BYU and the Big 12 were likely set to announce BYU would be joining the Big 12 after 10 years of discussions and 10 years of BYU fans saying “we didn’t get in this time, we just need to be patient and wait for year ______ and then we’re in”.
They were probably just finalizing all the press conference details for the announcement when the coronavirus said... “wait, hold my DayQuil”.