SALT LAKE CITY — In the tradition of traveling pitchmen, 18 universities, bent on joining the Big 12, are selling their wares and talents. Each has been invited by the conference to give it their best shot. In some cases, they look like Professor Marvel in the “Wizard of Oz,” prattling on about the Priests of Isis and Osiris, Cleopatra and Caesar. “You’d better close your eyes, my child, for a moment,” he says, “in order to be better in tune with the infinite.” Close your eyes is right. How else to filter the baloney? Everybody has an elixir for the Big 12. Memphis has FedEx and Justin Timberlake. Boise State is tied for most college football...
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