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Message: [QUOTE="amory, post: 1762452, member: 2935"] Yesterday I was feeling very good about an invite. Today it seems like a complete 180. I said a few days ago I thought this would end with 2 schools being added, neither of which would be UConn. I'm back to that, and starting to lean toward no expansion at all. Consider what we actually know (it ain't much): [LIST] [*]This all came up very suddenly after a lot of established media people had expansion dead and buried. [*]The Big 12 has always had this clause in their contract and it never prompted them to expand before. And they've always been very partial to their 10 team round robin format. And they can have a championship game now, without adding anyone. [*]The "favorites" according to various writers have changed almost daily, with the exception of BYU and Cincy which were everyone's predetermined leaders before any of this even started, so that could just be momentum. [*]ESPN and Fox are against expansion altogether. What's more, the Big 12 doesn't seem to particularly love any of the available candidates. [*]There has been almost no legitimate information leaking anywhere regarding contact from the Big 12 to the candidate schools, yet we hear that they want this done in time for football season. Then yesterday we randomly find out UConn got a call to set up a meeting to "gauge their interest". [*]Texas and OU must realize that the ACC network is a big risk for ESPN, and it's probably the last TV based network that will be created. Texas doesn't need a network, and OU probably realizes they can punch their ticket wherever they want in less than a decade, despite what some posters around here say about their value. They're OU. [/LIST] This sure seems like a bluff. The Big 12 didn't start these evaluations weeks ago, they started at least months ago. Why go public that they're opening up expansion talks? I think it's to get some free money. Why doesn't anyone seem to know [I]anything?[/I] Are they really doing that well at sealing off leaks? Or is there just nothing to leak? [/QUOTE]

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