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Four Reasons the New Big XII Will Be Really, Really Fun
SEAN PENDERGAST
Last week, the Big XII conference, on the heels of a tumultuous summer that saw the University of Texas and Oklahoma University put in their notice to leave for the Southeastern Conference, extended invitations to four schools — BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, and, YES, the University of Houston — to stabilize the conference and bring the total membership back to twelve teams.
On Friday, those four schools accepted those invitations, so now the University of Houston gets its nearly decade long wish of bumping up to a Power Five conference. If you recall, back from about 2014 through the early part of 2016, the Cougars spent every waking moment primping and grooming themselves, trying to look as pretty as possible for the Big XII. It was a massive sales effort that was ultimately unsuccessful, as the Big XII conference decided to stay with ten teams as the roster.
Read more at https://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-new-look-big-xii-could-be-really-really-fun-11904665
SEAN PENDERGAST
Last week, the Big XII conference, on the heels of a tumultuous summer that saw the University of Texas and Oklahoma University put in their notice to leave for the Southeastern Conference, extended invitations to four schools — BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, and, YES, the University of Houston — to stabilize the conference and bring the total membership back to twelve teams.
On Friday, those four schools accepted those invitations, so now the University of Houston gets its nearly decade long wish of bumping up to a Power Five conference. If you recall, back from about 2014 through the early part of 2016, the Cougars spent every waking moment primping and grooming themselves, trying to look as pretty as possible for the Big XII. It was a massive sales effort that was ultimately unsuccessful, as the Big XII conference decided to stay with ten teams as the roster.
Read more at https://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-new-look-big-xii-could-be-really-really-fun-11904665
