Since the Big 12 board of directors issued the green light on July 19 for commissioner Bob Bowlsby to investigate expansion candidates, save for a few loud, and noteworthy tweets, league leaders have remained unified in their silence.
We’re talking about the Big 12 here, whose members in two decades have been known for essentially everything other than falling nicely into line behind each other. For the power programs in this conference, it’s as much a tradition to wallow in politics as to recruit deep in the heart of Texas.