Beat Michigan in the Big House
Beat Missou at Arrowhead
Go to NY6 bowl
Get invited to Power Conference. That being said, I still see benefits of Independence over certain aspects of Big 12. For example, if we were invited as football only, that would stink for basketball. Plus we're not playing in great cities with strong LDS population. Also, how stable are they? I just think the Pac 12 would be so much better, but I think I agree that if invited, it would be best to go.
One potential huge positive to going to the Big 12 is that there's a chance that, unlike Utah, we'd be put in a very winnable division and have a chance to win the Big 12 North every other year or so. If we did that, and were able to prevail in the championship game every once in a while, we'd go to the CFB Playoffs and NY6 bowl fairly frequently.