By JOHN KLEIN Sr. Sports Columnist on Nov 20, 2012, at 4:45 PM Updated on 11/20 at 4:45 PM
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Quick. Get the Big 12 Conference invitation cards in the mail to Florida State and Clemson.,
The 10-team thing is working well. Everyone seems to like 10 teams.
However, to answer the Big Ten’s latest expansion with Maryland and Rutgers, and the SEC’s addition of Missouri and Texas A&M, it appears the Big 12 might be forced into doing something.
If the other major conferences are now in the business of pushing toward 16-team leagues, the Big 12 has to protect itself by adding at least two teams.
Not Louisville, Cincinnati or Memphis. If you are looking at those schools, add Tulsa. TU’s football program is in better shape than those schools and the Golden Hurricane are in the Big 12 footprint.
However, realistically, the Big 12 needs some more big boys. They need schools that play big boy football. Among the schools in the ACC that traditionally play big boy football are Florida State and Clemson.
If you want a city school add Georgia Tech. Make a call to Bubba Cunningham at North Carolina, just to make sure the Tar Heels are comfortable with the crumbling leagues on the east coast.
Big 12 athletic directors keep saying any new members have to bring enough to make expansion worth the move.
Florida State and Clemson bring plenty to the table.
Let the Big 10 have Maryland and Rutgers.
Let the Big Least keep Louisville, Cincy, Memphis, SMU and Houston.
However, it might be time for the Big 12 to make another bold move and help stabilize its future.
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