Weighing In On Big 12 Expansion

The rumors are swirling about the Big 12 and BYU being in discussions to bring the Cougars into the rebuilding conference. Texas AD DeLoss Dodd's comments on the first Friday of February where he addressed the Lufkin Chamber of Commerce brought more attention BYU's way when Dodd's mentioned that further Big 12 expansion could target Louisville, BYU, and possibly Notre Dame. Now that West Virginia and the Big East have reached a settlement which allows the Mountaineers to compete in the Big 12 for the 2012 football season, the attention has turned to other expansion candidates for the conference to return to the number the conference is named after. Louisville and West Virginia were neck-and-neck in previous expansion discussions before WVU emerged as the favorite for expansion back to 10 members. University of Oklahoma president David Boren is one of the major proponents for adding Louisville after being lobbied to by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, a Louisvi...