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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129493568" data-attributes="member: 1428007">More details from BorenExcerpt:As for expansion, Bowlsby said earlier this week during a Q&amp;A session with Texas students, “We don’t have any imperative for getting larger. We haven’t really spent any time thinking about who the candidates are, if there are any candidates. But there has been media speculation about it. It doesn’t take any genius to look around and see where there may be prospects.”Boren, though, said that Bowlsby created an expansion subcommittee about a year ago consisting of Boren, Baylor President Kenneth Starr and West Virginia President Gordon Gee.“The idea is at some point we’ll give an official report to the board and probably recommendations,” Boren said.Asked what schools the Big 12 is considering, Boren declined to say, but added, “You’re probably all thinking about the right six or seven schools.”The third piece to Boren’s plan for enhancing the Big 12 is a conference television network. The Big 12 is the only Power Five league without one.“We’re probably losing $4 or $5 million, $6 million — there are various estimates a year — by not having a Big 12 network,” Boren said. “Per school.”<a href="http://newsok.com/article/5475314">http://newsok.com/article/5475314</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129493568, member: 1428007"] More details from Boren Excerpt: As for expansion, Bowlsby said earlier this week during a Q&A session with Texas students, “We don’t have any imperative for getting larger. We haven’t really spent any time thinking about who the candidates are, if there are any candidates. But there has been media speculation about it. It doesn’t take any genius to look around and see where there may be prospects.” Boren, though, said that Bowlsby created an expansion subcommittee about a year ago consisting of Boren, Baylor President Kenneth Starr and West Virginia President Gordon Gee. “The idea is at some point we’ll give an official report to the board and probably recommendations,” Boren said. Asked what schools the Big 12 is considering, Boren declined to say, but added, “You’re probably all thinking about the right six or seven schools.” The third piece to Boren’s plan for enhancing the Big 12 is a conference television network. The Big 12 is the only Power Five league without one. “We’re probably losing $4 or $5 million, $6 million — there are various estimates a year — by not having a Big 12 network,” Boren said. “Per school.” [URL]http://newsok.com/article/5475314[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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