Big 12 Expansion
What’s Going On? It’s still alive. Rumors of the Big 12’s demise after the loss of Texas and Oklahoma were premature. Now it’s bringing aboard BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF to go along with – most likely – Texas and Oklahoma for one more season before they leave for the SEC to create a 14-team conference in 2023.
Best Case Scenario: It finds a way to take over Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah from the Pac-12, and it wakes up and realizes USF locks down a big Florida market to go along with UCF.
Worst Case Scenario: The Pac-12 gets its sh-tuff together and goes and gets Kansas, Oklahoma State, and takes on BYU before the fun gets started. The ACC decides it actually wants Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF and makes a last ditch pitch.
– Big 12 Predictions For Every Game
Crazy Idea That Won’t Work, But … Make Texas and Oklahoma realize they’re already home. Make the conference stronger with some of the Pac-12 programs, and sweeten everything up to keep the two anchor tenants in the mall. Whatever it takes, find a way to keep these two.
What Will Probably Happen: The Big 12 might have to get ready to play more defense than it thinks. For all the talk about acquiring Pac-12 schools, there’s just as big a possibility that the reverse happens – and/or the Big Ten decides Kansas works.
This is a ruthless situation, but the Big 12 will try to create a tie with the Pac-12 and/or ACC – all while thinking about trying to figure out how to expand with some of their schools.
Conference Expansion: What’s Going On?
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