that trying to create a 3rd top level conference is already a lost cause. Maybe they are keeping their powder dry for the "new" true college conference. In the end that may well be the better strategy than what the B12 is doing. Eventually it will be only the 2 conferences and even they may be dismantled in the "pro" division and there does not appear to be any power to stop that. That power would be just like what ESPN is doing with pennies for the ACC to take certain teams. I see the B12 as in the worst position possible to produce a "college" division" product. Way too big and covers way too much ground especially when the TV money shrinks to a trickle.