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[QUOTE="billybud, post: 1780836, member: 3850"]
Info from the Austin American Statesman

Bob Bowlsby remains very mum about the process that could lead to Big 12 expansion, but one Big 12 school official said 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has called power brokers, including Oklahoma State’s T. Boone Pickens, lobbying for support for BYU to join the conference. Romney is a BYU grad. Bowlsby said there are fewer than 20 interested candidates as has been reported, but declined to say if any Power 5 conference schools have expressed interest. He’s almost done going through applicants’ one-hour video presentations and has had “several calls” with Big 12 presidents to update them. Asked how the presidents are feeling about the process, Bowlsby said, “It depends on who you ask. I think there continues to be an open mindedness about it. I think some have developed their positions and probably aren’t sharing it. If it was a clear path, it wouldn’t have taken so long.”

[URL="http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/bohls-romneys-pushing-byu-one-ap-voters-pushing-te/nsK6D/"]Bohls: Romney’s pushing BYU, one AP voter’s pushing Texas[/URL]
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