Fox Sports: Big 12 expansion continues to loom as huge issue for conference
By Stewart Mandel  @slmandel
PHOENIXÂ — On Wednesday in a conference room at the Arizona Biltmore, Big 12 ADs and coaches sat through a detailed presentation from Navigate Research that may ultimately sway a few votes toward forthcoming expansion. It involved 10 seasons worth of data and 40,000 computer simulations.
All to answer one question: What gives the conference its best chance of reaching the College Football Playoff.
As Baylor coach Art Briles said afterward, had his fifth-ranked team finished one spot higher in 2014, “I don’t think we’d be talking about this.”
Six years after Nebraska left the Big 12 and the conference nearly imploded, the league appears poised for another round of expansion. It’s not like two no-brainer candidates have magically emerged. We’re still talking about mostly underwhelming programs such as Cincinnati, Connecticut and Memphis. (And BYU.) …
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