Corn Flakes: How We Play

“‘How We Play’ will showcase the strengths and uniqueness of Big 12 membership as we move forward into our bright and stable future,” said Commissioner Dan Beebe. “It will allow us to continue our place as one of the nation’s premier intercollegiate athletic conferences.”

The Big XII conference image has been forever tarnished, there is no going back from this point Mark Cuban. Isn’t he the guy who was pressing for a postseason tourney in college football and wouldn’t super conferences be a step towards that?

Anyhow the damage is done and all of the Big XII schools need to pick their new conference seats and move on. I am sure there is a job for Dan Beebe in the Texas press box.

Makes me wonder if he’s watched any football in the last decade. Scheduling impacts by super-conferences? Has he missed the Thursday, Friday, all-day Saturday and Tuesday games that are the norm?

The Yankees-Red Sox example was good, but not for the reason he gave it. Rather, because when’s the last time you heard of a game in the AL East other than the Yankees-Red Sox? Exactly! You never do! Replace Yankees and Red Sox with Horns and Sooners and you’ll have the same thing the Big 9 can look forward to. Kansas -Kansas St. will be just as ignored in a smaller conference as it is in the current one, which basically means the date will go unnoticed 49 of the 50 states pretty much. Newsflash for Cuban, being like the AL East is NOT a desirable thing. It’s a case study in everything that’s wrong with baseball.

Superconferences dilute rivalries? Ask the SEC what it thinks of that assessment, Mark.

Sure, if you go about your superconference in the inept and short-sighted manner the Big 12 did and sever a rivalry (OU-NU) and attempt to manufacture one in its place (CU-NU), then, yes, you’ve diluted your product. If you put some thought to the needs of ALL of your league, like the B1G did, you can keep traditional rivalries, such as Mich-OSU, and create some new ones that will flourish (Iowa-Nebraska).

I respect Cuban for having more money than I’ll make in my lifetime, but he’s so far off base on this one as to make it seem like a comedy sketch.

Sure, if you go about your superconference in the inept and short-sighted manner the Big 12 did and sever a rivalry (OU-NU) and attempt to manufacture one in its place (CU-NU), then, yes, you’ve diluted your product. If you put some thought to the needs of ALL of your league, like the B1G did, you can keep traditional rivalries, such as Mich-OSU, and create some new ones that will flourish (Iowa-Nebraska).