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<blockquote data-quote="WVUALLEN" data-source="post: 132067702" data-attributes="member: 1112294">“For now, there is no interest from the Big 12 to take any Pac-12 schools. When a chance presented itself Thursday for the Big 12 board of directors to discuss these developments, one high-ranking Big 12 official said, ‘Why?'”The Big Ten and SEC are both now at 16 schools apiece for the future and threatening to get even larger, yet the Big 12 is satisfied to keep itself at 12 and hope that things work out?That is the same kind of thinking that got them into the position that they are in now with Oklahoma and Texas leaving. Sure, adding four schools to help offset that loss will help, but let’s not pretend that the conference doesn’t lose the vast majority of its leverage when those two schools leave. Adding schools like Arizona, ASU, Utah, Colorado, or even Oregon and Washington would allow the Big 12 to broaden its market and get to 16 schools, helping it secure a future for itself.One way or another, college football is heading towards bigger conferences and the Big 12 needs to decide whether it is in, or out.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2022/07/01/big-12-has-no-interest-in-poaching-schools-from-pac-12-report/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WVUALLEN, post: 132067702, member: 1112294"] “For now, there is no interest from the Big 12 to take any Pac-12 schools. When a chance presented itself Thursday for the Big 12 board of directors to discuss these developments, one high-ranking Big 12 official said, ‘Why?'” The Big Ten and SEC are both now at 16 schools apiece for the future and threatening to get even larger, yet the Big 12 is satisfied to keep itself at 12 and hope that things work out? That is the same kind of thinking that got them into the position that they are in now with Oklahoma and Texas leaving. Sure, adding four schools to help offset that loss will help, but let’s not pretend that the conference doesn’t lose the vast majority of its leverage when those two schools leave. Adding schools like Arizona, ASU, Utah, Colorado, or even Oregon and Washington would allow the Big 12 to broaden its market and get to 16 schools, helping it secure a future for itself. One way or another, college football is heading towards bigger conferences and the Big 12 needs to decide whether it is in, or out. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2022/07/01/big-12-has-no-interest-in-poaching-schools-from-pac-12-report/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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