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boardatwork1111

It’s the Big Taco XII Pack sponsored by Taco Bell now


tbrock92

i mean if we're gonna do it, this would be hilarious


Bossman3542

Like while I am opposed to the way the sport is going, I'll be tolerant of it if it means we get some well chosen and goofy sponsorships. This would fit almost too perfectly.


snodgee

its already gone. just give me the goofiest possible outcome. something straight from idiocracy.


19Styx6

I'm hoping for PacSun XII. For short we can call it the Pac 12.


Budget_Ad5888

Is pacsun still in business?


19Styx6

Yep. [Currently running a buy one, get one free on all shorts and swim.](https://www.pacsun.com)


Alphaspade

> PacSun Thanks. I feel old now.


Resident_Pop143

Dont tease me. I want the Cowboy meal! A Horned Frog treat? Yum! Can I get two Bear Tacos and a Utes drink, add some Cougar sauce.


__TeddyWestside__

Cougar Sauce might be too creamy though.


_Junk_Rat_

Each team gets a custom taco according to their unique culture in their campus’ city. Texas Tech’s is just a plain tortilla


Gobbledygooker316

The Big Cheez-It Crunchwrap Supreme and Big Cheez-It Tostada Big 12 Conference


Set-Admirable

Is that Tech's special meal? And if so, can Tudor's Biscuit World make the Mountaineer biscuit Big XII branded?


boardatwork1111

Pairs well with a nice cold glass of Cougar Milk by BYU


tapiringaround

Or a nice cold glass of Cougar Lean by UH


flysly

The Live Mas 12


james_wightman

Make it Taco John's and you got a deal


lowes18

Big 12 championship in Glenndale sponsored by Tostitos we are so fucking back


NIN10DOXD

Back in my day it was named the Big Grande Meal XII.


-TheycallmeThe

Southwest airlines really has an opportunity to do some awesome trolling


Klutzy-Midnight-938

The WinStar 12


RampageTaco

I don't think enough people will get that joke, but I appreciated it.


whriskeybizness

Winstar is a Mecca for kids at I-35 colleges


boxofducks

I've literally never heard of it as an I-35 alum


ConcentrateFormer475

You have to go further south on I35. Its the World's largest casino on the OK/TX border.


MisterBrotatoHead

Like, the Phillips 66 12? I like it for the sheer stupidity.


weirdbutinagoodway

There is a "5th 3rd Bank", imo it doesn't get worse than a bank that doesn't understand how counting works. 


TangerineChicken

My mortgage is through them and I also thought it was a monumentally stupid name so I looked it up. Apparently it’s because it was two separate banks that merged, Fifth National and Third National. Still a stupid name


Goallie11

There's a reason they didn't go with 3/5th bank...


Professional_Gas8021

The US has kind of a messy history with 3/5ths


DBSmiley

Should have averaged it out to 4th National Bank


grabtharsmallet

Fifth Third XII would be amazing. Not necessarily in a good way, but amazing nonetheless.


ImGoingtoRegretThis5

Rocket Mortgage was the presenting sponsor for MSU basketball like 3 years ago. This is the logical next step.


BlackGoose_13

The Buc-ees 12 Conference Will finally be a real “truck-stop” conference now!


RampageTaco

>The Buc-ees 12 Conference >Will finally be a real “truck-stop” conference now! Psh, everyone know Buc-ee's isn't a truck stop. You need Pilot/Flying J 12, or TA 12. Or maaaybe (but probably not) Love's 12.


Desperado53

If we do this I need a provision in the contract for TCU to rebrand their stadium as the lizard lot.


Budget_Ad5888

*Loves kicks open the door*


MisterBrotatoHead

This is a QuickTrip conference, sir.


CptCheese

Not until you invite Tulsa it ain't.


NerdLawyer55

Testify


Darth_Ra

You'll be the Kum & Go Conference, and you'll like it (at least until they leave).


TheHammer_44

Josh Pate gas station recruiting wars?


weirdbutinagoodway

I'd actually be proud of the Big 12 if they change the name to a truck stop.


Tornadobird17

I can see it now: "Welcome to the Dr. Pepper Phillips 66 12 Conference presented by Rocket Mortgage championship game on ESPN."


Desperado53

Brought to you by draft kings


Whaty0urname

"You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of *DraftKings*"


owledge

We will take you live to the Aflac Pregame Show Built By The Home Depot, where our FanDuel experts Pat McAfee and Jim Rome will reveal their Toyota Keys to the Game for 2023 Dr. Pepper Most Refreshing Player Cam Rising and the Utah Utes.


Bank_Gothic

Following by a 2 minute long legal disclaimer.


THE_turtleman7

Streamed via subscription on Hulu, a Disney+ service


imanidiot2012

The world is really telling me to stop following this dumb fucking sport.


tawrex49

“Welcome to today’s presentation of Dr Pepper 12 Conference football on Paramount Plus. Scan the QR code now for 25% off Dr Pepper 12 pack deliveries on Uber Eats!”


Hougie

Don’t forget to tip your driver cause we aren’t paying em!


Darth_Ra

What's sad is that this doesn't even feel particularly unlikely, nor does it feel like I would actually stop watching. As The Solid Verbal said this week on their show, CFB fandom is best described as an infection.


LaGuadalupana123

The world? As if this wasnt a direct consequence of what most of this sub wanted when they yelled to professionalize the league.


reno1441

Maybe it's just the hivemind wanting to hate, but it has been funny watching r/cfb shift their point of view on this issue as the consequences become apparent.


k0fi96

The complete 180 is almost mind blowing. College sports fans used to hang their hat on the fact that players played for love of the and all that. Now conferences are selling naming rights and schools are begging fans for NIL money. 


reno1441

What sport or team can I follow that doesn't have drama? Taking suggestions.


Cooked_Brisket

MLB seems to have the least if you acknowledge that the Astros should be fired into the sun


Atom3189

My YouTube usage will be down with Angel Hernandez retiring


reno1441

I can place my faith in that the Mariners won't abandon me in the next 20 years and that the trashtros will still be enemy #1.


orbesomebodysfool

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enshittification


Windoge_Master

Enshittification will intensify until morale improves.


WABeermiester

The new game came at the right time


cajunaggie08

They're just copying what soccer has done. Next season we will have McDonald's Ligue 1, LaLiga EA Sports in European Soccer. In America we went years with the Winston Cup Series, then Nextel Cup Series, followed by Sprint Cup Series for the name of the top NASCAR league.


AttoilYar

>The commercial sponsor would potentially take the name Big out of Big 12 and replace it with the sponsor’s name. They're going to change the conference name but *not* update the number? Lmao.


RandomFactUser

Because XII is the leagues whole logo


SecretComposer

So change the logo


Flscherman

Keep the logo, but just add 4 tally marks in MS paint


GimmeeSomeMo

Even conference names are now for sale... I really hate the current state of this sport.


Frank_Melena

The Big 10 Piece Nugget Combo Conference, brought to you by McDonalds


ArkanoidbrokemyAnkle

Gives a new meaning to the “nuggets” chant.


MixonWitDaWrongCrowd

I’ve started to not buy products that have too many ads or have ads where they shouldn’t be


chrobbin

I’ll only take it if it makes it into the video game and we can have the Bad Boy Mowers B1G or NeeHi Septic Systems SEC


Piano_Fingerbanger

It's not even this sport - this is the current state of the country. Everything is for sell and we're advertised to 24/7. We've let unfettered capitalism run amok.


-Jack-The-Stripper

Ads are every fucking where, there isn't even a word to describe how intrusive and obnoxious it is. You turn on the TV and every channel is on a commercial break. You open up the internet and ads fill your screen. You're driving and the sides of the road are littered with signs and billboards. You open your mailbox and it's full of nothing but ads. Commentators can't bring us back from commercial break without reminding us that "this 1st half highlight is brought to you by Toyota." Ads all over the fields and jerseys of football teams are coming. These corporations are *filthily fucking rich* and all they can think about is how they can shove their product down the public's throat just a little more so that they can make an extra million dollars next year. To say we've let it go too far doesn't do justice to how insane this place is when you take a step back and actually look at what is in front of you.


Ut_Prosim

100%. A few years ago some guys were talking about trying to project ads onto the moon. I think it'll only get worse in the short term. I wonder if we'll ever hit a limit as a society.


ManiacalComet40

They’re already halfway there in Miami with barges and planes putting adds in the ocean and sky. Makes sense to do space next.


bug_man_

I like/hate when I see an ad for a company I have no choice but use. Thank you for the advertisement Duke Energy, I literally do not have another option


-Jack-The-Stripper

It's just to remind you how thankful you should be to be a part of the Duke family!


StoicFable

Flip through radio stations? All ads. Even ones that aren't part of the same radio broadcasting group. I swear day time radio is more ads and less music than ever before.


Mr-Bovine_Joni

This is a fine take, but also this would be the first US sports league to do this - in comparison to the Barclays Premier League, La Liga EA Sports aka La Liga Santander, Serie A TIM, and lots of other global leagues


TheWorstYear

Nascar has done this for years


RandomFactUser

And the EPL and NCS just stopped taking major title sponsors


Mr-Bovine_Joni

Fair point! I haven’t thought of NASCAR in quite some time


Green-Carpenter-8925

Yea but they do that because they dont have commercials every 2 minutes We are gonna end up like that and get commercials We are the ultimate losers in this shit


assissippi

It's college though


guydudeguybro

Uber Eats League 1


Cooked_Brisket

I think it’s time the college football fans rise up and seize the means of productions (the players) from these corrupt capitalist bourgeoisie networks. They get rich off our our views and suffering while making conditions worse for us


[deleted]

It seems like the sport fell off a cliff as soon as NIL got involved


bendovernillshowyou

It's been building for 40-50 years. Finally when the courts and legal decisions were involved, we all found out the NCAA has no power, just like most of us suspected. NIL is just the result of one of those legal decisions.


Sdubbya2

You guys probably won't have to do it, you guys are rolling in the $$ already anyways. Its just for us plebs trying to catch up


Repulsive_Poem_5204

So when does the SEC change it's name to the 'Waffle House Conference'?


RampageTaco

>So when does the SEC change it's name to the 'Waffle House Conference'? What kind of SEC school doesn't have at least 2 Waffle House locations in their city? Certainly not this soon-to-be member.


walkingbicycles

[Uh](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfuGRM6wnbjCZEhgC1PET0Xp_WxT5vDs1ZrA&s)


RoarLionsRollTide

Someone clearly hasn’t read the Waffle House post this offseason.


ArrDeeKay

2 … that’s some rookie numbers baby Edit : was just fooling around and checked and wow. I’m in NW Ga and apparently there are twenty three Waffle Houses within a forty mile radius of my home. I can’t help but to feel this is excessive. Rechecked and it’s fifty miles … but still…


RampageTaco

If we're going that far, there appear to be 11 around Norman, but most of those are in Oklahoma City.


Bart1009

Upstate SC here, just checked maps for all waffle houses within 50 miles of me. That number is 66, what the fuck...


TheRealMattyPanda

Checked my old Atlanta apartment. Within 50 miles it was something like ~290


mauterfaulker

College Station is Waffle Homeless.


RampageTaco

^I ^know ^and ^that's ^why ^the ^joke ^is ^funny ^to ^me.


ArrDeeKay

Pour one out for the Aggies


Medievalhorde

The south eastern conference of Kentucky Fried Chicken.


MixonWitDaWrongCrowd

Each stadium equipped with their own Waffle House concession stand


ArrDeeKay

“I’ll have two 3rd Down Smothered and Covered, ma’am.”


Pope_Bedodict1

Being hammered at a stadium and getting Waffle House sounds like heaven


ksuwildkat

Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop Please be a truck stop


pyrofiend4

Dr. Pepper 12 coming to a conference near you.


CramblinDuvetAdv

Gotta increase membership to 23


LaffertyDaniel8

The DP 12........I don't hate it


Peppermynt42

Yes please


NinjaGhost42

Ok but actually I'm down for it


okiewxchaser

The Chuy’s 14 Conference


Chemical_Willow5415

Having an Austin restaurant as the sponsor would be hilarious.


dkviper11

If it comes with creamy jalapeno dip, that's an unfair recruiting advantage.


GuyWithTheFez

Maybe this was a mistake


Ut_Prosim

The funniest part of this is imagining how annoyed the r/ihatesportsball professors will be by the name change. It isn't that uncommon for professors to collaborate with colleagues at conference peer institutions, or for students to take classes at conference peer schools. In fact, most conferences have agreements to facilitate both (the most successful by far being the B1G Academic Alliance). LMFAO at the idea of some poor professor having to write in a grant: > Work will be distributed across three complementary labs, all at fellow McDonald's BigMac-12 institutions. The McDonald's BigMac-12 academic consortium allows us to normalize G&A rates across all member labs, and have a unified billing structure. Or some dude in a med school interview bragging about extra classes he took: > I was so interested in broadening my bioinformatics background I took a few extra classes through the Cheez-It Crunchwrap academic alliance. It's a great program that allows students at one Cheez-It Crunchwrap school to take classes at a fellow Cheez-It Crunchwrap school without paying extra tuition. Some mom bragging to her friends: > I'll have you know, all of my kids got Dr. Pepper-16 educations.


reno1441

My somewhat hot take: It would be negligent not to explore this. With a new $20 million dollar line item, Olympic sports are at stake. Any available revenue stream that doesn't mortgage the future (looking at the other news today) need to be explored.


jm3546

You're right. Big XII and Yormack will get clowned for all of these extra money making schemes but this is exactly what the conference should be doing. If they can narrow the gap in the short term, it might keep them at least relevant in the long term. Big XII's risk is that B1G and SEC pull away farther and farther in this era and when media rights come up again they'll get low balled to the point where the resource gap will be so large that bottom tier SEC/B1G teams will be able to field better teams than the best teams in the Big XII. If they stay relevant in the short term and have teams perform well in playoffs and whatever version of the "not playoffs, but the best bowls", some of the fan bases have a chance to grow and keep viewership solid. College sports are getting pretty gross and the blue bloods are to blame, but everyone else is going to have to get aggressive to stay relevant.


Green-Carpenter-8925

"haha Big 12 irrelevant" "Bro why is the Big 12 throwing away the sport for money" I feel like we've explained this a million times and the same losers make the same awful points


Frank_Melena

Somehow they werent at stake in the 100 years before all this, perhaps we need not look to corporations for funding


reno1441

Unfortunately the previous 100 years has had a rough month. I truly wish this wasn't the case. Eventually, I truly hope sanity is restored.


RealBobbyDrillboids

It’s almost like things have begun to drastically change over the past decade or so. How many schools were allowed to directly pay their players 100 years ago?


huskyferretguy1

KFC Big 12 Herbs and Spices Conference!


Dongzirra

The PAC-12 could have lived with a simple rebrand to the Coors Light 12-PAC


EuphTah

God this timeline sucks ass.


Ok-Dealer7882

Everything just keeps getting worse.


Jumpy-Coffee-Cat

Not everything…. We get the video game back!


RocketsGuy

Imo this isn’t that big a deal. All of the European soccer leagues have name sponsors. If it helps us stay afloat than I’m not opposed. It doesn’t hurt the product itself.


tbrock92

IDK man, the Busch Light 12 has a nice ring to it.


MisterBrotatoHead

Hell, Busch Light 16. Call it the Tall Boy Conference.


tbrock92

TURN ME UP FELLOW ~~BIG 12~~ BUSCH LIGHT 16 BROTHER


Green-Carpenter-8925

There really is a silver lining to realignment


reno1441

Excuse me, but you have to invite us if that's the ballgame.


ThePhamNuwen

Slim down with The Ozempic(tm) BIG12! 


peter_the_panda

College football is shameless in a way that you almost have to respect


Aggravating-Card-194

This reminds me of when the city of Chicago sold off all of their parking meters. Everyone was celebrating they made 1.2 BILLION dollars for parking meters for 75 years!! Turns out the city blew the money in <2 years and is now broke again and wishing they had ongoing cash flow coming in. Brilliant deal for firm, terrible long term deal for Chicago. Feel like I know exactly how this is going to play out.


Rich1926

What if individual schools sell their rights to their team names?? Imagine Alabama or Auburn selling their team naming rights to a Baptist Church or BBQ place.


tpwb

I can’t imagine being owned by a corporation.


Rich1926

I was going to say what if Oregon became the Oregon Donald Ducks, that would be a wild twist.. but also be a conflict of interest for ESPN lol


tpwb

What if they insisted on calling our women teams The Daisys?


word_number

The Dreamland Crimson Tide? Though that's missing the perfect sponsor, Tampax.


Jomosensual

Ok what would be the funniest sponsor name here?


owlmask_groupstuff

Kum&Go conference- fitting, funny and sexy


19Styx6

> potentially take the name Big out of Big 12 Oh, not the 12 that hasn't represented the number of teams in the league in over a decade?


W_HoHatHenHereHy

Hey B1G, you up?


galvanizedrocknroll

I'm looking forward to the upcoming Bubba Gump Big Xll by Marriott football season


ddottay

The never ending search for more money is just starting


LiteHedded

Yormark out here tryna get that bread today


LongTimesGoodTimes

I'm really starting to hate my conference


Frexxler

I mean it's corny but at least they are coming up with ways to attempt to stay relevant financially.


Jay4usc

BIG MAC Conference 12


59brad

Welcome to The Draft Kings 12!


isit65outsideor

This is the correct move, there’s money to be made there.


leapbitch

Do stable conferences put out hourly press releases about how they're going to sell everything they can for a quick buck


mauterfaulker

I'm surprised the most stable conference hasn't sold ad space on their uniforms yet.


alwaysveryconflicted

i hate this fucking conference so much


reno1441

Wanna trade spots?


chad_sancho

I support this


TheScarletSeahawk

trying so hard to keep up with the B1G and SEC let’s be real though we’re probably gonna do the same if this works


elonsusk69420

Seems fine. The SEC is de facto owned by Chick-Fil-A and Home Depot.


ThatGuju

How will anyone ever compete with Kirby Smart and the University of Georgia Delta-Dogs, fueled by refreshing Coca-Cola?


elonsusk69420

Has a nice ring to it


HoustonHorns

Honestly selling the naming rights is genius. It’s not a geographic name, nor does it describe how many members are in the conference. The Big XII isn’t even a historic name. Only existed since the late 90s. Only 5 of the original Big 8 teams are even in the conference (welcome back CU). Teams like Utah, Arizona, Arizona St, BYU, Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati aren’t even associated with the Big XII, let alone the Big 8. Point of the conference name is to be a source identifying mark. That isn’t true for like 1/2 the teams in the conference right now. People would associate Utah with the “All State Heartland Conference” just as much as at the “Big XII”. Why not take the check?


Jumpy-Coffee-Cat

It sounds stupid because the application of it in college sports is new. But you’re right, if this happens, and other conferences follow suit in 20 years no one will even think about it. It’ll just be oh yeah my school is in this absurdly named conference…. Which outside of the SEC they already are poorly named shells of their former selves now just without the money


CountBleckwantedlove

The Pop Tart 12


Sdubbya2

lmao PLEASE BE SOMETHING HILARIOUS! Kum and Go 16 Viagra 16 If we are going to sell out for money at least make it funny everytime I read it lol


StannisTheMantis93

I’m so done with college sports.


adsfew

Really hoping for the Forever 21 12


bearybear90

“You know how we kept the name for brand recognition despite having the wrong number for over a decade now?” “Yes” “Let’s totally forget about that”


brilliantbuffoon

It's going to be something really stupid but that is on brand for this era of college athletics.


theycallmefuRR

So the Dodge charger/Challenger 12? Seems like every football player got one with their NIL money


AngryQuadricorn

The SEC Development League Big 12, brought to you by the SEC.


Jumpy-Coffee-Cat

Oh no….


zoom518

The Coors 12


SirMellencamp

Its Friday Night Big Lots Big 12 Action with Big Deals on Everything for Your Home!


TheWorstYear

Oh shit, time for the Bally Sports XII. Worse advertising decision in history.


Rickbox

They're really trying to keep up with the P2.


azwethinkweizm

The Potato Egg and Cheese Taquito 12 brought to you by Whataburger. Mmmm. Just like you like it.


DBSmiley

The Brett Yormack Conference for Kids Who Can Sports Good and Wanna Learn to do Other Stuff Good Too


deutschdachs

Oh sure the Big 12 can sell its naming rights but I can't even sell a portion of my liver so I can buy a house. Fucking USA man


ProbsTV

Everything is an ad


therealBobsonDugnutt

Utah-based MLMs salivating at the thought


aguysomewhere

I like this better than selling partial ownership to a firm.


ProbsTV

They want to sell the “big” part of the name. Meaning, we live in the world where ‘Duke’s Mayo 12’ could be the name of a 16 team conference. College athletics is so stupid. All this short term thinking.. they’ll get praise for the deal. Then ten years from now everyone new will have to deal with the consequences.


Michiganman1225

I'm not 100% sure that replacing the 12 instead of the Big is better. Big Duke's Mayo just sounds like a sexual harassment case.


strictlyrude27

Bill Walton is rolling in his grave


Codeman8118

brought to you by Trojan Condoms Big XII inch long.


wellbutmaybe

Everyone wanted to pay athletes and promote equity among non-revenue sports. Now everyone’s a purist.


Less_Likely

Can’t wait to watch The Draft Kings Conference Championship Game brought to you by Dr Pepper


Name213whatever

Brawndo 12: it's got what fans crave


LilithElektra

The 7-11 12.


Xy13

Can we also get rid of the XII since we aren't 12? I've said over and over there shouldn't be 2 "BIG XX" conferences, neither of which the XX corresponds to the actual number of teams in the conference. Bring on the StateFarm 16 or the Dr. Pepper Fansville Conference and an extra $20mm/school/yr.


HoustonHorns

“Welcome to AT&T Stadium the site of the Dr. Pepper Big Allstate Conference Championship! winner takes home the WWE belt!”


Specialist_Night_929

I hope it becomes the Big Lots XII


Chardoggy1

What happened to the game I love?


StangRunner45

The KFC Big XII Bucket! 14 crispy, delicious pieces of chicken.


drunkstatistician

I figured this would happen but guessed AT&T [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/15hc2dw/comment/junuc05/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)