WVU to Big 12

It finally appears to be happening: West Virginia has had one foot out of the door with its athletic program in the Big East and not it seems they are abandoning ship and swimming over to the Big 12.

By making the move, WVU will be leaving a doomed conference and entering one with more Bowl stability as well as a shared interest in basketball. WVU's stadium size is appropriate for the Big 12 conference, whereas WVU may have been undersized had they gone to the SEC or Big Ten.

Because there are two sides to every story, there are negative aspects to WVU's move. While the Big 12 is a decent conference, they certainly aren't the ACC or SEC, from a geographically standpoint anyway. Travel for fans will not be easy in the Big 12. Further, there is the potential for future conference movement (ingress and egress) for the Big 12. Who knows what will happen in the future? Finally, success in the Big 12 could prove to be more difficult.

What are your thoughts?

Baylor Highest Ranked for Big 12 in Coaches poll

The preseason coaches poll was released Thursday afternoon and it featured no Big 12 teams in the top-10.

Baylor was No. 12, Kansas No. 13, Texas A&M No. 19 and Missouri No. 25.

North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio State, Connecticut and Syracuse made up the coaches' poll's top five.

Big 12 Conference Changes

The Big 12 appears to be losing Missouri to the SEC in the next couple of days, but appears to already have a replacement in mind. The target team to replace the Tigers is West Virginia.

According to sources in the Big 12 and the Big East, the Big 12 expansion will hold at 10 teams for the time being. Though Missouri will leave for the SEC next season, West Virginia will not be available to the Big 12 until 2014.

The Big East is expected to offer invitations to Boise State, Southern Methodist, Houston, Central Florida, Air Force and Navy over the next several days.

Baylor and Texas A&M Battle of Hostility

Robert Griffin III. AKA Robert Griffin !!!

He is a major reason why No. 20 Baylor heads into Saturday's showdown against No. @! Texas A&M as Texas' top-ranked team.

The Bears are sitting at 4-1 while Texas A&M is at 3-2.

The last time Baylor headed into a game as the state's highest-ranked college football team, it was 1991 and we were in the cyber boom.

Both teams are definitely preparing for a hostile environment. While A&M's move from conference to conference remained in limbo, a maroon billboard with white lettering surfaced in Waco, "Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's conference deal." College Station merchants began selling a T-shirt with the slogan: "It sucks to BU." The BU appeared in Baylor school colors.

Wow I can't wait to watch the game and see what happens!