Former Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds brought up that possibility in an ESPN story about how the Southwest Conference crumbled.

“Times continue to change and I think the Big 12 is probably concerned about the number of institutions in the Big 12, the future TV contracts and those kinds of things,” Dodds said. “I think there's going to be some movement again in the next two, three, four years. I think things will change again. How that happens or when that happens, I'm not sure. But I think maybe the Big 12 probably needs more members.”

Dodds did not name names, and one of the big problems for the Big 12 is there aren’t any obvious candidates for expansion that would bring competitive football programs at the Power Five level while also adding to the league’s TV footprint. Cincinnati is a school that has been tossed around in the past, although that would be an odd geographic and cultural fit — not that that mattered with West Virginia.

SMU and Houston perhaps seem like the most natural Big 12-esque schools and would certainly fit, but there isn’t much upside with either because the Dallas and Houston markets are already within the Big 12’s footprint.
[Post edited by goldendomer at 12/02/2020 4:48PM]