The expected shift of several Big 12 teams to the Pac 10 seems to have lost a little momentum, for now at least. According to this Kansas City Star article, "[Big 12 commissioner Dan] Beebe’s efforts to halt a mass exodus from the Big 12 might be gaining at least a tenuous foothold." Also, "Orangeblood" writer Chip Brown's latest Twitter "tweets" are focusing on the potential outcome of the Big 12 remaining relatively intact.
Provided no other defections take place beyond the already-departed Colorado and Nebraska, we would have, for the moment, the bizarre situation of the Big 10 having 12 teams, and the Big 12 having 10.
Whether the Big 12 would at some point invite teams such as Texas Christian University and the University of Houston, to get back to actually having 12 teams, remains to be seen. Perhaps as a pitch to move to a more prominent circuit than its current Conference USA home, UH announced plans to build a completely new football stadium on the site of its current one and renovate its basketball arena, Hofheinz Pavilion. Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL's Houston Texans, would of course also be available, for example, for when UH (hypothetically) hosted Texas.
Having TCU and UH would make the Big 12 super awesome! ALMOST like the good old SWC.
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