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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 131780499" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><h3>Source: BYU officials ‘are confident’ Cougars will be voted into the Big 12 on Friday</h3>[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/8/22664089/byu-cougars-big-12-expansion-presidents-vote-friday-independent-wcc-football-basketball-houston-ucf[/URL]A BYU source confirmed to the Deseret News Wednesday night that the school completed the application process and BYU officials “are confident” that the Cougars will be voted in.Athletic director Tom Holmoe said on BYUtv last Saturday before BYU’s 24-16 win over Arizona in Las Vegas that BYU has maintained a good relationship with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby since 2016, when the league explored expansion but ultimately decided against it......As for when the four newcomers will begin playing in the Big 12, that, too, is uncertain. Because of its independent status in football, BYU should have an easier time making the transition in that sport than the others......“Of all the possible options the Big 12 could have added, BYU was the most obvious,” wrote Kyle Bonagura of ESPN. “It has a proud history and recent success in football, a national fan base and minimal red tape to cut through as an independent without a conference to leave.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 131780499, member: 1428007"] [HEADING=2]Source: BYU officials ‘are confident’ Cougars will be voted into the Big 12 on Friday[/HEADING] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/8/22664089/byu-cougars-big-12-expansion-presidents-vote-friday-independent-wcc-football-basketball-houston-ucf[/URL] A BYU source confirmed to the Deseret News Wednesday night that the school completed the application process and BYU officials “are confident” that the Cougars will be voted in. Athletic director Tom Holmoe said on BYUtv last Saturday before BYU’s 24-16 win over Arizona in Las Vegas that BYU has maintained a good relationship with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby since 2016, when the league explored expansion but ultimately decided against it...... As for when the four newcomers will begin playing in the Big 12, that, too, is uncertain. Because of its independent status in football, BYU should have an easier time making the transition in that sport than the others...... “Of all the possible options the Big 12 could have added, BYU was the most obvious,” wrote Kyle Bonagura of ESPN. “It has a proud history and recent success in football, a national fan base and minimal red tape to cut through as an independent without a conference to leave.” [/QUOTE]

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