For a brief moment over the weekend, it looked as if the college football landscape was about to completely implode.  The Big 12 conference, one of the nation’s top football conferences and a staple in college football’s elite BCS championship system, was very nearly turn asunder.  Colorado left the conference for the sunny confines of the Pac-10; Nebraska left for the colder confines of the Big Ten.  Fortunately for the Big 12, Texas is staying put.  However, while things could be much worse, the college football landscape will be radically different.

The Big 12 now has 10 members; the Big Ten now has 12 members; the Pac-10 now has 11 members, and Boise State is joining the Mountain West conference, pushing that conference to potential BCS status with 10 members (assuming Utah doesn’t become the 12th member of the Pac-10), a history of big wins over quality opponents, and stellar post-season performance year after year.  The new Mountain West has more BCS victories than the ACC and current Big East combined (and more than the Pac-10, not counting crooked USC)!

The rumor was that the entire Big 12 South was poised to leave for the Pac-10, to become the Pac-16.  Then all sorts of crazy stuff would’ve happened; fortunately, the world continues to make sense, at least for the time being.  The bowl games survive another year!

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