I wonder where I heard this particular thought process before...could it have been last offseason?
. The below excerpt pretty much sums it all up over the past year+:
Sure, the Big 12 seems not only to be operating at a psychological disadvantage,
but a tangible one, too. The playoff committee said as much when it noted in April that a 13th game and conference championship, neither of which the Big 12 has, carries weight in playoff deliberations. After this revelation (which shouldn’t have been a revelation at all) Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby used the phrase himself: “We're at a disadvantage.”
Boren, imo, gets it. Beebe never got it. Bowlsby is just going to do what the majority wants done. All I see is one outspoken 'visionary' for that conference. Gonna be fun to watch over the years. If nothing else, it was really odd to see such a mass exodus(Colo, Neb, Mizzou, aTm) bailing from a once very solid conference. If they want to stay together then adding a team like Colorado State and Memphis makes the most sense in terms of digital/media footprints, etc.