Brett McMurphy of ESPN appeared on The David Glenn Show on SiriusXM Monday morning and released some new insights regarding Big 12 expansion. There are three important pieces that should be addressed from.
Big 12 will add two, not four
The general consensus seems to be that the Big 12 will choose to expand by two instead of four. Early on it was expected that they would decide to bring in four more teams because that would bring the most money from ESPN and Fox Sports.
Given the recent events and ESPN and Fox Sports being opposed to expansion in general, looks like the Big 12 doesn’t want to burn their bridges with the two media companies.