New Conference re-alignment thread

[Saulbadguy]

The old one has AIDS.

Anyways, Chip Brown from Orangebloods.com reports OU may apply to the Pac-12 by the end of the month.

Oklahoma will apply for membership to the Pac-12 before the end of the month, and Oklahoma State is expected to follow suit, a source close to OU's administration told Orangebloods.com.

Even though Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Friday the Pac-12 was not interested in expansion at this time, OU's board of regents is fed up with the instability in the Big 12, the source said.

The OU board of regents will meet within two weeks to formalize plans to apply for membership to the Pac-12, the source said.

Messages left Sunday night with OU athletic director Joe Castiglione and Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder were not immediately returned.

If OU follows through with what appears to be a unanimous sentiment on the seven-member Oklahoma board of regents to leave the Big 12, realignment in college athletics could be heating back up. OU's application would be matched by an application from Oklahoma State, the source said, even though OSU president Burns Hargis and mega-booster Boone Pickens both voiced their support for the Big 12 last Thursday.

There is differing sentiment about if the Pac-12 presidents and chancellors are ready to expand again after bringing in Colorado and Utah last year and landing $3 billion TV contracts from Fox and ESPN. Colorado president Bruce Benson told reporters last week CU would be opposed to any expansion that might bring about east and west divisions in the Pac-12.

Currently, there are north and south divisions in the Pac-12. If OU and OSU were to join, Larry Scott would have to get creative.

Scott's orginal plan last summer was to bring in Colorado, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and put them in an eastern division with Arizona and Arizona State. The old Pac-8 schools (USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State) were to be in the west division.

Colorado made the move in June 2010, but when Texas A&M was not on board to go west, the Big 12 came back together with the help of its television partners (ABC/ESPN and Fox).

If Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were accepted into the Pac-12, there would undoubtedly be a hope by Larry Scott that Texas would join the league. But Texas sources have indicated UT is determined to hang onto the Longhorn Network, which would not be permissible in the Pac-12 in its current form.

Texas sources continue to indicate to Orangebloods.com that if the Big 12 falls apart, the Longhorns would consider "all options."

Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe held an emergency conference call 10 days ago with league presidents excluding Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M and asked the other league presidents to "work on Texas" because Beebe didn't think the Pac-12 would take Oklahoma without Texas.

Now, it appears OU is willing to take its chances with the Pac-12 with or without Texas.

There seemed to be a temporary pause in any possible shifting of the college athletics' landscape when Baylor led a charge to tie up Texas A&M's move to the Southeastern Conference in legal red tape. BU refused to waive its right to sue the SEC over A&M's departure from the Big 12, and the SEC said it would not admit Texas A&M until it had been cleared of any potential lawsuits.

Baylor, Kansas and Iowa State have indicated they will not waive their right to sue the SEC.

It's unclear if an application by OU to the Pac-12 would draw the same threats of litigation against the Pac-12 from those Big 12 schools.

Stay tuned.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Yeah…if your school isn’t in the Big 10(NFC) or the SEC(AFC) you are screwed.

Man I would hate to be a fan of one of those schools.


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Especially when the BigTen and SEC decide to just have their own 12 team playoff.

[Mr. Plow]

Really looking forward to us getting the whole "KU sucks at football!1!11!" and "Mizzou sucks at everything!11!!1" conversation going again.

[Discuss Thrower]

Whatever empty suit is in charge in Big XII land needs to figure out how to get to 20 teams by Tuesday

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Pants

Ya, but probably still not as bad as being a fan of a completely uncompetitive and irrelevant school, though.

12 years later, still being told which sport we should care about and how all other conferences are STILL imminently ****ed.

Shit, all these years later I sure wish Kansas had become even a larger doormat for football and a bottom feeder basketball team!

[Hoover]

Hearing that Oregon and Washington have both applied to join the BigTen

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by kcclone

$$$

It’s not necessarily who is winning right now that counts. It’s TV ratings and ceilings that the B1G and SEC are looking at in adding.

I get the mentality of moving to one of those conferences for self preservation if I'm an AD or whatever... no idea why the fans want it though unless you know the athletic dept will be competitive.

And I don't blame schools for throwing a middle finger at Texas and OU, either.

I just don't get this idea that the Missouris and Nebraskas are so much better off from a fan's perspective... you're just somebody else's bitch now, but the rich people at the school you went to/follow are now richer. Yay?

Or your school being completely irrelevant in a huge conference is better than being in a smaller conference or hell, not one at all?

I mean, good for Missouri and Nebraska for completely wasting a decade as bottom feeders to get in early... I'll use another CBB NC t-shirt to wipe away the irrelevant tears before college athletics is completely ruined.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Whatever empty suit is in charge in Big XII land needs to figure out how to get to 20 teams by Tuesday

Did anyone tell you TV makes these decisions not leagues?

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by Hoover

Hearing that Oregon and Washington have both applied to join the BigTen

Sources: Oregon and Washington have been told by @bigten that it is standing pat for now. Waiting on a decision by Notre Dame.

— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) July 1, 2022

[Sassy Squatch]

Interesting. Wonder who the 20th team will be?

[Titty Meat]

Any B1G school will be able to buy Bill Self and KU won't be able to match

[Sassy Squatch]

Stanford does make sense as Notre Dame brings along what may be it's last major rival that isn't already in the BIG or remaining independent. Miami could be a wild card as well.

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Any B1G school will be able to buy Bill Self and KU won't be able to match

believe in your dreams

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Any B1G school will be able to buy Bill Self and KU won't be able to match

You said yesterday nobody cares about basketball

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Stanford does make sense as Notre Dame brings along what may be it's last major rival that isn't already in the BIG or remaining independent. Miami could be a wild card as well.

So in terms of revenue Stanford makes a the most sense, plus adds some scheduling and travel relief. But I think the BigTen really wants North Carolina for some reason. Would be a great addition for Basketball.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Sources: Oregon and Washington have been told by @bigten that it is standing pat for now. Waiting on a decision by Notre Dame.

— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) July 1, 2022

The news here is that the Big Ten is waiting on a response from ND. Its going to happen.