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The giant Big 12 expansion timeline, from 2010 to now
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December 10, 2018
The AAC’s next TV deal could change Big 12 expansion and all of CFB
Schools will have to decide what they care about more: short-term money or the chance to jump ship down the road.
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January 13, 2018
Florida politician: Add UCF and USF to Big 12 as ‘package deal’
It’s an idea, certainly.
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July 18, 2017
The A&M-Texas post-breakup rivalry timeline
Realignment broke up one of college football's greatest hate-relationships, but the two won't stop eying each other. Let's keep track as they work their way to meeting up again. [Updated September 30.]
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January 4, 2017
Big 12, Pac-12 reportedly discussed football challenge. All in favor?
Not happening, but it sure would be fun.
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November 18, 2016
The Big 12’s new conference title game will be in Jerry World — duh
They’re gonna play a round robin, then have a conference championship anyway, which will probably make rich people some money.
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October 19, 2016
4 simple things to know about Big 12 expansion and what happens next
The conference isn’t adding teams at this time. That doesn’t mean Big 12 drama is anywhere near done.
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October 19, 2016
Iowa State's AD has some Big 12 real talk
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October 18, 2016
What Big 12 members were told not to say about the expansion decision
Here’s what the conference is feeling a little self-conscious about.
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October 18, 2016
Imagining a post-Big 12 future
The Big 12 has once again elected not to expand, which means we’re all once again counting down the days to its demise.
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October 18, 2016
ACHIEVEMENT: Big 12 got richer by doing nothing
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October 17, 2016
Big 12 passes on expansion for now. Here’s why
Well, that was much ado about nothing.
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October 17, 2016
Big 12 candidates prepared for these 4 scenarios
As you can see, just about any outcome is possible today.
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October 15, 2016
The Big 12 reportedly won’t expand after all, but it technically didn’t promise it would
The conference’s July expansion announcement was carefully worded.
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October 14, 2016
Here's what SDSU's Big 12 pitch looked like
It didn’t work out, but here’s how the Aztecs wooed the Big 12.
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October 6, 2016
Switzer's blunt case against Houston in the Big 12
It's not nice, but it's not necessarily wrong.
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September 20, 2016
Texas’ lieutenant governor said the one Big 12 expansion thing that is definitely true
For all the times you’ve thought “it’s the Big 12, but it has 10 teams.”
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September 16, 2016
Football-only Big 12 invite? Might work for BYU
The Big 12's two most distant expansion candidates raise an interesting option.
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September 16, 2016
Houston's potential might be its Big 12 roadblock
Cincinnati and Houston have both presented their expansion pitches to the Big 12, per SB Nation sources. Thursday night, UH added another emphatic slide.
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September 14, 2016
POWER RANKING Big 12 candidates by their seasons
I'll keep this up until the conference adds teams, which could be any day now or 2021.
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September 3, 2016
Houston beat the Big 12 favorite. Add Houston.
If you're scared, say you're scared.
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August 31, 2016
Here are all 13 of the '6-8' Big 12 candidates
This is the strangest sport on earth.
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August 31, 2016
ECU, which was very persistent, exits Big 12 race
The Pirates had no problem pitching, but they've become the first Big 12 aspirant publicly eliminated from the expansion race.
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August 29, 2016
No one wants to make the next Big 12 pitch typo
Typos happen. It's best if they don't happen while you're touting your academics.
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August 21, 2016
11 schools the Big 12 could add. Wow, problem solved.
Just please do something already. Here are two or a dozen or whatever teams you can add any day now.
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August 17, 2016
If Big 12 blogs were in charge of expansion ...
Let's take the temperature of some passionate and knowledgeable Big 12 fans.