Why not dump Colorado off into the Mountain West, where they'd probably be a lot happier playing the likes of Colorado State (how about giving THAT rivalry game some real meaning, the way the Big 12 did for OU-Texas), Air Force (another in-state school right down the road), BYU, Utah, all those western mountain-oriented schools with whom the alcoholic potheads in Boulder would be much happier?
Who should we take in return? Definitely TCU. TCU was in the old Southwest Conference with many of the current Big 12 South members, and as another Texas school, would fit in perfectly. I never understood why the Horned Frogs got dissed by the Big 12, and for Baylor, no less. (How has that call worked out, Big 12 people?) Baylor's coming back, but they've been a perennial doormat since the league was founded, they were a perennial doormat BEFORE the league was founded, they will be a perennial doormat for quite some time, and they should never have been admitted in the first place. TCU's got some game, even beating Oklahoma to start the 2005 season. They also have some real tradition. They have two national championships in 1935 and 1938, and one Heisman Trophy winner, the late great Davey O'Brien, also in 1938. CU has one of each, and neither particularly noteworthy; the 1990 NC was a split with Georgia Tech (the only NC that CU has won in any sport that didn't involve riding on snow with long, flat boards on your feet), and the Heisman winner was Rashaan Salaam (who?).
Unfortunately, the Big 12 would never dump Baylor to bring in TCU, so I say, move CU to the MWC, take TCU into the Big 12, and move Oklahoma State to the Big 12 North to even everything out (which is probably the closest they'll ever get to a championship...they would RULE the North if they played in it). I think it would work great, and definitely make the conference stronger.
Thanks for reading along.
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