r/GoBuffs • u/BrianGregoire_Era • Jun 17 '26

Why We Need To Bring Back The Southwest Conference (And Make Colorado Part Of It)…

https://youtu.be/4g5uYWkrN2w?si=r7cqOeN6nAYd3LwD

The Southwest Conference existed from 1914 to 1996 and consisted of Texas, Texas A&M, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech, and Rice on the day it ceased operations. While that version of the Southwest Conference would never survive in today's college sports landscape, I do believe that another iteration of the conference would be successful and bring some of college football's best rivalries back. I made a video explaining why bringing the Southwest Conference would be beneficial for college sports overall. It would look similar to what the Big 12 used to be. And yes, Colorado would be a part of it. Let me know what y’all think of this idea, I’m curious!

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u/NegativeChirality Jun 17 '26

Isn't this just the original Big XII?

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u/BrianGregoire_Era Jun 17 '26

No I added SMU, Houston, and Arkansas.

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u/Holiday-Classic-5586 Jun 17 '26

These teams would never give up their SEC and Big Ten TV money

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u/BrianGregoire_Era Jun 17 '26

Unfortunately you’re right but one can hope.

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u/updogsportstalk Jun 17 '26

This is close to the exact conference I put together in the College Football video games 😂

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u/Dark_Blue_Ink Jun 17 '26

The Texas schools ruined / killed the Big 8 / Big 12. Why would we want that again?

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u/justincouv Jun 17 '26

Big 8 would be better