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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129562533" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><a href="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/05/03/carlton-opinions-differ-big-12s-future-bob-bowlsby-one-message-conference">Carlton: Questions abound on Big 12's future, but Bob Bowlsby has one message for the conference</a>excerpt:&quot;If they ask me, 'Should we let this linger on another six months,' I'll say definitely no,&quot; Bowlsby said. &quot;We need to move ahead and make decisions. I just think we need to move ahead expediently.&quot;The next step comes Wednesday when a joint meeting of ADs and football coaches will hear from Navigate Research, which crunched all kinds of numbers -- from a 10-team conference to one with 16 teams, with and without a title game, with eight league games or nine.Bowlsby confirmed that the model with 12 teams, a conference title game and eight conference games provided the best chance to reach the College Football Playoff.Of course, that would require expansion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129562533, member: 1428007"] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/05/03/carlton-opinions-differ-big-12s-future-bob-bowlsby-one-message-conference']Carlton: Questions abound on Big 12's future, but Bob Bowlsby has one message for the conference[/URL][/B][/SIZE] excerpt: "If they ask me, 'Should we let this linger on another six months,' I'll say definitely no," Bowlsby said. "We need to move ahead and make decisions. I just think we need to move ahead expediently." The next step comes Wednesday when a joint meeting of ADs and football coaches will hear from Navigate Research, which crunched all kinds of numbers -- from a 10-team conference to one with 16 teams, with and without a title game, with eight league games or nine. Bowlsby confirmed that the model with 12 teams, a conference title game and eight conference games provided the best chance to reach the College Football Playoff. Of course, that would require expansion. [/QUOTE]

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