Nebraska and Colorado opt out of Big 12 expansion talks, open doors back up for Bulls
Anthony Washington -- The Tampa Bay Chronicles
According to a source close to the situation, officials at both the University of Colorado and the University of Nebraska are 'prepared to reject a conference invite' from the Big 12 should one come, as first reported by ESPN.
The news comes just days before Big 12 conference and school officials were supposed to vote on adding two more members to the conference. This could be the death blow to the conference's wishes to get to twelve members for the 2018 season.
According to reports, Texas schools Houston and SMU are out of the picture and with internal favorites Colorado and Nebraska also out of the running, the Big 12 is expected to rescind their January vote which called for the expansion. The likely outcome is now that the Big 12 remains a ten-team conference and revisits this discussion at a later date.
Both USF and UCF do have outside shots however at perhaps the vote still happening and instead of it concerning Nebraska and Colorado, the conference will instead look at USF and UCF. At the time of the initial vote in January, both Florida schools were viewed as "desperate measures" and these times could call for them.
