What to expect from this weeks BIG 12 meetings

[Buckaineer]

among other things

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5. The official end of expansion: The Big 12 presidents are expected to put a stake through expansion talk Tuesday in a conference call with media. The discussion/speculation has been going for almost 14 months. If expansion doesn't happen this summer, don't expect it to happen at all until after the current TV contract expires following the 2024 season. Oklahoma president David Boren and commissioner Bob Bowlsby are expected to speak Tuesday in what amounts to a close-out of the media days.

Boren and Bowlsby announced the expansion meetings are happening in a different location and then they'll address the media following.

Had to laugh at SEC homer Dodd's suggestion that the BIG 12 is coming up to SEC standards by requiring the P5 opponent OOC. The SEC has long played one of the easiest non con schedules of anyone every year (notice all the 1-AA games in November and lack of many road games across the non con slate) and they only play 8 conference games on top of it.

 

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[Mountaineer Steve]

among other things

excerpt:

5. The official end of expansion: The Big 12 presidents are expected to put a stake through expansion talk Tuesday in a conference call with media. The discussion/speculation has been going for almost 14 months. If expansion doesn't happen this summer, don't expect it to happen at all until after the current TV contract expires following the 2024 season. Oklahoma president David Boren and commissioner Bob Bowlsby are expected to speak Tuesday in what amounts to a close-out of the media days.

Boren and Bowlsby announced the expansion meetings are happening in a different location and then they'll address the media following.

Had to laugh at SEC homer Dodd's suggestion that the BIG 12 is coming up to SEC standards by requiring the P5 opponent OOC. The SEC has long played one of the easiest non con schedules of anyone every year (notice all the 1-AA games in November and lack of many road games across the non con slate) and they only play 8 conference games on top of it.

Chuck CarltonVerified account‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
Best guess on Big 12 expansion from what I"m hearing: Rather than vote on particular candidates, decide whether to pursue it or end it now. SDM - Vote will be neither but to further explore.

 

[Mountaineer Steve]

Chuck CarltonVerified account‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
Best guess on Big 12 expansion from what I"m hearing: Rather than vote on particular candidates, decide whether to pursue it or end it now. SDM - Vote will be neither but to further explore.

Actually I think BB hates the perceived instability this brings the conference and he wants to stick a fork in it one way or another. Either a vote to expand with teams to be announced later, or a vote to kill it for the coming years.