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Old 01-03-2014, 01:44 PM   #1837
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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch View Post
There were 2 major votes: Headquarters and commish. CU voted against KC and Mizzou voted against Frederick. The old Big 8 schools couldn't band together. Only KSU-Kan-ISU-Nubs stuck together.

The Big 8 needed the SWC to survive obviously, but thank god Texas demanded to only bring ATM, Tech and Baylor. The original agreement was to bring all 8 of them inc Rice, Houston, SMU, etc.....
Based on what?

My recollection was that the Big 8 really only wanted Texas and A&M. Politics got involved to bring in Baylor (thanks to Anne Richards) and Tech (some Senator got them in ).

I have no memory at all of the Big 8 trying to bring in the entire SWC. The SWC was crumbling and its members were looking everywhere. The Big 8 struck hard and had a home for the 2 most attractive options that would allow them to continue playing each other.
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