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Conference Realignment: Big 12 expansion no cause for celebration

Nov 5, 2016; Waco, TX, USA; The Big 12 logo on the chains during a game between the TCU Horned Frogs and Baylor Bears at McLane Stadium. TCU won 62-22. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports

We’ve all faced no-win situations in life. And just because we made a decision that was the lesser of two evils, we don’t celebrate the outcomes that are less than ideal. That’s the situation that the Big 12 finds itself in this week as it has officially added Central Florida, Cincinnati, Houston, and BYU to the fold.

Though adding those programs to the conference might have been the best the Big 12 could have hoped to do, it doesn’t change the fact that this conference is far worse off now than it was two months ago.