I know many are sick of talking about realignment/expansion, but hear me out- for some reason this just hit me.

All this time, we've been talking about how lucky the Big 12 is to be alive and now that it is, whether it can survive. On top of that, we've got the arguments for who won out of the whole mess- most people have the Big 12 at losing, considering we lost two original Big 8 members.

But maybe there's something we're missing here, something that we're so blinded by anger or at least the need to blame, that we didn't realize it has the potential to really rock the college football landscape in the next 10 years...

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So many hilarious things are coming out of the uncertainty. Guess it's best to laugh now while we still can:

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Thought I'd start off with a bang introducing myself with a post. I'm mikedrawjayhawk, and I'm a Jayhawk by the grace of God (hi mikedrawjayhawk!). '07 grad, stuck in the frozen north that is Detroit- Big 10 country. Unfortunately I don't have much insider info about the thoughts from the fans/media/conference honchos, but I do have some thoughts as a fan (have to give credit to a friend/Syracuse fan too). Been lurking for a while now, thought I'd use this as an excuse to speak up.

Regarding the conference realignment clusterjunk. It seems many of us are agreed that we will be left on the outside when the big boys decide to consolidate their powers. Unfortunately, I agree, as it seems the main reasons the conferences are wanting to consolidate include:

1. money (tv revenue)

2. football

3. money

4. academics

5. money

None of which KU has in greater quantities than most of the schools mentioned for realignment. We don't have the academic affiliations nor the football pedigree to go to the Big 10, we don't have the media market to go to the PAC-10, and playing football in the SEC is suicide for us. So here's my proposal for keeping the Big 12 together:

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