When it came to inviting Baylor, Texas politics was front & center in making them come to the Big 12. Baylor doesn't really bring anything to the table now that they're under extreme scrutiny nationally & they really just hurt the conference at this point. If UT would be ok with kicking them out in favor of staying at 10 schools, then would UT & OU be ok with kicking WVU out as well & inviting Zona & ASU?
WVU is out there on an island all by themselves. We can all agree that inviting TCU instead of Louisville was a huge mistake. If Louisville had been invited, then that would help give WVU a little bit of a geographical friend in this conference.
However if the Big 12 were to expand to 12 & could get the Zona schools to leave the Pac 12, then geographically, this conference would be a complete MESS!!! But if the conference wanted to stay at 10, then I would think that the Zona schools could/would at least be able to provide as much financially to this conference as Baylor & WVU. It would be easier travelling to the Zona schools as compared to Morgantown.
Just some random thoughts
WVU is out there on an island all by themselves. We can all agree that inviting TCU instead of Louisville was a huge mistake. If Louisville had been invited, then that would help give WVU a little bit of a geographical friend in this conference.
However if the Big 12 were to expand to 12 & could get the Zona schools to leave the Pac 12, then geographically, this conference would be a complete MESS!!! But if the conference wanted to stay at 10, then I would think that the Zona schools could/would at least be able to provide as much financially to this conference as Baylor & WVU. It would be easier travelling to the Zona schools as compared to Morgantown.
Just some random thoughts
