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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mountaineer Steve" data-source="post: 129517844" data-attributes="member: 1495432">If you like the expansion topic this is a must read. It is one of the best thought out articles regarding expansion hitting both Pros and consI was having problems with the link.  I hope it works for you.  If not cut and past into browser. <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/25491425/what-you-dont-but-need-to-know-about-big-12-conference-realignment">www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/25491425/what-you-dont-but-need-to-know-about-big-12-conference-realignment</a> --excerpts:What we know: Boren believes the league is at a “psychological disadvantage” going forward with only 10 teams. side note: there is zero proof and is only Boren's belief. Boren further believes the Big 12 would be shored up with more members. That would require rights holders ESPN and Fox to pony up more money.Jon Solomon reported, the Big 12 is currently third in conference revenue, more than 9 million behind the SEC. side note, the way Boren and his WVU rivals poster boy sidekick, is screaming the sky is falling you would think the BIG12 was dead last in revenue sharing and not 3rdWhat we don't know: It's complicated. More teams means insurance -- a better chance the Big 12 will continue to exist if others leave. But about the only reason the Big 12 exists in its current form in the first place is the presence of Oklahoma and Texas. A loss of one or both means trouble for the leagueBased on recent interviews, it's fair to say the majority of Big 12 athletic directors aren't in favor of expansion.Who is going to pay for expansion? As one network executive once told me, the likes of ESPN aren't necessarily in the business of wanting to pay for all this realignment. Sorry, but BYU and Cincinnati just do not bring enough brand recognition or volume (TV sets) to the Big 12. Together, they'd have to bring $46 million per year just for the Big 12 to break even.Conference championship game uncertainty: It looms large because <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/25464320/potential-big-12-football-title-game-vote-next-week-no-better-than-50-50">there's another ledge the league would have to step out on</a>. During the 15 years the Big 12 did stage a championship game (1996-2010), the Big 12 favorite lost six times (40 percent).Might. The Big Ten labored long and hard, figuratively going door-to-door to get cable systems to carry its network. That meant, at first, getting a dime per cable subscriber outside its market and $1 inside its nine-state footprint to establish its network side note, this fact is being totally ignored by Boren and his WVU rivals poster boy sidekick,</blockquote>

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