Thanks. Interesting read. But, the article assumes that the NCAA will give authority for the XII to have a football championship game with only 10 members, which is not in the best interest of the other P5 conferences, and does not address the XII's biggest issue - the inequality in terms of revenue and power that U Texas has in comparison to the other XII members. Oklahoma can and would likely thrive away from the Longhorn's shadow in another conference (B1G, PAC or SEC) whereas Texas Tech needs the XII to stay together because if it does not and U Texas goes its own way, Texas Tech may find itself on the outside looking in. Not to mention that while BYU does move the needle, UConn may not move it in Oklahoma City (#45 in the US), UConn owns the Hartford/New Haven market (#30) and moves it in both NYC (#1) and Boston (#7).
Myopia is a two way street. While most people in Connecticut look at the Big XII as "flyover country" please understand that they view Connecticut as an empty place between NY and Boston. While reality is that Morgantown VW really is an empty place between coal mines, the Big XII people know that WVU fans love them some college football. They don't see that from Connecticut.
Markets are irrelevant to the Big XII. They have no network and aren't likely to. So all this nonsense about UCF and the Florida market is just that, nonsense. Similarly UConn's location is straight negative. Terrible travel, no recruiting base, no base of Big XII alumni. That's what they are looking for. Don't apply the metrics that the B1G values to the Big XII, they are not the same, not even close. The Big XII wants a football school, in a football friendly location, where Big XII people/fans are likely to be. BYU is really the only school that fits for them, since they failed to lure FSU or Clemson.
I continue to believe that the B1G would really like to grab OU, KU and Mizzou and add UConn to them. Nebraska, OU, KU, Iowa and Mizzou absolutely lock up that region for the B1G. UConn plus Rutgers, plus Penn State and Maryland and many B1G Alumns in DC and NY create critical mass in the northeast. The quality of football and basketball would be pretty staggering.