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Memphis releases statement after Big 12 rejection, says Tigers athletics 'stronger than ever'

Memphis acknowledged July 21 that a proposal from the university to join the Big 12 "did not ultimately move in our favor." ...

Memphis’ desperate Big 12 membership proposal still got shot down

The Tigers are desperate to get out, and they’re willing to offer hundreds of millions to do it. The Big 12 received a ...

Memphis Shares Awkward Message After Big 12 Efforts Fail

Money can buy a lot of things in life, but we know it cannot buy happiness, and as of Monday, we learned it cannot buy a spot ...
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Sources: Big 12 won’t add Memphis despite pitch

Memphis approached the Big 12 with a pitch to become its 17th member in recent weeks, but conference presidents decided ...

Memphis’ Big 12 pitch, including $200 million in sponsorships, isn’t gaining traction: Sources

The University of Memphis pitched itself to the Big 12 with an offer to bring sponsorship revenue to the conference while taking no media rights payments, an unprecedented offer to join a conference, ...

Sources: Memphis proposing lucrative offer to join Big 12, but it lacks support from conference leadership

The proposal from Memphis — one of the most aggressive membership propositions in college athletics history — features ...
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Memphis Tigers left empty-handed after bold Big 12 proposal falls flat

That didn’t sit well with fans. The timing came off as ironic, if not tone-deaf, given Memphis has been very publicly trying ...

Big 12 'not interested' in conference expansion idea

The Big 12 has reportedly passed on adding Memphis as a member of the conference despite the school's lucrative membership ...