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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129453766" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Here's the latest from Gordon Gee--president of WVU and a member of the BIG 12 expansion committee:“We’re kind of on a hiatus period,” Gee said. “We wanted to see how the conference fared in the College Football Playoff this year.”Indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholders: Gee and others on the committee. They see elegance and refinement this season. That’s on the heels of an ugly 2014-15, which saw no Big 12 team make the playoffs.This season, Oklahoma made the grade. And guess what? Whatever wheels were grinding toward Big 12 expansion has slowed. At least for now.“Since Oklahoma made the playoffs,” Gee said, “some of the impetus for expanding isn’t there. I’d say about half the presidents are in favor of expansion and half are not.“I don’t know when the next meeting is, but I know we’re still doing a lot of research and will have a vigorous discussion on it. It’s just low-key now because of Oklahoma.”- See more at: <a href="http://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20151221/mitch-vingle-big-12-wvu-looking-for-bowl-beauty">http://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20151221/mitch-vingle-big-12-wvu-looking-for-bowl-beauty#sthash.OWg6ZucS.dpuf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129453766, member: 1428007"] Here's the latest from Gordon Gee--president of WVU and a member of the BIG 12 expansion committee: [I]“We’re kind of on a hiatus period,” Gee said. “We wanted to see how the conference fared in the College Football Playoff this year.” Indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholders: Gee and others on the committee. They see elegance and refinement this season. That’s on the heels of an ugly 2014-15, which saw no Big 12 team make the playoffs. This season, Oklahoma made the grade. And guess what? Whatever wheels were grinding toward Big 12 expansion has slowed. At least for now. “Since Oklahoma made the playoffs,” Gee said, “some of the impetus for expanding isn’t there. I’d say about half the presidents are in favor of expansion and half are not.[/I] [I]“I don’t know when the next meeting is, but I know we’re still doing a lot of research and will have a vigorous discussion on it. It’s just low-key now because of Oklahoma.”[/I] - See more at: [URL='http://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20151221/mitch-vingle-big-12-wvu-looking-for-bowl-beauty']http://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/20151221/mitch-vingle-big-12-wvu-looking-for-bowl-beauty#sthash.OWg6ZucS.dpuf[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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