Yeah. They had to take four at that point. And they took the best four available.
Just saying -- BYU definitely increases the "average conference value." Cincinnati and the Big 12 had been in "will they or won't they" mode for approximately a decade+ at that point. Finally did!
UH and UCF were there to give the conference some "mass" to make it less vulnerable to future raiding. You can stay at ten with Oklahoma and Texas but need more without those lodestars.
Had the timing worked out differently, I think BYU and UC are still takes along with the Pac-12 refugees. We'd end up with 14 instead and Houston and UCF would be in a similar situation to Memphis.
