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dawgfan · 08-25-2011, 05:58 PM

The always excellent Jon Wilner weighs in with part 2 on his look at the Big-"12" and in particular what the options are for the Pac-12:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/college...ns/#more-20844

It's pretty much what I expected - if Texas/ESPN are willing to negotiate, the Pac-12 could expand to 16 with Texas & Oklahoma as the key pieces (presumably Oklahoma State & Texas Tech would fill the other two spots).

Without Texas, it's a lot more difficult to make the case for expansion. Oklahoma holds a lot of value, but are there three more teams that pencil out financially? And even if there are, would those teams all add up to a workable conference?

08-25-2011, 05:58 PM	#4104
dawgfan Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Seattle	The always excellent Jon Wilner weighs in with part 2 on his look at the Big-"12" and in particular what the options are for the Pac-12: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/college...ns/#more-20844 It's pretty much what I expected - if Texas/ESPN are willing to negotiate, the Pac-12 could expand to 16 with Texas & Oklahoma as the key pieces (presumably Oklahoma State & Texas Tech would fill the other two spots). Without Texas, it's a lot more difficult to make the case for expansion. Oklahoma holds a lot of value, but are there three more teams that pencil out financially? And even if there are, would those teams all add up to a workable conference?