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The Big 12 has narrowed its list of expansion candidates to at least 12 schools, sources told ESPN. Nike Air Max Classic Bw Scontate .The 12 schools are Air Force, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado State, UConn, Houston, Rice, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane.Eight of the candidates still alive in the Big 12s expansion sweepstakes are members of the American Athletic Conference: UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, Houston, South Florida, SMU, Temple and Tulane. Air Force and Colorado State are Mountain West members, Rice is in Conference USA, and BYU is an independent.While at least a dozen schools made the cut, several did not, including Arkansas State, Boise State, East Carolina, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, San Diego State and UNLV, sources said.ESPN could not confirm whether Memphis, which was also under consideration by the league, made the cut.As part of the next step in the process, representatives from each school will make in-person presentations to Big 12 officials in Dallas next week, sources said.?The league has said it hopes to make a decision on expansion by the Big 12s regularly scheduled board of directors meeting Oct. 17.The Big 12 trimmed its group of potential candidates by nearly one-third. Almost two dozen schools that were interested in joining the league conducted video conferences with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby over the past two weeks.Sources have said that its becoming less and less likely that the league would expand to 14 teams. The most likely scenario is the Big 12 remains at 10 teams or adds two schools for a 12-team league with two six-team divisions, sources said.East Carolina was the first school to publicly acknowledge it had been eliminated. UNLV and New Mexico officials also said they were no longer in the running.While it is obviously not the decision we were hoping for, I am confident ECU put forth its best effort during this process, East Carolina athletic director Jeff Compher said in a statement Wednesday. Through a determined approach, we were able to tell our story to not only the Big 12 but the entire nation. Air Max Plus Ingrosso . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. Scarpe Air Max 200 Scontate . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. http://www.airmaxitaliascarpe.it/scarpe-...1-scontate.html . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Texas A&M has unveiled new throwback uniforms and helmets for the Aggies game on Oct. 1 at South Carolina.?The throwbacks commemorate the Aggies undefeated 1956 season, but they are also quite stylish:Not only did Texas A&M go undefeated that season, but John David Crow, who played on that team, won the 1957 Heisman Trophy. Teammate Gene Stallings won the 1992 national title as Alabamas head coach. According to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Jack Pardee, who played linebacker for A&M in 1956, was the only man to be the head coach of teams in college football, the NFL, the USFL, the World Football League, and the Canadian Football League. Scarpe Air Max 96 Scontate. - John Wilmhoff ' ' '