... from what seemed a death sentence by the mystic powers that be within the Big 12 and a healthy dose of promised TV money, the Big 12 is alive and well. So, what does the 2011 season hold for the new Big 12, realigned in a sleeker, slimmed-down, 10-team format? Nebraska is bolting for the Big Ten, while Colorado is making a mad dash westward to join the Pac-10. The divisional system and conference championship arrangement looks to be gone, cast away and replaced with what is being touted as the superior format of teams facing each other yearly. All that remains is shades of the Big 8 intricately woven with pieces of a disheveled Southwest Conference—elements of the past blended together to make a concoction called the “new an...

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