With the Pac-12 announcing Thursday it wouldn’t expand, Big 12 expansion talk might start to get taken more seriously with the remaining eight schools running out of ships to jump to.
The Big 12 is “seriously discussing” adding BYU, according to The Athletic’s Max Olson and Andy Staples. The Big 12 has put together an expansion subcommittee that, per multiple reports, is made up of Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades, Iowa State president Wendy Wintersteen and Kansas chancellor Douglas Girod.
A historically proud program, BYU has been a football independent since 2011, going 81-48 during that time.