Daily Bullets (July 29): What You Need to Know about Big 12 Expansion, Collin Oliver is Big Time

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Three Thoughts

• Conference expansion hitting the Big 12 is the perfect situation for July/August, the perfect time to contemplate different combinations for the future.

• Brett McMurphy reported on Thursday that the Big 12 is looking at adding one to three more teams (PFB)
• This (free) piece does a good job of orienting around the other pieces in play/the whole picture (247 Sports)
• Berry Tramel on the Big 12’s prospects ($$$) are terrific, these are the logistical details that are “need to know”:

The Big 12 won’t expand past 16, I don’t believe, because the extra network funding isn’t promised beyond 16. 

If Pac-12 prospects play hard to get, (Brett) Yormark can mention UConn, warning the Pac schools that the Big 12 has other options, and I wouldn’t want to play poker with Yormark.  

[NewsOK]

From what it sounds like, the Big 12 is open to taking 16 but says they want 14 to create a sense of scarcity.

• This was pretty incredible – college football’s best offensive lineman said one of the two toughest players for him to block was OSU’s Collin Oliver (PFF)

• Athletic Director Chad Weiberg nails exactly how it feels to be a Cowboy fan in this round of realignment:

“All I know is,” he said, “it feels a lot better on this side of it than the other side.”

[NewsOK]

Two Quotes/Tweets

• This is one heck of a collector’s item for a Cowboy fan.

• Malcolm Rodriguez still looking the part in Detroit:

One Question

• Can we add the Griz instead of any Pac teams?

Non-OSU Bullets

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Attitude precedes outcome.”

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