About Cincinnati's Big 12 candidacy:

"The Bearkats have a 28 million dollar athletics budget - which would be the lowest in the Big 12. Their football stadium holds 40,000. Blech. They deliver Ohio though, right? Not quite. They’re the #4 local option in their city behind the Bengals, Reds, Buckeyes, but you’ll hear many promises of how they’ll deliver the Cincy market more surely than Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap in their heyday. Their football has been solid and somewhat coaching agnostic. Basketball, too. They have a middling fanbase, at best, and Cincinnati is known as one of...America’s cities.

It’s a commentary on the absurdity of this field that they’re probably considered the prestige candidate after BYU."

About BYU's candidacy for the Big 12:

"The Cougars represent the best expansion option by a mile. They’re actually a solid 7. Frankly, they offer more than half of the current Big 12 members. A legitimate national fanbase and legitimately expansive television market, good athletic teams in revenue sports, a big-time football environment (stadium capacity would be 3rd in the league), and prolonged athletic success (football is 93-37 over last ten years, hoops consistently competitive) that has been coaching agnostic. As a value add, it’s an enjoyable road trip (at least if you favor the great outdoors over tailgating).

The main objections will be centered around their refusal to play on Sundays and potential cultural issues. The former can be accommodated (including perhaps a football only alignment) and the latter is overblown. BYUTV is presented as an issue for conference networks, but that’s a good thing if Texas wants to preserve the LHN."

'Nuff said.