Bill Snyder on Big 12 expansion targets: 'Let's bring Nebraska back'
By Chip Patterson | College Football/Basketball Writer
July 22, 2015 3:44 pm ET
"Let's bring Nebraska back and a few others, one other maybe. I don't know that," Snyder told Fox Sports' David Ubben. "I know the programs I've seen mentioned, all good programs, all good universities."
Snyder was not the only one mentioning a former Big 12 members as an expansion target. When ESPN surveyed the players attending Big 12 media days, 88 percent of them were in favor of expansion and Texas A&M was the post popular target (22 percent) mentioned. BYU, Houston and Nebraska were the only other schools to join the Aggies with more than one vote from the players.
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Kansas State's Bill Snyder beats the drum loudly. Baylor's Art Briles is on board, too. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen are in favor of the idea if the new schools bring value to the league. Holgorsen told Fox Sports that TCU is a good example of the model expansion candidate. Gary Patterson, one of the only coaches to openly oppose expansion, hopes that the Horned Frogs are not the model but last team in the door.
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By Chip Patterson | College Football/Basketball Writer
July 22, 2015 3:44 pm ET
"Let's bring Nebraska back and a few others, one other maybe. I don't know that," Snyder told Fox Sports' David Ubben. "I know the programs I've seen mentioned, all good programs, all good universities."
Snyder was not the only one mentioning a former Big 12 members as an expansion target. When ESPN surveyed the players attending Big 12 media days, 88 percent of them were in favor of expansion and Texas A&M was the post popular target (22 percent) mentioned. BYU, Houston and Nebraska were the only other schools to join the Aggies with more than one vote from the players.
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Kansas State's Bill Snyder beats the drum loudly. Baylor's Art Briles is on board, too. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen are in favor of the idea if the new schools bring value to the league. Holgorsen told Fox Sports that TCU is a good example of the model expansion candidate. Gary Patterson, one of the only coaches to openly oppose expansion, hopes that the Horned Frogs are not the model but last team in the door.
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