“Imagine for a moment being an Iowa State fan,” the American-Statesman article starts out. Then it goes into the obvious: Currently 2-0, two stadium sellouts, and “viewed simply as one of the weak links of the Big 12.” Read the whole thing; it sums up the situation pretty well.
The Oklahoman reports, well, not much of anything from the Texas-Oklahoma meeting Sunday, but the American-Statesman says that Oklahoma was already intent on heading for the Pac-Number TBA.
Cyclone Fanatic interviewed Kristi Dosh of BusinessofCollegeSports.com about the situation. The short version: TV money means everything, and TV markets mean everything. Big money big money no whammies…
By the way, if you parse the SEC’s statement Monday, there was nothing in there that didn’t say “…but we will be more than willing to look at Missouri if and when the Big 12 collapses.”