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08:21 AM ET 05.08 | Bob Bowlsby's new job is a big one, and many wonder if it will grow even larger. [With] the conference looking more stable, other issues can be addressed, like expansion. ... The latest [speculation] involves Florida State and Clemson in outside-the-box speculation. The reasoning: The Seminoles and Tigers are football-first schools that would be happier in a conference with Texas and Oklahoma than one that just added Pittsburgh and Syracuse. Bowlsby wasn't specific about Big 12 expansion possibilities but talked of conferences liked by an "electronic footprint," as opposed to geographical. Meaning, expansion can come from anywhere. The big target would be Notre Dame in an all-in -- football included -- scenario.

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May 8, 2012 09:11 AM ET

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Here we go again

Joe Mammy

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May 8, 2012 09:20 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:11 AM ET 05.08 by Joe Mammy

Here we go again

+1
It only took 4 days on the job to get the rumor mill started.

Please stay at 10! Just got the $2.4B TV deal done, which currently the highest per team payouts. No need to expand just to expand.

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May 8, 2012 09:20 AM ET

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So, FSU would become TAMU, and Clemson would be Mizzou.

Sounds like a perfect fit. Fire up the Noley jokes, and Clemson can be good-but-never-good-enough-to-be-champs as usual!

GR=O-6fan

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May 8, 2012 09:24 AM ET

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We need Eye's wide opinion! I think WVU is TAMU replacement and Semi's.

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May 8, 2012 09:28 AM ET

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Here we go again

Yep. Never happen. ND will never give up their tv deal and they are not about to share conference money with anybody. They have it made now.

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May 8, 2012 09:29 AM ET

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Big 12 has 10 now and the Big 10 has 12 ...... right..????

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May 8, 2012 09:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:26 AM ET 05.08 by Moudz

Bowlsby is an expansion guy.

Yeah I know. It was my worry when his name surfaced.

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May 8, 2012 09:34 AM ET

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Did Clemson just adopt the nickname "Irish"??? I did not hear about that one.

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May 8, 2012 09:36 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:28 AM ET 05.08 by 50yearfan

Yep. Never happen. ND will never give up their tv deal and they are not about to share conference money with anybody. They have it made now.

Their current TV deal pays less the the B12 would pay them

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May 8, 2012 09:44 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:28 AM ET 05.08 by 50yearfan

Yep. Never happen. ND will never give up their tv deal and they are not about to share conference money with anybody. They have it made now.

Their current deal pays less than the b12 deal.

SL Guido

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May 8, 2012 09:48 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:44 AM ET 05.08 by SL Guido

Their current deal pays less than the b12 deal.

It would be shocking to see them ever go to a conference. They have total autonomy over their scheduling and any future money deals now. You could be right, but they have turned down offers every time in the past.

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May 8, 2012 10:11 AM ET

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I'd prefer Louisville and ND, with FB or not. Have them play one or two Big 12 teams in football. Just having them tied into the conference would be a benefit. ND, unlike some other teams, is a "brand". Not just a wannabe saying they are. And if the Big 12 can get them in FB too, that will squelch talk of the conference falling apart w/o Texas. I don't think it would anyway, but MU people sure like to say it.

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May 8, 2012 10:15 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:20 AM ET 05.08 by SL Guido

+1It only took 4 days on the job to get the rumor mill started. Please stay at 10! Just got the $2.4B TV deal done, which currently the highest per team payouts. No need to expand just to expand.

Me too. Retro scedule...everyone play everyone. (All deserve a guaranteed win and a trip to Lubbock every other year!)

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May 8, 2012 10:17 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:11 AM ET 05.08 by onetime_77

I'd prefer Louisville and ND, with FB or not. Have them play one or two Big 12 teams in football. Just having them tied into the conference would be a benefit. ND, unlike some other teams, is a "brand". Not just a wannabe saying they are. And if the Big 12 can get them in FB too, that will squelch talk of the conference falling apart w/o Texas. I don't think it would anyway, but MU people sure like to say it.

The conference is staying put. The new deal will up the exit fee to about $100MM if you leave in the next 5 years. Its a football first conference, other than Kansas, not a whole lot of interest in the other sports. It would be all sports or nothing.