TCU expected to announce Big 12 move tonight

TCU has scheduled a “major announcement” this evening, and most expect it to be a move to the Big 12 Conference. The school did not disclose details of the event, but a person with knowledge of the plans has told The Associated Press that TCU trustees were scheduled to meet today and were likely to accept an invitation to join the Big 12. The person spoke on condition of anonymity late Sunday because the university was not prepared to publicly reveal its plans. The move would provide some much-needed stability to the Big 12, which lost Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-12 over the summer and will lose Texas A&M to the SEC next year. Missouri is also exploring a move to the SEC. In TCU, the Big 12 would get the defending Rose Bowl champion Horned Frogs—a BCS-busting team that finished No. 2 last season after a 13-0 season. Several Big 12 coaches welcomed the idea. TCU currently competes in the Mountain West Conference and was set to join the Big East next July. Instead, the Big 12 went public with its interest in TCU last week; because it isn’t yet a Big East member, TCU wouldn’t be required to give 27 months’ notice to leave, though it would need to pay a $5 million exit fee, according to conference policy.