Different motives behind supporting candidates

ByJAKE TROTTER
August 1, 2016, 10:20 AM

— -- IRVING, Texas -- The last week in the Big 12 was, well, so very Big 12.

Going into the week, few, even insiders within the conference, would've predicted that the league would stunningly vote to pursue expansion.

Even fewer could've guessed that two days later the University of Texas would throw its weight behind the one expansion candidate prevailing wisdom suggested the Longhorns would've been dead-set on blocking.