Texas AD says he’d oppose expanding the Big 12

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IRVING, Texas — Texas athletic director Mike Perrin said Wednesday that he would oppose Big 12 expansion and added “it would take a lot” for the school to give up the Longhorn Network.

“I think the prudent thing for us to do as a conference is stay where we are,” Perrin said.

Perrin spoke after the first day of Big 12 meetings, which will run through the end of the week. The league’s presidents are scheduled to congregate Thursday and Friday.

Oklahoma president David Boren, also the Big 12’s board chairman, has been the league’s most vocal advocate for expansion, the formation of a conference network and the addition of a conference championship game. Multiple times, Boren has termed the league “psychologically disadvantaged” without them.

Perrin, however, said that he doesn’t see the need for the Big 12 to take any action on expansion this year.

“We have a really strong league when you look at the round-robin schedule,” he said. “We had a team in the playoffs last year with Oklahoma. We could’ve had two teams (TCU and Baylor) in there the year before. I think the (Big 12) is well positioned on television. I think we’re well positioned on the …

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