I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

(05-10-2013 01:11 PM)MG61 Wrote:  I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

I could see an all Texas conference of mid majors someday.
The Smart move Florida and Texas only conference of mid majors.

(05-11-2013 11:13 AM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  

(05-10-2013 01:11 PM)MG61 Wrote:  I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

I could see an all Texas conference of mid majors someday.
The Smart move Florida and Texas only conference of mid majors.

A one state conference would fail to garner any significant national media interest. It would also only have a limited state interest as it would be lacking the most popular teams in Texas, A&M, and Tech.

You'd also have a hard time getting SMU & Houston to associate with TxSt, UTSA, & UNT. And if you couldn't lure them out of the AAC, you'd have to add more obscure teams like Lamar and SHSU.

(05-11-2013 11:23 AM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(05-11-2013 11:13 AM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  

(05-10-2013 01:11 PM)MG61 Wrote:  I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

I could see an all Texas conference of mid majors someday.
The Smart move Florida and Texas only conference of mid majors.

A one state conference would fail to garner any significant national media interest. It would also only have a limited state interest as it would be lacking the most popular teams in Texas, A&M, and Tech.

You'd also have a hard time getting SMU & Houston to associate with TxSt, UTSA, & UNT. And if you couldn't lure them out of the AAC, you'd have to add more obscure teams like Lamar and SHSU.

A one state conference would not be good, but playing in-state rivals is good. Beginning in 2014 North Texas has a home-home series with nearby SMU that was just extended thru 2025. We'd also like a long term series with Houston.

(05-11-2013 12:33 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(05-11-2013 11:23 AM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(05-11-2013 11:13 AM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  

(05-10-2013 01:11 PM)MG61 Wrote:  I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

I could see an all Texas conference of mid majors someday.
The Smart move Florida and Texas only conference of mid majors.

A one state conference would fail to garner any significant national media interest. It would also only have a limited state interest as it would be lacking the most popular teams in Texas, A&M, and Tech.

You'd also have a hard time getting SMU & Houston to associate with TxSt, UTSA, & UNT. And if you couldn't lure them out of the AAC, you'd have to add more obscure teams like Lamar and SHSU.

A one state conference would not be good, but playing in-state rivals is good. Beginning in 2014 North Texas has a home-home series with nearby SMU that was just extended thru 2025. We'd also like a long term series with Houston.

A two state conference of Florida and Texas 45 million in population .
The top two states for recruiting it wont happen but could work.

(05-11-2013 11:23 AM)mufanatehc Wrote:  

(05-11-2013 11:13 AM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  

(05-10-2013 01:11 PM)MG61 Wrote:  I think I speak on behalf of the entire Dave Campbell’s Texas Football staff when I say: can we hit the pause button on the conference realignment?

In the past three seasons, we’ve had teams in the American Athletic Conference, the Big 12, the Mountain West, the SEC, the WAC, the Sun Belt and Conference USA. And we only cover twelve FBS teams!

And in 2013, we’ll undergo yet another round of conference realignment, as North Texas, Houston, SMU, Texas State and UTSA will all change conferences.

It’s been established for a while that conference realignment has nothing to do with geography. West Virginia is in the Big 12; Missouri is in the Southeastern Conference (and in the East Division, no less); and so on.

But what kinds of geographic impact will this round of conference realignment have on the teams involved? Let’s take a look by comparing the distance from their old conference rivals to their new conference bunkmates.


Geographically, Texas State is the big winner in this round of conference realignment here in the Lone Star State. They shave an average of more than 250 miles off of each of their road trips. As with UTSA, the WAC was never a long-term solution, but this is a good home for Texas State from a geographic standpoint.

Not taken into account in the article is the division breakdown and how it will affect travel. This year (2013) North Texas has conference travel that averages 327.25 miles vs the 648 average shown for the Mean Green in the Sun Belt. 471 to Tulane, 478 to Southern Miss, 266 to Louisiana Tech and 214 to Tulsa. A huge benefit in travel.

Conference realignment benefited a number of Texas teams.

http://www.texasfootball.com/college-news/view/180378

I could see an all Texas conference of mid majors someday.
The Smart move Florida and Texas only conference of mid majors.

A one state conference would fail to garner any significant national media interest. It would also only have a limited state interest as it would be lacking the most popular teams in Texas, A&M, and Tech.

You'd also have a hard time getting SMU & Houston to associate with TxSt, UTSA, & UNT. And if you couldn't lure them out of the AAC, you'd have to add more obscure teams like Lamar and SHSU.

we're playing TTech for the 3rd year in a row. We had 2 games vs UH in 2010 & 12 but I bet they will think long and hard before signing up again, after last year. Unless the revenge factor kicks in.

Texas will never agree to a game with us. I think, besides UTEP and Rice, they're the only TX FBS schools that we haven't played (recently). Rice is a no go while Dave "The Knee" Bailiff is still the coach there.