ESPN: Big 12 expansion candidates down to at least 12 schools, sources say

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

The Big 12 has narrowed its list of expansion candidates to at least 12 schools, sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy and Jake Trotter.

The 12 schools are: Air Force, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado State, UConn, Houston, Rice, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane.

Eight of the candidates still alive in the Big 12's expansion sweepstakes are members of the American Athletic Conference: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane. Air Force and Colorado State are Mountain West members, Rice is in Conference USA and BYU is an independent.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ws-list-expansion-candidates-least-12-schools

Go Gophers!!

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

I thought they were at like 7 or 8 schools but now are considering 12? The Big XII must be run by complete morons.

 

[PMWinSTP]

They should probably bring in three or four so they still end up at 12 a few years from now...soon to be the Power Four.

 

[e.bigelow]

Houston, BYU, Air Force and Cincinnati. Those are the only ones that make sense to me.

 

[Iceland12]

Report: Big 12 narrows expansion list to 6-8 schools: NBC Sports

We know East Carolina is no longer in the running for the two or four new spots possibly coming to the Big 12, but the folks at The Media Guides believe they do. The site reported Wednesday the Big 12 has sent formal invitations to Cincinnati, Houston, Connecticut, South Florida, Central Florida, BYU and “two other AAC schools” to advance to the next round of the process, which is believed to be in-person interviews at the league’s suburban Dallas headquarters.

With ECU out, Navy showing no interest and five of the league’s 12 teams already reported in, that leaves a pool of five possible teams for the two additional spots: Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa.

Local reports have stated SMU, Temple and Tulane still involved in the process as recently as today and yesterday...


http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...m_post=6234604&utm_tags=srm[college football]

 

[Otis]

Houston, BYU, Air Force and Cincinnati. Those are the only ones that make sense to me.

Air Force? That would be awful in Basketball.

Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and UConn would be my choices.

 

[Iceland12]

per ESPN:

The Big 12 has narrowed its list of expansion candidates to at least 12 schools, sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy and Jake Trotter.

The 12 schools are: Air Force, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado State, UConn, Houston, Rice, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane.

Eight of the candidates still alive in the Big 12's expansion sweepstakes are members of the American Athletic Conference: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane. Air Force and Colorado State are Mountain West members, Rice is in Conference USA and BYU is an independent.

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ws-list-expansion-candidates-least-12-schools

Go Gophers!!

Sources have said that it's "becoming less and less likely" that the league would expand to 14 teams. The most likely scenario is the Big 12 remains at 10 teams or adds two schools for a 12-team league with two six-team divisions, sources said.

 

[MNGoldenGophers1]

We know East Carolina is no longer in the running for the two or four new spots possibly coming to the Big 12, but the folks at The Media Guides believe they do. The site reported Wednesday the Big 12 has sent formal invitations to Cincinnati, Houston, Connecticut, South Florida, Central Florida, BYU and “two other AAC schools” to advance to the next round of the process, which is believed to be in-person interviews at the league’s suburban Dallas headquarters.

With ECU out, Navy showing no interest and five of the league’s 12 teams already reported in, that leaves a pool of five possible teams for the two additional spots: Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa.

Local reports have stated SMU, Temple and Tulane still involved in the process as recently as today and yesterday...


http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...m_post=6234604&utm_tags=srm[college football]

If in fact these are the five schools, put a fork in the not so big 12 as a P5. The other four conferences should declare they're the P4 and let the big 12 go the way of the MAC, sun belt and other like conferences.

 

[WAGopher]

The Big 12 only has one 'anchor' school left: Texas. And none of the proposed schools will bring added stability to the conference. Texas is so important to the Big 12, that if they leave, the conference may not survive. No other P5 conference is so dependent on one school. The B1G, Pac-12, SEC and ACC can all weather the loss of a top program.


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[PMWinSTP]

The Big 12 only has one 'anchor' school left: Texas. And none of the proposed schools will bring added stability to the conference. Texas is so important to the Big 12, that if they leave, the conference may not survive. No other P5 conference is so dependent on one school. The B1G, Pac-12, SEC and ACC can all weather the loss of a top program.


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I see what you are saying...but it feels like the OKLA teams are the anchors right now...think they are pretty much a combo deal.

 

[WAGopher]

I see what you are saying...but it feels like the OKLA teams are the anchors right now...think they are pretty much a combo deal.

I thought about the OK schools and both leaving would hurt, but the TV revenue coming from OK is like 1/7 of what comes from Texas. I was really trying to illustrate that the future of the Big 12 is more uncertain than any of the other P5 conferences.


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