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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4016733, member: 6927"] Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't WVU rebuffed by both ACC and Big Ten in the 2012-13 scramble? Big 12 was sloppy thirds. Needing to compensate for the loss of TAMU and Missouri (and prior to that, Nebraska), the B12 rescued TCU from the Mountain West and staked its claim to the ever-lucrative northern Appalachia media market by taking WVU. Everyone had been saying the Big 12 was the weak link in the "power 5" chain, and its viability rested heavily on UT and OU. It was more a question of when this would happen, not whether. The Big 12 is thrown into flux to say the least, and its market value has taken a massive hit, but I'm not sure it disappears. I'm sure each of the remaining 8 will be seeking greener pastures, but in the meantime they'll look to poach a few of the Group of 5 schools to remain a "power-lite" conference. It also might become a bit of a revolving door, kinda like C-USA has been, with teams treating it is a way station in the quest for something better. [/QUOTE]