As an outsider looking in it seems a real shame that Texas teams are moving West. It just don't seem right. But when you have conditions that are sided to the top schools, sooner or later there will be problems. It's going to get tougher for Big 12/Texas fans, things will be controled out of state. Good Luck

I am upset for Briles. Baylor didn't have any business in the Big XII but because they were shoehorned in they just delayed the inevitable. Top notch coaches like Briles and Drew that Baylor was able to acquire will have no choice but to move to programs in power conferences. Had BU been in a mid-conference since 96 like they should have been they would be closer to the cat-bird seat.

The remaining Big 12 teams should join together with the SEC to form their own super conference. This way we can compete with the new PAC10 for TV revenue.

I totally disagree with Jim Dunnam. The public schools need to act in their best interest. Texas is a better fit for the Pac 10 or Big 10 and A&M is a better fit for the SEC. I think the state would gain more National exposure if the Aggies and Longhorns split....they could still continue their rivalry out of conference. Baylor stands a better chance of thriving in football if it splits from the Aggies and Longhorns.....and Baylor has already proven it can compete in other sports. If it's not about the money then Baylor should embrace a split.

Looks like CU has already beat Nebraska to the punch and left he Big 12. Sorry Baylor but your lackluster programs won't be missed! Now we can get back to schools with real athletic programs!

Baylor needs a new stadium!!! Floyd Casey isn't big enough and is such an eye sore on Valley mills dr. UT is just a diva school. bunch of bullys in the NCAA.

Let's quit begging,and start contacting the mountain west and secure an invitation before ku, ksu and isu start doing it.

From the beginning of the Big 12, Baylor always thought they could put Southwest Conference effort into running a big time program, and the results were predictably disastrous. It took them a decade to realize the status quo wouldn't cut it. During this time Tech learned how to play with the big boys, and now they're in the conversation. Baylor, on the other hand, maintains a rinky-dink reputation (even with all our other success in other sports) because of how the football program was run, from performance on the field, to facilities, to game day atmosphere, to ticket gates not knowing what they were doing...the list goes on and on. It's a real shame, but we were handed a golden opportunity with the Big 12, and we completely squandered it. There's a reason Sloan is now pres at a tier 6 school and Stanton is watching daytime TV reruns.

Baylor gets what it deserves after Ann Richards pulled a fast one and got Baylor into Big 12. Now Baylor finds itself like TCU, SMU, Rice, and Houston, Texas Schools that were left behind. I would hope TCU would never join the Big 10 and realighn itself with four traitors of the SWC.

Thanks for the very confusing post, Earnest. I supposed this is your lame attempt at encouragement. Did I write that I was going to stop supporting Baylor? Did I say anything like that? You think you are doing a service to the school by being quietly supportive. Let's support our beloved Baylor. Earnest, your attitude and your confusion of acquiescence for love is part of why Baylor is where it is. You are a dime a dozen.

BU football won't be on TV anymore, and no one will be at the stadium for the Rice & UTEP games. Maybe they could just play those games in the new practice facility.

"Never more angry or disappointed?" Lucky you, Russ. My guess is that most Baylor alums and supporters are disappointed, but rather than join in the "blame game," will put this aside, if everything goes the "wrong way," and continue to support Baylor optimistically and with pretty good grace. I understand the temptations of the "blame game," Russ. Your comment has inspired me to succumb. As some say over my way, me, I blame Santa Anna. With better recruits, a better game plan and better coaching he might not have lost so badly to Sam Houston in the San Jacinto Bowl. There would have been no Texas Republic, no B.U., of course, no annexation in '46 or Mexican War in '48, no involvement with the War Between the States, no post-war land grant colleges in these parts (and therefore no AGGIES!), no SWC, no Big Twelve, etc.,etc. And no cause for the biggest disappointment of your life. Cheer up, and don't worry. Bigger disappointments and causes for anger in your life will surely come.

Jim Dunnam is the one with his head in the sand if he thinks this has anything to do with convenience for fans. It has nothing to do with fans and everything to do with TV revenues. The current Pac-10 schools, for the most part, have no trouble drawing sellout or near sellout crowds for all their games. They don't need the "fans" from other schools who might travel to games. Have you ever seen a Pac-10 game on TV. With the exception of some of the in-state rivalry games and any game at USC, there are very few visiting team fans in the stands.

It would be very simple for the Big-12 to survive by replacing departing schools with TCU, Utah, etc. but they would not bring the huge tv markets and money that the PAC-16 deal offers. Unfortunately for the fans, the driving force that will allow the Big-12 to crumble is greed for the biggest money payout that is available.

What has baylor brought to the table each year. An easy win on the schedule.

poor Art Briles...had a chance to be at Tech and in the Pac 16....now at Baylor and in the Mountain West...wow.

They should invite TCU,BOISE STATE,

There was nothing Baylor could have done? It seems to me you pointed out what they could have done. They need to put bodies in the seats for the games. How does a school do that? A viable football program. It doesn't seem to me that the choices and directions for the team have accomplished that. The ticket prices go up, the accomplishments go down. And everyone stands around and says "gee, waco people are terrible for not supporting our team." A winning team will put the fans in the seats. Fans in the seats will allow Baylor to be in the place it wants to be. Coaches like Kevin Steele did not help that program. He was, from all I heard, a pretty nice guy. But in over his head. Baylor blaming the fans for not buying the tickets sounds like they still don't understand the issue.

BT, if Baylor had focused on football like Tech has, hired the right people, been committed to winning in the sport that drives collegiate athletics, then we would be a part of the expanded PAC-16. Carrying it's weight in the most important sport would keep us in the game. You can bury your head in the sand and say we are little old Baylor, not big, Floyd Casey doesn't draw. You think people want to come watch a losing program? What I have I done - I have been a season ticket holder for years. Do I have a fortune to drop on the school to get my name on the stadium? No. But I do what I can. When I am displeased I express my opinion to the administration and to the athletic leadership. I continue to support my alma mater but I express concern when it needs to be expressed. I am honest in my assessment of Baylor when it makes grave mistakes, like it has here. I don't sit on my hands and avoid the mirror. What have you done, BT? Who are you? You are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

russ, I think you really are oblivious to what's going on here. There is nothing Dr. Sloan or Tom Stanton could have done to avoid this. If Baylor is not invited to the PAC-10 or any other existing BCS conference, it is strictly a money issue. Say you are an employer and you have employee who produces nothing for you. He brings little to the table, yet he commends the same salary as your other employees. Why would you keep him? Unless Baylor can place 60,000 fans in Floyd Casey Stadium week after week and the East and West Coast population centers actually are interested in Baylor's football program, Baylor will always be skirting the college football reallignments. In short, there's not much Baylor could have done. TCU and Boise State, who both had phenomenal decades have still been left out of the debate as well. Baylor may well have a great opportunity here still ahead of it - either in the PAC-10 or vamped up Mountain West Conference. Either way, the Bears have been fine. I condemn you for your blaming others in the Baylor family for this, russ. What have you accomplished? Do you bring something to the table to your employer? People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

“We’re committed to keeping....the four Texas schools aligned,” Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw said Wednesday. McCaw and Beebe were clueless and out of the loop - they couldn't see it coming. And now you pretend you are on top of things? You better learn to smoke cigars and get a poker face for that back room.....

So sad it's come to this. Baylor had a golden opportunity to solidify it's standing in major college football when it was graciously included in the Big 12. But instead we had Robert Sloan and Tom Stanton at the helm, two men in way over their heads. So we get jewels like Dave Roberts, Kevin Steele and Guy Morris and the program flounders during its entire stay in the Big 12. But hey we have the best tennis facilities in the country. And a great baseball stadium. Football drives the bus in collegiate athletics and we ignored it like a mangy dog. I also blame the Board of Regents. They should be ashamed. I am an '89 graduate and have followed the program since I was a kid. I have never been more angry and disappointed. Baylor made it's own bed in this mess.

when nebraska leaves, not if, the big 12 should invite the razorbacks to return, or at least try and sway LSU, half their teams are Texans anyways

Maybe the Big 12 should invite Utah, Boise St. and TCU to join the conference and become the Big 14...all programs have been to BCS games.

If Nebraska leaves, the Big 12 should invite Boise St. to join and take Nebraska's place.