One of the main national storylines from this week was about Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby presenting data to conference members that suggested that a Big 12 champion would be slightly more likely to make the playoff if the conference expanded to 12 teams again and reinstated a title game. It was based on thousands of simulations and may in fact be correct (so hard to say because of the assumptions you have to make about the Playoff committee). Bowlsby and others in the conference have been hitting the pavement hard, talking about how the conference cannot stand still (which it's really good at doing), how it needs to figure out its TV situation so it doesn't fall way behind other conferences, etc.
Big 12 expansion requires Texas benevolence. Thank goodness Missouri got out.
