Oh how things change quickly....

Well in a dramatic turn of events it looks like the Big XII will survive but with 10 teams. Texas has declined the Pac 10's invitation to join the conference. Texas A & M has reportedly done the same. In what seem eminent last week when Nebraska left to join the Big 10 ( which now has 12 teams ) and left the Big XII ( which now has 10 teams ). Somehow the commissioner of the Big XII, with 10 teams, pulled off the unthinkable and kept the conference together and thwarted the vultures, for now.

Colorado and Nebraska have left, and the other 3 big time conferences ( Big Ten, SEC, and Pac 10 ) will be looming for a while.

Buffaloes stampede farther West

It is official, the Colorado Buffaloes have accepted an invitation from the Pac-10 Conference. With the Buffs leaving the Big 12, it is almost certain that the Big 12 "superpowers", that is Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma & Oklahoma State, will follow Colorado's suit and head to the Pac-10. As a Buffs fan, I like the move. It was only a matter of time before the Big 12 dissolved. However, this leaves some of the smaller schools left in the dark. With Nebraska certain to move to the Big 10, with possibly Missouri to follow, the changing of the Division I college athletics landscape will be something that we have never seen before. Stay tuned to see where the dominoes will fall.

Bye Bye Big XII conference

In something that I don't think anyone ever saw happening, not only this year but ever, the Big XII conference looks to be on the brink of folding. In a report just released by www.orangeblood.com Nebraska's board of regents has approved a move to the Big Ten conference. While formal invitations haven't been received it is persumed that both Nebraska and Missouri will receive invitations to join the Big Ten. Now that in and of itself won't kill the Big XII but this will. The same website is reporting that the Pac 10 has extended offers to the following schools: Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma st, Texas A & M, Texas Tech, and Colorado. And that those 6 schools will accept those invitations. This would for a 16 team super conference in the Pac 10 will some big time power house schools.

My feelings on this, If the Big Ten can someone convince Notre Dame to come as well and make it a 14 team conference this will be great. Both Nebraska and Missouri add to the academic side and athletic side to the conference. As for the Big XII I dont understand why all of these schools want to leave but they do for some reason. I know the Pac 10 has expressed interest in forming their own network which can be very lucrative. However, football wise, this make it the toughest conference in the country. With the likes of Texas, Oklahoma, and USC in one conference is flat out ridiculous. They will overtake the SEC as the toughest conference football wise in the country. How the schedules would play out is yet to be seen but it will definantly change the landscape of collegiate athletics for good.