Big 12 to add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF after they formally accept invitations to join confer

[AZProgressive]

Big 12 to add BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF after they formally accept invitations to join conference

BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF accepted invitations Friday to join the Big 12 after the conference voted to expand its league membership for the first time since 2012. As expected, the Big 12 rubber stamped the membership invitations, extending them to the four schools who quickly accepted the offers.

Extending an invitation required a supermajority of the remaining eight Big 12 athletic directors. However, the Big 12 notes that the vote to add these new members was unanimous.

BYU and Houston accepted their invitations within hours of receiving them, and by the end of the day all four universities announced they will join the Big 12.

BYU became the first school to accept its invitation, announcing just 12 minutes after the Big 12 publicly announced the invitations.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-12-to-add-byu-cincinnati-houston-and-ucf-after-they-formally-accept-invitations-to-join-conference/

[rurallib]

1. That actually may be an interesting conference with no real dominant team

Sure will be spread all across the map.

I wonder how long some of those SEC teams will want to go with never winning a championship?

[msongs]

2. will byu play against schools that support lgbt rights? nt

[TexasTowelie]

4. They played against the University of Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl in 2019.

They also played games against USC, Washington, and UMass in 2019. I don't know what position any of those universities take on LGBT rights, but I would be surprised if at least one of the four other universities doesn't support LGBT rights.

[underpants]

3. UCF was in conference USA - crazy amount of travel

Marshall for decades took bus rides to games around Ohio Virginia etc then they went to Conference USA. Now they fly to UTEP UCF Tulane etc.

Looks like the Big 12 will be the same for UCF.

[El Supremo]

5. And for CU, Mizzou, Nebraska and A&M:

[Capt. America]

6. Clearly, nothing is going to replace UT and OU. That said, Orlando, Houston, Cincy, and Mormons

are pretty good sized markets. We'll see....