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Big 12 watch: Will expansion even happen?

Commissioner of the Big 12 Bob Bowlsby, right, and University of Oklahoma President David Boren arrive to speak to reporters at the Big 12 sports conference meetings in Irving, Texas, Thursday, June 2, 2016. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

While the news about Big 12 expansion has begun to slow as the conference hears pitches from candidates, there was still some important information and ideas to be had on Wednesday.

In responding to a mailbag question, Stewart Mandel of Fox Sports discussed the possibility that the Big 12 might not expand at all. He writes, "there does remain a very real possibility — about 40 percent, if not higher — that the conference will eventually make that very announcement.