Um. This is why Texas left the SWC. The same problems that plagued that conference are the same problems that plague this one, except this one is probably worse because some of those schools have horrible athletic programs, particularly the New Mexico schools, SMU, and North Texas. Blech. It would sure be easy to win conference championships, but it doesn’t prepare any of the teams well for the postseason. And the regular season wouldn’t be much drama, with Texas rolling over just about everyone is just about everything.

I’ve posted several reorganization ideas on here, but none has involved anything quite so unbalanced.

I think UT would be better off as an independent than in such a conference. Go indie, then play TAMU, OU, Ark, and a few others every year.

These Conferences are crap. Send some of these schools to div II and strenghten the conferences a little more. I would be fine with adding Arkansas back in the conference like the old SWC and add LSU,drop Oklahoma from the conference but keep the whole Red River Rivalry. A&M stays in the conference as does Tech drop Iowa State and Baylor pick up Ole Miss and keep Oklahoma State there is your Super 8 Conference.

My math didnt add up I guess I should stop drinkin so early

Bring in UH

I had Texas, TAMU, Baylor, Tech, LSU, Arkansas, Houston, TCU, OU, Okie State, Tulsa, and one out of Tulane, Rice, UNT, or SMU.

There is a lot to quibble with here, but I like the idea as a whole. Sure, it pairs powerhouses with weaker schools. But that’s what we do anyway; we just call it the non-conference schedule. The tight-knit geography of this plan makes for a greener league overall, when you think about it. What I dislike are the divisions within conferences, a scheme that bit us in the ass this year. Instead of 10 confereces of 12, how about 12 conferences of 10? Everybody plays everybody, and there’s room for 3 non-games to boot.

I prefer the idea of having 12 conferences with 10 teams each. Everyone plays everyone, you can determine a true conference champion. I think for the most part the current conferences should be kept intact, just do some slight modification. Who would the Big XII lose? Maybe Baylor, but I’d be happy if KSU and IU were gone.

Part of what was difficult for me in creating this plan was that, given my familiarity with West Coast football, I had difficulty anticipating how various fanbases would react to the new conference alignments, and the tearing apart of certain rivalries in particular. I assure you, compromises were made everywhere, and I tried my best not to screw any one school over too completely. Personally, I was intrigued by the possibility of an “all-Texas” league, but perhaps reviving the old SWC wouldn’t be as popular as I’d hoped.

Another idea I’d played around with was taking Texas Tech, UTEP, and the New Mexico schools, pairing them with the Arizona schools in a recreation of the old Border Conference, and then maybe going North to Utah and Colorado and creating some sort of “Four Corners” conference. Then, the remaining 8 Texas schools pair with, say, Oklahoma and Okie State for a 10 team league, tossing in Tulsa and Arkansas for a 12-teamer, if you prefer.