25th anniversary of the death of the SWC, here's an alternate scenario.

The then Big 8 tells Texas Tech and Baylor that they aren't welcome to their conference, only Texas and Texas A&M can come.

Do both accept and they become a conference of 10?

Does Texas A&M join the SEC and Texas join the then Pac-10 with Colorado?

Is the SWC forced to stay intact because the Texas politicians force UT and A&M to keep it together since they couldn't bully the Big 8?

Would a Big 8 of 10 teams (it wouldn't be called the Big 10) still be in place today or with most of its core intact (Colorado probably leaves but maybe Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas A&M stay and the Big 8 can either just replace Colorado or have a conference of 9).

With six remaining members instead of four, what happens to the SWC?

Does the WAC still invite Texas schools and if so do Baylor and/or Texas Tech get considered instead of SMU, Rice, or TCU? For the WAC, it's harder to get to Lubbock and Waco than Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston. Texas and A&M and possibly the Oklahoma schools can at least drive to Tech and Baylor. Try flying from Wyoming to Baylor.

Maybe Arkansas and TAMU to the SEC

Texas and Colorado to the PAC 10

TTU to the Big 8 (replacing Colorado)

TCU, Rice, SMU, and Baylor invite Tulane and Tulsa to the SWC (6 was enough for a conference then) The question would be when the minimum becomes 8.