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Deaton seems to indicate MU is talking to other conferences
By Mike DeArmond - Posted on 07 September 2011
Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton had nothing to share regarding what went on during Wednesday’s Big 12 Board of Directors teleconference.
But when a reporter from the Columbia Missourian spoke briefly to Deaton, he seemed to come as close as any MU official ever has to confirming a rather huge point: That Missouri officials have spoken to other conferences or at least officials from schools in other conferences, about MU’s status and possible future in a move away from the Big 12.
“There's so much discussion around the nation right now that I think there's probably not an institution in the Big 12 that has not been in discussions with other institutions,” Deaton, who’s the chairman of the Big 12 Board of Directors, was quoted by the Missourian as saying.
“I don't think there's any process going on in terms of expansion; that's just my assessment of it.”
Deaton — as MU athletic director Mike Alden did on Saturday — supported
statements made by MU football coach Gary Pinkel in which he criticized the instability and uncertainty of the Big 12.
“I was aware of the comments he made and felt good about them,” Deaton said.
Missouri in the past two weeks has been generally portrayed in as a possible target for any number of other conferences should the Big 12 implode.
Included as possible landing points for Mizzou have been the SEC, the Pac-12, the Big East and the Big Ten.
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