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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 1832836, member: 5312"] I am guessing they will become the Big XIV as that will be [I]only 2 new schools above the original 12 members[/I]. "In anticipation of the possibility of expansion to 14 by 1996, the new conference trademarked both "Big 12" and "Big 14"." [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Big_12_Conference']History of the Big 12 Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] The included reference however refers to a [I]copyright - [/I]the site for that would be the Library of Congress: [URL='https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B-9LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9OwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=big+12&pg=4801,6649676&hl=en']The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search[/URL] In the short run they are trying to avoid being left behind by the ACC and also trying to outflank the Pac 12 which would then be smallest conference. The Pac 12 may not sit still however, especially given the problems of their go-it-alone conference network. All of this may set off another huge ripple of conference realignment as the AAC and maybe the MWC try to backfill from C-USA, the MAC, and the Sunbelt. "The [B]2005 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_conference_realignment']NCAA conference realignment[/URL][/B] was initiated by the movement of three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_%281979%E2%80%932013%29']Big East Conference[/URL] teams ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College']Boston College[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Miami']University of Miami[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech']Virginia Tech[/URL]) to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference']Atlantic Coast Conference[/URL] [which] set into motion events that created a realignment in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football']college football[/URL], as 23 teams changed conferences and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy']Army[/URL] became an independent." [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NCAA_conference_realignment']2005 NCAA conference realignment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [I]Twenty three[/I] teams - Good grief! [/QUOTE]

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