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Jul 29, 2015
9:20:13am
Here are the views of each of the B12 coaches regarding expansion
according to this article...but only the coaches, not AD's or school presidents.
http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/should-the-big-12-expand-coaches-weigh-in-072215


For expansion:

1. Art Briles, Baylor: "Yeah, I would (support expansion) from a selfish standpoint. So we only have five (annual games) and three (cross-divisional games) and rotate those three. ... Honestly, divisions are OK. They're OK."

2. Paul Rhoads, Iowa State: "That's way above my pay grade. I will cop out and I have no problem doing it. (laughs)"

3. Bill Snyder, Kansas State: "I've long been an advocate of a certain way, and only because of its value to Kansas State. ... I have always favored the way it was at one time. I favor a 12-team conference, I favor two divisions, and I favor a championship game."

4. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma: "If it'd be the right teams, if somebody's going to bring something to continue to improve the quality, sure."


Indifferent or defer to Bowlsby:

5. David Beaty, Kansas: "It's an everchanging landscape in college football. If they do expand, I know that commissioner (Bob) Bowlsby, if that happens, I know he'll pick the right fits. That's important for us, the right fits in the Big 12 moving forward. Not just anyone, but making sure they fit the Big 12. I'm confident of that."

6. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State: "I wish I could speak intelligently on it. I have a lot of confidence in our league office. Do I think at some point two more teams will get on board? I do. I don't know who they are, I don't know when. Do I want to have a conference championship game right now? No. I guess what I'm saying is I don't think there's any reason right now to hit a panic button."

7. Charlie Strong, Texas: "Whatever the commissioner thinks is right, I'm all for."

8. Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech: "I really don't have much of an opinion on that, truly. I think it's a great plan, what we're putting out there now. ... I haven't thought too much about expansion, I just play the games on the schedule. The only one I've heard consistently is BYU and obviously they're a storied program, but I haven't thought too much about it."

9. Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia: "There's some quality teams out there. ... In order for some of those teams to be considered, they need to model what TCU did, which, 10 years ago, they started building and started winning. Which teams those are is not for me to say, but I'd use the TCU model in order to be considered."


Against Expansion:

10. Gary Patterson, TCU: "No. Reason I don't really look forward to it is the only way you do that is you'll probably have to travel a longer distance and I've already done the West Coast-East Coast thing."
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