Since the pending move to the Big 12 is now official, I thought it would be a good time to look at the conference, travel distances (from Morgantown), airport access, stadium/arena capacities, coaches, recent records and bowl game affiliations. For comparison sake:
- Morgantown is 81 miles from the Pittsburgh (PIT) airport and 34 miles from the Clarksburg/Bridgeport (CKB) airport.
- Milan Puskar Stadium officially holds 60,000 and the WVU Coliseum holds 14,000.
Travel Information
School | Location | Distance | Nearest Major Airport/Distance to School |
Baylor Bears | Waco, TX | 1299 miles |
Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) 112 miles |
Iowa St. Cyclones | Ames, IA | 874 miles | Des Moines (DSM) 43 miles |
Kansas Jayhawks | Lawrence, KS | 906 miles | Kansas City (MCI) 50 miles |
Kansas St. Wildcats | Manhattan, KS |
982 miles | Kansas City (MCI) 130 miles, Salina (SLN) 74 miles |
Oklahoma Sooners | Norman, OK | 1004 miles |
Oklahoma City (OKC) 22 miles |
Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Stillwater, OK |
1087 miles | Oklahoma City (OKC) 67 miles, Tulsa (TUL) 78 miles |
Texas Longhorns | Austin, TX | 1399 miles | Austin (AUS) 8 miles, San Antonio (SAT) 75 miles |
Texas Christian Horned Frogs |
Ft. Worth, TX | 1241 miles | Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) 31 miles |
Texas Tech Red Raiders | Lubbock, TX | 1471 miles | *Lubbock (LBB) 10 miles, Amarillo (AMA) 133 miles |
+Missouri Tigers | Columbia, MO | 741 miles | St. Louis (STL) 111 miles, Kansas City (MCI) 145 miles |
*Not sure how "major" these airports are
+I've included Missouri in these tables because they still haven't left the conference yet
#Waiting
Football Information
School |
Stadium Capacity |
Head Coach | Current Record |
Baylor | 46,000/50,000* | Art Briles | 4-3 |
Iowa St. | 55,000 | Paul Rhoads | 4-4 |
Kansas | 50,071 | Turner Gill | 2-6 |
Kansas St. | 51,000 | Bill Snyder | 7-1 |
Oklahoma | 82,112 | Bob Stoops | 7-1 |
Oklahoma St. |
60,218 | Mike Gundy | 8-0 |
Texas | 100,119 | Mack Brown | 5-2 |
TCU | 44,358 | Gary Patterson | 6-2 |
Texas Tech | 60,454 | Tommy Tuberville |
5-3 |
Missouri | 71,004 | Gary Pinkel | 4-4 |
*Baylor has several sections usually tarped over, but will uncover them in the instance of high ticket demand
Bowl Tie-Ins
Bowl | Location | Opponent Conference |
Fiesta Bowl | Glendale, AZ | BCS |
Cotton Bowl Classic | Arlington, TX | SEC |
Alamo Bowl | San Antonio, TX |
PAC-12 |
Insight Bowl | Tempe, AZ | B1G |
Holiday Bowl | San Diego, CA | PAC-12 |
Meineke Car Care Bowl |
Houston, TX | B1G |
Pinstripe Bowl | New York, NY | Big East |
TicketCity Bowl | Dallas, TX | B1G |
Military Bowl | Washington, DC | ACC |
Basketball Information
School | Arena Capacity | Head Coach | 2010-2011 Record |
Baylor | 10,284 | Scott Drew | 18-13 |
Iowa St. | 14,356 | Fred Hoiberg | 16-16 |
Kansas | 16,300 | Bill Self | 35-3 |
Kansas St. | 12,528 | Frank Martin | 23-11 |
Oklahoma | 12,000 | Lon Kruger | 14-18 |
Oklahoma St. |
13,611 | Travis Ford | 20-14 |
Texas | 16,755 | Rick Barnes | 28-8 |
TCU | 7,200 | Jim Christian | 11-22 |
Texas Tech | 15,091 | Billy Gillispie | 13-19 |
MIssouri | 15,067 | Frank Haith | 23-11 |
SB Nation Blogs
School | Blog Name | Blog URL |
Baylor | N/A | N/A |
Iowa St. | Wide Right & Natty Lite | http://www.widerightnattylite.com/ |
Kansas | Rock Chalk Talk | http://www.rockchalktalk.com/ |
Kansas St. | Bring On The Cats | http://www.bringonthecats.com/ |
Oklahoma | Crimson And Cream Machine | http://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com/ |
Oklahoma St. | Cowboys Ride For Free | http://www.cowboysrideforfree.com/ |
Texas | Burnt Orange Nation | http://www.burntorangenation.com/ |
TCU | Frogs O' War | http://www.frogsowar.com/ |
Texas Tech | Double T Nation | http://www.doubletnation.com/ |
Missouri | Rock M Nation | http://www.rockmnation.com/ |
Big 12 Hoops | http://www.big12hoops.com/ |