Trotter: Big XII Expansion Inevitable

[snoscythe]

Jake Trotter at ESPN did an opinion piece today, calling a preemptive expansion by the Big XII inevitable, but acknowledged that such preemption assumes the conference act rationally, (which they don't have a great history of doing, BTW). So his "inevitable" claim is based on logic more than inside information.

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He goes on to mention Mephis, CSU, and Houston as the attractive expansion candidates. No mention of the Provo cougars.

[EM_Puma]

Shoot, here it comes again for another summer of discontent. I do have a problem, based on history, of not seeing this whole ordeal again end up with BYU on the outside. I was just trying to ignore it because my heart was ripped out last time as we even had the venerable Greg Wrubell finally capitulating and stating that it "appeared" that BYU was heading to the Big 12. Well we know how that turned out.

Now today Collin Cowherd suggesting that the Big 12 could be on it's way out again as key members could be swallowed up into PAC12 and/or SEC.

Honestly, under the scenario that TX and TT went to PAC12 and OK, OSU went to SEC, whats not to like of the scenario of, if we can't join any P5 conference, of at least having teams like TCU, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and West Virginia thrown out to fend for themselves. I like the appeal of a new conference with the likes of them and CSU, Boise, AF, Houston, Memphis, Cincinnati or whomever with BYU. I want to be in a conference and if it's not going to be P5/P4, I'd like one created outside of the American or MWC with the best teams available. Wow, I can't even imagine the incredible scenario of the Big 12 not surviving, or having to remake itself without Texas, Oklahoma or Oklahoma State.

I think I'm just going to bury my head in the sand until all the dust settles and facts are known. This speculation world is hard when you're not in command.

[Mars]

There's talk right now that Oklahoma wants to add Houston and Cincinnati, or they're threatening to leave the conference.

[Schmoe]

What does Houston even bring to the table? No new TV market, really, and very mediocre sports.

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[Mars]

What does Houston even bring to the table? No new TV market, really, and very mediocre sports.

Local politicians. More right now than any other school in Texas, or so they say.

[snoscythe]

What does Houston even bring to the table? No new TV market, really, and very mediocre sports.

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Dilution of the Longhorns' stranglehold on the conference.

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[EM_Puma]

It makes sense to me that since you've already gone down the road of adding West Virginia, how do you not compliment them with a team in that direction like Cincinnati? We at BYU say no, but they have already taken that step and so you need to continue on. I think we're better off if OU, OSU and TX bolt and break up the Big 12 than to expect an invitation to the current conference.

[hawkwing]

The more I think about it the more I think the best thing for BYU is for the BigXII to disintegrate.

[Cougarfan87]

The more I think about it the more I think the best thing for BYU is for the BigXII to disintegrate.

It has been a few years since Texas and Oklahoma mattered. If they left and it did disintegrate, I like teaming up with TCU, Baylor, SMU, Kansas State, Iowa State, Houston, and Memphis. I know, I know, that's only seven games slated a season. But that would leave one game for an out of conference rivalry and four other slots for non-conference games. It would be the religious school division and the heathen division in the Brawlin' Big 8 conference.

I put the chances of this happening at around .0001%. You can take it to the bank. You heard it here first.

[scott715]

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Rumors are heating up again. Is this guy connecter? I think he might be. He's saying a lot today. Last tweet was last year.

Saying UO wants 12 teams now or might walk. They might be close to pulling the trigger but they have to agree on who. Also not too picky on who the two teams are.