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Big 12 blew it by eschewing playoff

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe all but killed his own conference on April 30, 2008.

That's when he decided to team up with the Big Ten and Pac-10 to reject a four-team playoff being pushed by the SEC and ACC. If the Big 12 (and/or the Big East) had supported it, the so-called "Plus One" model likely would've happened.

Dan Wetzel

Filed under: Big Ten Expansion
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