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Billionaire Tillman Fertitta, who chairs the University of Houston board of regents, is pushing for the school to join the Big 12. He also said that the Cougars have at least a 50 percent chance of joining a major conference. Fertitta made these comments while speaking to the Houston Chronicle editorial board this week. He said on joining the Big 12: “things are happening out there behind the scenes…. It’s not a dead issue.” The Big 12 has held firm at 10 teams since 2012. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said there are no plans for the conference to expand But Fertitta has said he wants the Texas Legislature to push the Big 12 presidents into inviting Houston. The Cougars were members of the old Southwest Conference with Texas, Baylor, TCU and Texas Tech. But Houston didn’t make the cut for the Big 12 when it started in 1996. Houston currently is a hot football team under new coach Tom Herman. The Cougars are ranked in the top 25 for the first time in four years. “We belong playing Texas and TCU and Baylor,” Fertitta told the Chronicle’s editorial board. “That’s who we belong playing.” read more: http://collegesports.blog.statesman.com/2015/10/14/houston-regent-chair-pushes-to-get-big-12-invite-for-cougars/