That is a good point, and another reason why I don't like these conferences raiding each other.
One of the great things about college football is the existence of real rivalries, that go way back. Texas versus Cal Berkley? I don't think so. I guess they feel that with six of them leaving together, and heading for the same division of the Pac-16, they'll preserve enough of the traditional rivalries. Who knows? It's all about the money anyway. The only question I have is what, if anything, will the SEC do? Texas would be a better fit for us, but they seem to want to go Hollywood. Go Gators!!!! Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -----Original Message----- From: <ke...@baldwinnc.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:46:55 To: <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Buncha change comin! Yes and how long have these teams been playing each other? Many of these teams started playing each for over 75 years! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference#Rivalries what happens when they move to different conferences? -------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Buncha change comin!From: ken...@earthlink.net <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Conference#Rivalries> Date: Thu, June 10, 2010 1:41 pm To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com <mailto://gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Keith wrote: If these teams leave their conference after so many decades - what does that tell their fans, alumni, players, recruits, lettermen, etc? ---------- The Big 12 is a relatively new conference. It was formed with teams from the Big 8 and the Southwest Conference, back when almost the entire Southwest Conference was on probation and some even facing the Death Penalty (e.g., Southern Methodist), if I recall correctly. Go Gators!!!! Ken B. (NYC Gator) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us <http://www.gatornet.us> -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
