Not long after the creation of the Big 12, I predicted that unless the league were to change its divisions, it would see great disparity in football quality, which would lead to growing dissension that could rupture the conference.

Virtually all people who read my warnings assumed I was crazy. After all, they were looking at the Big 12 North, with then top 10 teams Nebraska and Kansas State and recent national champion Colorado.

But the big picture told the tale. Regardless of what is happening now , if one division is much richer in areas like football history, football successes over the previous two decades, average attendance, TV drawing power relative to record (for example, a 10-2 Kansas team would always hav...

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