{"id":80243,"date":"2023-08-28T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=80243"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:46:03","slug":"exciting-series-conference-realignment-creates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/08\/28\/exciting-series-conference-realignment-creates\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Series Conference Realignment Creates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven\u2019t been shy<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/2023\/08\/14\/conference-realignment-rejects-are-the-real-winners\/\"> about my feelings<\/a> on conference realignment, but I am also a firm believer that all events have at least some amount of positive and negative consequences, even if accidentally. I don\u2019t condone the collapse of the Pac-12 or OUT to the SEC, but I can\u2019t pretend there\u2019s nothing to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">College football will regain some rivalries in the coming conference swaps, and the potential for new series to make their own history is there. Even the most pessimistic among us can admit that we look forward to Texas and Texas A&amp;M sharing a conference again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How each of these conferences will structure their schedules is unclear. Divisions are dead, but each league has displayed differing methods for protecting rivalries and rotating opponents. It might take a few years, but eventually, everyone will play everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas vs. Texas A&amp;M<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The irony of the re-introduction of the Longhorns and Aggies is not lost on me, nor the rest of college football. Even though these programs haven\u2019t met on the football field since 2011, you can still feel the animosity across the internet, in the administrations, and the many divided families of East Texas. Texas A&amp;M ditched the Big 12 for more money and to get out of the Longhorns\u2019 shadow to become the SEC\u2019s Lone Star State representative. That worked for about a decade, but Texas started sneaking looks over the fence at the green grass the Aggies enjoyed with their Southeastern friends and grew jealous. Naturally, they couldn\u2019t help themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SR0Atcc2-qw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s how Texas A&amp;M will frame Texas entering their turf, anyway, adding another layer to a rivalry that already has plenty of history and hate behind it. This is one of<a href=\"https:\/\/today.tamu.edu\/2011\/11\/21\/a-look-back-memorable-games-and-historical-moments-that-shaped-the-texas-am-university-of-texas-rivalry\/\"> the best in-state showdowns<\/a> in the sport, and that we\u2019ve gone more than 10 years without it is a tragedy that should never occur. Fortunately, that will soon be rectified, even if unintentionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Utah vs. BYU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Holy War is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/sports\/2021\/9\/9\/22660810\/byu-cougars-utah-utes-rivalry-has-taken-many-turns-lavell-edwards-kyle-whittingham-kalani-sitake\"> one of the nastiest and fiercest rivalries<\/a> in collegiate athletics. With Utah and BYU soon to share the Big 12, conference title implications could be back on the menu. This rivalry had enough stakes already, but us neutrals will gladly welcome more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Utes and Cougars haven\u2019t missed many years since 1922 after first meeting in 1896, with their rivalry surviving the wild ride of several rounds of realignment. They stuck together through the rise and fall of the Rocky Mountain Conference, Mountain States Athletic Conference, Skyline Conference, and WAC, but they separated in 2011 when Utah left the Mountain West for the Pac-12 and BYU made its football independent. Still, the schools made an effort to play one another, and they\u2019re now back under one roof more than a decade later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This immediately becomes one of the best rivalries in the Big 12. Hopefully, the conference will give it priority on rivalry week, and we\u2019ll get to enjoy The Beehive State\u2019s biggest hate fest on the last week of every season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i2NtO9SzVQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorado vs. Old Big 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike most of the schools trading conferences in 2024, Colorado is entering familiar territory. The Buffaloes were the seventh of eight programs to make up the Big 8 and remained in the league when it grew to 12 in 1996. By the time they exited for the Pac-12 in 2011, the Buffs had spent more than 60 years in the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the modern Big 12 is missing a few of the main characters from its Big 8 days, Colorado\u2019s migration to the league means it\u2019s reunited with the likes of Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State, all of whom the Buffaloes have played at least 47 times in their history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains to be seen how the Big 12 will structure its conference schedules. We don\u2019t know how often Colorado and its Big 8 associates will assemble. But we know the Buffs will be playing their old, historic foes a lot more frequently moving forward than they have been for the last decade-plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas vs. Arkansas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the SEC in 1992, four years before it fully dissolved. Prior to their exit, the Razorbacks had played the Longhorns every year dating back to 1932. Since these programs parted ways, they\u2019ve met just six times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But more than three decades later, Texas still ranks second among Arkansas\u2019s all-time most played opponents, while the Razorbacks are sixth on the Longhorns\u2019 list. The animosity from back in the day isn\u2019t the same as it once was, but regular competition could bring it right back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lII09ugBqMk?si=1alpijUg1uraWvlt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a portion of Arkansas fans who have never viewed Texas as anything but their top rival. That same tone doesn\u2019t ring in Austin, but once the Razorbacks are routinely on the schedule, I\u2019m sure Arkansas will return to the radar.<a href=\"https:\/\/arkansasrazorbacks.com\/from-the-desk-of-hunter-yurachek-sep-8\/\"> There\u2019s a lot of history<\/a> between these two going all the way back to their first-ever meeting in 1894, and some close games will bring the best \u2013 or worst, depending on your perspective \u2013 out of the respective fan bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oklahoma vs. Missouri<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oklahoma and Missouri both come in at the fifth position on each\u2019s all-time most played opponents lists, a testament to how much history there is between these two former Big 8 schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, it\u2019s not the marquee rivalry for either program \u2013 Oklahoma always had its eyes set on Texas and Nebraska, while Missouri was more fixated on Kansas \u2013 but you can\u2019t play nearly every year from 1910 through 1995 and have nothing between you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, the Sooners have won almost 70 percent of the 96 matchups between these two, and the dividing of the Big 12 into the North and South cut down their frequency of competition in the decade and a half prior to Mizzou bolting for the SEC. But there will be some added fuel to the fire when these two meet as conference mates again. It\u2019s not on the same level as some other series on this list, but it does have more than a century behind it. Plus, Missouri is still looking for a rivalry dance partner more than 10 years into its SEC adventure, and while Oklahoma will still have Texas in the SEC, it\u2019s also losing almost all of its historic counterparts in the move. The circumstances and familiarity will turn this into a matchup that both programs circle each preseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cincinnati vs. West Virginia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though their first game came in 1921, Cincinnati and West Virginia only played seven times prior to 1987, and the Bearcats didn\u2019t muster their first victory over WVU until 2003. Any serious feelings between the two were kindled in the 2000s in the Big East \u2013 the Bearcats won at least a piece of the league\u2019s title three times in the seven years they shared the conference with the Mountaineers when WVU was in one of its best-ever eras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four of their seven games as Big East competitors were decided by five points or fewer. The outcomes of the 2007, 2008, and 2011 directly determined those Big East championships. It wasn\u2019t quite the Backyard Brawl of the Keg of Nails, but it was turning into something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XhtPWRmq7g\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These programs haven\u2019t matched up since Big East football dissolved, but they\u2019ll now be each other\u2019s closest opponent in the new-look Big 12. The conference will do what it can to promote this as a rivalry, and considering no one else in the league is geographically close enough for either fan base to interact with in person much, expect this to heat up as the years go by, especially if one or both can shoulder its way toward the top of the Big 12 pile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Houston vs. Old SWC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Big 12 accepted Houston as a future member last summer, it guaranteed the revival of several Southwest Conference series that have been barely played or defunct for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 1976 through 1995, Houston played Texas Tech, TCU, and Baylor every season as conference mates. Since then, the Cougars have come together with the Red Raiders six times, the Horned Frogs on five occasions, and not even once with the Bears. Now, you can expect these in-state showdowns with regularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who haven\u2019t experienced it cannot understand how deep football runs in Texas. It doesn\u2019t matter what it means on a national scale \u2013 when old SWC teams go at it, the Lone Star State is on watch. Those of us who enjoy the regionality of college football are in for a treat upon Houston\u2019s reunification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas Tech vs. Arizona<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Way back around the time when your grandparents were born, Texas Tech and Arizona shared a conference. In 1931, Arizona was one of five charter members of the Border Conference. One year later, Texas Tech joined the league to bump its membership total to six. That spawned the series in 1932. The Wildcats and Red Raiders met annually from 1946 through 1959 \u2013 though Texas Tech left the Border Conference for the Southwest Conference in 1957 \u2013 and renewed relations in 1971, competing against one another for eight straight seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JoQ-ffY7lG0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1980, Texas Tech and Arizona have played just three times, and the Red Raiders have mostly dominated their desert counterparts, thoroughly commanding the all-time series lead,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winsipedia.com\/arizona\/vs\/texas-tech\"> 26-5-2<\/a>. Whatever there once was hasn\u2019t been around for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the landscape is different now, and this could become a fun series in the Big 12 if the Wildcats can do more against the Red Raiders than they have historically. Old tensions can be refueled if<a href=\"http:\/\/allsportstucson.com\/2017\/07\/13\/no-50-game-in-arizona-history-wildcats-beat-rival-texas-tech-with-unfathomable-rally\/\"> the action on the field lights a spark<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ohio State vs. USC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is plenty of distance between Columbus and Los Angeles, but the Buckeyes and Trojans have shared a field more often than you probably think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USC and Ohio State have had 24 all-time contests between them since they first clashed in 1937. A good chunk of those were intentionally scheduled \u2013 the programs had four different home-and-homes in the late 1930s and 1940s \u2013 but their historic excellence is the main reason why they reach rank within the other\u2019s top 15 most common opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On eight different occasions, these teams have met in a big-time bowl, most recently in the 2017 Cotton Bowl. The other seven took place at the Rose Bowl, all at a time when the best of the Big Ten and Pac-10 defined the Granddaddy of Them All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are two of the most successful programs in college football, and they already have<a href=\"https:\/\/ohiostatebuckeyes.com\/news\/2009\/9\/11\/osu-usc-a-little-history\"> notable history between them<\/a>. I expect the Big Ten to lean into this series pretty hard and for it to become a secondary rivalry for both programs within the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVZOtw82Ubw?si=agxfh2rQ7C6E4o-7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Texas vs. LSU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Longhorns traveled to Baton Rouge in 1896 for the first-ever football game between Texas and LSU, and the Tigers made the return trip three years later in 1899. The programs continued to schedule one another every so often in the 1900s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, but that came to a close following the 1954 contest. Since then, the teams have played three times \u2013 twice in the Cotton Bowl in 1963 and 2003, and once through intentional scheduling in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A roughly seven-hour drive is all that separates Austin and Baton Rouge. These are two of the biggest teams in the SEC we\u2019re soon to see, both with rabid, insatiable fan bases. There are ample cultural differences to encourage that delicious othering that fuels so many tasty sports rivalries. The all-time series record is tight (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winsipedia.com\/games\/texas\/vs\/lsu\">Texas leads, 9-8-1<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the ingredients for hate are here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference realignment may have eliminated many great college football rivalries, but it will create new ones that we can appreciate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[797,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-ncaa-college-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exciting Series Conference Realignment Creates | The Poolside 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