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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129478302" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Again on the expansion front-from partner FOX Sports:excerpt:Had the conference championship measure failed, Big 12 expansion may have become imminent. Now, if that happens at all, it might be several years in the future.<a href="http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/big-12-title-game-vote-oklahoma-sooners-baylor-bears-tcu-horned-frogs-expansion-011316">http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/big-12-title-game-vote-oklahoma-sooners-baylor-bears-tcu-horned-frogs-expansion-011316</a>Notice that &quot;dead&quot;, &quot;will not happen&quot;, etc. are not included in ESPN's or FOX's description of BIG 12 expansion.They are the BIG 12s tv partners btw.The article goes on further:excerpt:But let’s say for hypothetical sake that the conference does go ahead and stage a title game beginning in 2017, thus resolving that issue once and for all. The conference must still deal with its ongoing elephant in the (meeting) room — whether or not to expand.Wednesday’s vote eliminates any urgency in that direction, but nor does it necessarily assure the league stays at 10 teams for the long haul. Oklahoma president David Boren, an expansion proponent, believes the conference is “psychologically disadvantaged” surrounded by 14-team mega-conferences. And while he’s not believed to hold the majority opinion in the room, he’s not alone, either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129478302, member: 1428007"] Again on the expansion front-from partner FOX Sports: excerpt: Had the conference championship measure failed, Big 12 expansion may have become imminent. Now, if that happens at all, it might be several years in the future. [URL]http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/big-12-title-game-vote-oklahoma-sooners-baylor-bears-tcu-horned-frogs-expansion-011316[/URL] Notice that "dead", "will not happen", etc. are not included in ESPN's or FOX's description of BIG 12 expansion. They are the BIG 12s tv partners btw. The article goes on further: excerpt: [I]But let’s say for hypothetical sake that the conference does go ahead and stage a title game beginning in 2017, thus resolving that issue once and for all. The conference must still deal with its ongoing elephant in the (meeting) room — whether or not to expand. Wednesday’s vote eliminates any urgency in that direction, but nor does it necessarily assure the league stays at 10 teams for the long haul. Oklahoma president David Boren, an expansion proponent, believes the conference is “psychologically disadvantaged” surrounded by 14-team mega-conferences. And while he’s not believed to hold the majority opinion in the room, he’s not alone, either.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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