was different. There was no P5/G5. BYU had just inked a deal with ESPN not long before. It seemed that even half of CB didn’t want the Big 12. Not kidding…many many BYU fans did not want to go to the Big 12. For whatever reason, TCU got the invite in the eleventh hour.

PAC-12 wouldn’t even entertain BYU due to religious bigotry. Everyone knows that.

In 2016, OU/UT were just milking it for more money and probably never had intentions of actually allowing expansion to happen.