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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1762456, member: 1737"] Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 18m18 minutes ago Where Big 12 stands barely two weeks into iexpansion exploration: how many, when, Fox and ESPN, Texas and Oklahoma. [URL="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/08/03/houston-cincinnati-among-schools-vying-big-12-bid-espn-fox-thrilled-expansion-talks?hootPostID=af0f644aabcebc2633811311b4f06957"]Five industry sources weigh in on top candidates to join Big 12; ESPN and Fox not thrilled with expansion talks | SportsDay[/URL] At the moment, no one school has the eight votes necessary for membership, industry sources indicated. Discussions and inevitable horse trading haven't really begun yet. The support of Texas state and university officials, including Gov. Greg Abbott and UT President Greg Fenves, has put Houston into the top tier. Of course, with Texas backing Houston strongly -- a point several sources affirmed Wednesday as very real -- then Oklahoma and President David Boren may be in a position to push for a school. The next two choices would be Cincinnati and BYU. Beyond BYU, a host of schools are clustered, led by UConn, Memphis, Central Florida and Colorado State, in an evolving order. More at: [URL="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/08/03/houston-cincinnati-among-schools-vying-big-12-bid-espn-fox-thrilled-expansion-talks?hootPostID=af0f644aabcebc2633811311b4f06957"]Five industry sources weigh in on top candidates to join Big 12; ESPN and Fox not thrilled with expansion talks | SportsDay[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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