Those are the thoughts that come to mind for a Big 12 football fan during the week of Thanksgiving.
Yet the last round of conference realignment robbed the college football landscape of some of its best longstanding rivalries, especially when it comes to Big 12 football.
It’s a heck of a lot harder for folks in Austin to get excited about Kansas coming to town than a Turkey Day date with rival Texas A&M.
With the return of the Big 12 title game and the country’s only true round-robin schedule, there’s an added complication to Thanksgiving week scheduling for the conference, which wants to avoid a scenario where two teams play each other in back-to-back weeks.