Viva The Matadors · Sep 2, 2021
Big 12 identifies 4 schools for expansion, taking another step toward irrelevance
Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports I’d really like to talk about the opener against Houston, but The Athletic is making that quite a challenge with its latest report.
Evidently, the Big 12 Conference has keyed on four schools for expansion in Cincinnati, Houston, UCF and BYU, the latter of which could join as a football-only member. Word is finalization could come this academic year.
This move is going to do the opposite of what it set out to do, which is to elevate the strength of the conference over the long term. There are a few things I dislike about the Big 12 adding these particular schools:
1. It makes no geographic sense