Praise from President Obama and a stadium expansion are selling points.
With 19 teams for the Big 12 to choose from, conference representatives have a long road ahead of them. Although there is some back room deals much of the process involves interested universities pitching themselves as the best choice to advance the conference financially, athletically, and academically. The Big 12 has alluded to the fact that they are only opening up two slots into the lucrative power 5 conference. The conference will have 18 teams to choose from.
According to Brett McMurphy the teams that are making official pitches are Air Force, Arkansas State, Boise State, BYU, Cincinnati, Colorado State, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Northern Illinois, New Mexico, San Diego State, Southern Methodist, Temple, Tulane, Central Florida, South Florida and UNLV.