The answer to your question is:

There is absolutely no salvation for the Big XII. Its a decaying conference. The only game that matters is Texas vs OU and that game has completely lost its appeal. Texas is not even competitive in that game anymore.

I went to go visit my friend in Austin a couple of weeks ago. We started talking about football. He started saying that Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State was a pretty important game and that the rivalries between Texas, Baylor, Tech and TCU are pretty relevant.

Its like trying to argue with a 12 year old child. It does not make any sense. Fans of schools in the Big XII live in alternate realities. They are currently in the deny phase, making statements such as "Big XII is the strongest conference top to bottom" etc, etc.

Its all a big fricking joke. You have a conference that added a school in fricking. West. Virginia. The Big 12 strives on being a regional conference. They added TCU, a school that is abysmal in sports not named football and maybe baseball here or there. A school that went through some of their best football programs' years, yet could not even fill up their 50 k stadium. Its like the SWC all over again.

This post was edited on 8/17/13 at 6:47 pm