Anticipate Quote by R. Bowen Loftin

By adding Houston to the Big 12, all it does is make the Big 12 a power conference.

— Tilman J. Fertitta

What I don't like - and I'm concerned about - as a Houstonian is that the SEC is starting to own Houston... There's more…

— Tilman J. Fertitta

I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in…

— Eddie Sutton

If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in September, we're…

— Lou Holtz

I've got great respect for all the teams in the SEC as well as the Big 12, the Big Ten, on and on.

— Bob Stoops

I want to bring a Big 12 championship to Tech.

— Patrick Mahomes

We at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC ... in any way, shape or form.

— Bret Bielema

I'm not a shill for the Big 12.

— Oliver Luck

I think when they put together this College Football Playoff, I think you... do you play a light schedule and put everything into your…

— Urban Meyer

I can tell you this: we at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC - in any way, shape or form.

— Bret Bielema

Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and…

— Winston Churchill

Commenting on the decisions of the Bowl Alliance regarding WAC teams: It's a step, no question. Obviously, it's not what any of us wanted,…

— LaVell Edwards