I agree... When you sit back and think about it logically, they make the most sense. You have to figure that despite the politics, none of the non-TX schools want Houston because it does nothing for the conference. This is all about money and expanding the Big12 footprint. If you have a solid media market and your academics match up, you have to be considered a legit contender. I also don't think that ESPN is steering this ship like they did during the last round of expansion. Personally I think it's FOX, and we all know that they want to go east. If ESPN doesn't bid when it's time to get that new contract, someone else will.
Another thing with the stay at 10, expand by 2 more likely than 14 crap. I'm not sure how much I am willing to believe ESPN's "they want 2 over 4" rhetoric. It just rubs me wrong that ESPN has so much invested in this. The conspiracy theorist in me is telling me that they are writing about what they want the Big12 to do, to get everyone talking about it and subconsciously agree with it. I think that when these 11 schools go to interview and they get to voting on 2 or 4 that there may be some schools that don't have enough votes to get in and other schools wont change their votes unless a school they like gets a vote in return. I'm just hoping that there are too many schools that impress them and they have no choice but to run with 4.
End rant.