CONFERENCE CLARIFICATION

"Who's on first?  What's on second?"

"Who's in the Big 12?  The Texas 9?  Oh, wait, TCU is here now?"

"Why is nobody buying the Longhorn Network?"

"Who threw that tortilla?"

As the two great minds of genius behind The Barbed Wire discussed who to endorse/curse in each conference for the upcoming NCAA Football Season, a problem was discovered.  The conversation loosely went as follows:

"For the WAC, Texas State and UTSA"
"Should we even bother with the WAC?  Texas State is going to Conference USA, and so is UTSA."
"What!?  Well, we can pull for UNT with all fingers crossed in the Sun Belt."
"Conference USA"
"Shoot.  I wonder if Eastern New Mexico is still in the Lone Star Conference!"

So, the Barbed Wire offers you the following guide on which Texas schools fall into which conferences.  If you discover any flaws, please bring them to our attention.

AS OF THE 2012 SEASON:

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
(It's the best one, by the way)

Texas A&M University


THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE

Texas Tech University
Technically Christian University
Baylor University

(And there's a fourth one somewhere in there, but we can't remember the name at the moment)

CONFERENCE USA

University of Houston
Rice University
Southern Methodist University
University of Texas at El Paso


THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Texas State University
University of Texas at San Antonio


THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE

University of North Texas (No Footb.... nevermind)


THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE

Sam Houston State University
Stephen F. Austin State University
Lamar University
University of Texas at Arlington (No Football)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (No Football)


THE SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
(SWAC not to be confused with SWAG)

Prairie View A&M University
Texas Southern University


THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE

West Texas A&M University
Abilene Christian University
Angelo State University
University of the Incarnate Word
Texas Women's University (Brace yourselves...  No Football)
Midwestern State University
Tarleton State University
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
McMurry University


THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Hardin-Simmons University
Howard Payne University
Sul Ross State University
East Texas Baptist University
University of Texas at Dallas (No Football)
Concordia University Texas (No Football)
LeTourneau University (No Football)
Schreiner University (No Football)


THE SOUTHERN COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Austin College
Trinity University
Southwestern University
Texas Lutheran University


And last but not least,
THOSE NAIA TEAMS
(Okay, maybe they are the least)

Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Texas College
Wayland Baptist University


AFTER THIS COMING SEASON:
Texas State is expected to join the Sun Belt Conference
UTSA and North Texas will join Conference USA
SMU will join the Big East
Houston is expected to join the Big East

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF:
Houston joins the Big 12 Conference in an effort to give the Conference 12 member schools
West Texas A&M and Abilene Christian are allowed to move into the Southland Conference
McMurry loses every game by more than 40 points
Texas Women's University does not announce the beginning of a football program