Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark isn't bashful about his expansion strategy. He wants to go west.
Speaking Wednesday during a visit to future Big 12 member Cincinnati, Yormark told reporters that the league would be interested in adding members from the Pacific time zone. The new commissioner has taken a bold approach toward expansion, saying at football media days, "The Big 12 is open for business."
"Obviously, going out west is where I would like to go, entering that fourth time zone," Yormark said Wednesday.
He added of the Big 12's wish list: "A program that has national recognition, one that competes at the highest level in basketball and football, stands for the right things, is a good cultural fit.