It wasn’t a good sign when the Big 12 presidents meeting ended over two hours early. Now we have several folks saying that the Big 12 has decided not to expand for now, and instead will pursue more dollars from TV deals with ESPN and Fox.
It’s the not-end of a ridiculous saga of “we’re not expanding,” “haha jk yeah we probably are,” “nevermind” that has lasted for the better part of two years.
Pete Thamel from Sports Illustrated, who has been all over this from the beginning, confirmed with a source that the conference would pursue more money in lieu of expansion.