Funny Stuff New Conference re-alignment thread - Page 367

**Saulbadguy** · 09-12-2011, 07:57 AM

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.

Pants · 10-19-2011, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

And dumbass posts like this is why you constantly get lumped in with Wickeddumb.

Which part do you disagree with?

P.S. I like Wicked. I like how he completely makes you guys lose your shit.

Frazod · 10-19-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

Which part do you disagree with?

P.S. I like Wicked. I like how he completely makes you guys lose your shit.

And he reduces every KU fan that posts in this thread to a window-licking reerun.

But hey, if you guys need a figurehead, that's your business.

Bambi · 10-19-2011, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

And dumbass posts like this is why you constantly get lumped in with Wickeddumb.

heh, I'm so hurt.

Wouldn't trade places with you for anything.

Well, maybe some national titles, conference titles and BCS...

But except for those things I would trade places with you.

Come join the lump!

Pants · 10-19-2011, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

And he reduces every KU fan to a window-licking reerun.

But hey, if you guys need a figurehead, that's your business.

I can't speak for other fans, but he's not my figurehead.

evenfall · 10-19-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

I'm sorry, did I not say that as long as UT and OU are in the B12, it will remain viable? Is that not the opposite of crumbling?

I don't know about BYU, but West Virginia is culturally a Missourah clone with a better athletic program, so yeah, I'm down with them. And yeah, I think KU is a better fit with other Midwestern schools than the white-hood-wearing deep South.

You guys aren't going to understand until Texas and Oklahoma leave you in a mid major conference, which they would do tomorrow if they could.

Pants · 10-19-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by evenfall

You guys aren't going to understand until Texas and Oklahoma leave you in a mid major conference, which they would do tomorrow if they could.

Where are they going to go?

Bambi · 10-19-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

And he reduces every KU fan that posts in this thread to a window-licking reerun.

But hey, if you guys need a figurehead, that's your business.

Please .

I've got 3,000 posts and make you lay awake at night fuming.

It's almost too much for. Makes me feel guilty.

Bambi · 10-19-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by evenfall

You guys aren't going to understand until Texas and Oklahoma leave you in a mid major conference, which they would do tomorrow if they could.

Oklahoma is sending the volleyball team to Pullman?

Frazod · 10-19-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

I can't speak for other fans, but he's not my figurehead.

Oh he most definitely is.

Thank God there is no MU equivalent. But if there was, you can rest assured that I wouldn't find his antics cute just because his rampant level of idiocy annoyed other posters.

eazyb81 · 10-19-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by evenfall

You guys aren't going to understand until Texas and Oklahoma leave you in a mid major conference, which they would do tomorrow if they could.

But ku is a mid-major school and their fans own it. They don't fear ending up in an actual mid-major conference. They love having a shit football program if they can excel in one secondary sport, and frankly they fit in with commuter schools like Memphis, Louisville, and Cincinnati more than large land-grant universities.

It is for the best that this is all happening.

Pants · 10-19-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Oh he most definitely is.

Not really.

**Saul Good** · 10-19-2011, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

I'm sorry, did I not say that as long as UT and OU are in the B12, it will remain viable? Is that not the opposite of crumbling?

I don't know about BYU, but West Virginia is culturally a Missourah clone with a better athletic program, so yeah, I'm down with them. And yeah, I think KU is a better fit with other Midwestern schools than the white-hood-wearing deep South.

So you're not a fit with the deep South, so you're hitching your wagon to Texas and Oklahoma. That makes sense.

Bambi · 10-19-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Pants

Not really.

I never speak for any other KU fan.

Making that assumption just shows how shortsighted a person really is.

Either that or simple blinding anger.

eazyb81 · 10-19-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

So you're not a fit with the deep South, so you're hitching your wagon to Texas and Oklahoma. That makes sense.

They have ties going back to the mid 90's, they wouldn't dream of breaking that tradition to join a major conference.

Pants · 10-19-2011, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by eazyb81

But ku is a mid-major school and their fans own it. They don't fear ending up in an actual mid-major conference. They love having a shit football program if they can excel in one secondary sport, and frankly they fit in with commuter schools like Memphis, Louisville, and Cincinnati more than large land-grant universities.

It is for the best that this is all happening.

See, frazod, this is what butthurt looks like.

09-12-2011, 07:57 AM
Saulbadguy When a nightmare becomes real Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $796966	New Conference re-alignment thread 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.
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