(05-12-2017 05:39 PM)esayem Wrote:  

(05-12-2017 05:00 PM)hawghiggs Wrote:  Nebraska blocked Arkansas from joining the Big 8. Heard that from Frank Broyles during a radio interview several years ago. They where afraid that if Arkansas was allowed as a member it would hurt their rivalry with Oklahoma. So that worked out.

The Big 8 would have been awesome. I don't know what would have happened as far as the merger. I would like to think that it would not have happened and the Big 8 would stay those 9 teams.

Texas and TAMU were still looking to get out of the SWC, so maybe those two with TTU joined to form the Big XII. Or even more interesting, TAMU joined the SEC as it's 11th member (instead of Arkansas) and Baylor still scoots their way into the Big XII.

I would like to have seen A&M go to the SEC, and Texas go to the PAC. This might have allowed the SWC to remain active with maybe New Mexico added.