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.

[Prison Bitch]

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

Thanks for sending your MS Office screenshot. You’re totally right. That random spreadsheet proves everyone wrong. Touché.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

You sound like Bambi bragging about that

[Sassy Squatch]

Pretty sure he spent almost all his time here in these threads

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Google says that Missouri’s been in the red for three years. With considerably less revenue.

SEC! SEC!

[Jerm]

Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar

Google says that Missouri’s been in the red for three years. With considerably less revenue.

SEC! SEC!

This is like the goofiest and dumbest thing to try and dunk on a group of fans for lol…

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar

Google says that Missouri’s been in the red for three years. With considerably less revenue.

SEC! SEC!

This couldn’t be any more wrong. Work yourself up tho, bro, to make yourself feel better. Mizzou AD has never seen a larger influx of donors, along with the SEC cash cow. Sorry bout ya, bruh.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Thanks for sending your MS Office screenshot. You’re totally right. That random spreadsheet proves everyone wrong. Touché.

Prove me wrong Mizzouche

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by Jerm

This is like the goofiest and dumbest thing to try and dunk on a group of fans for lol…

I’d say it’s far less dumb than Missouri fans trying to convince KU fans that they’re irrelevant.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

Indiana and Purdue are also in this top 10 list while the likes of Ohio State, Alabama, and Oregon are not?

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Indiana and Purdue are also in this top 10 list while the likes of Ohio State, Alabama, and Oregon are not?

Must be profit after paying players.

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Must be profit after paying players.

DeBerg level post ^

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin

Hey, if you’re EVER going to be good, it helps to go against the best. No matter how hard that may be.

There’s a reason Kansas won a ridiculous 14 straight Big 12 titles or whatever it was. Helps when you routinely get to beat up on the orphaned step children. But if that satisfies you all, more power to you.

I’d rather have a high chair at the big boys table than a throne at the kiddie pool.

But to each his own . . . . .

You either have to be attempting to be pulling somebody's leg here, naive, or just plain stupid!

Many of those 14 titles won or shared were when the B12 was either the top BB conference or well within the top 3 of the NCAA.

You can spin this any way you wish to suit your personal preference.But to do so is either pulling somebody's leg, ,naive or just plain stupid.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Fun while it lasted. Last decade were great for KU. I’ll miss the League’s hellacious athletes, neverending drama, and the awesome hoops games.



We were 8th in profits (USA Today) without drawing any football fans at all.

Big 12 also gave us the greatest football player of all-time. So that was cool, too.

[hawkchief]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

I’m laughing my ass off watching the beakers scramble to be relevant.

This is rich - a fan of a completely irrelevant, SEC bottom-feeder program in football and basketball talking $shit to a school with a blue blood hoops program. Mizzou defines “irrelevant”. KU basketball will be relevant and strong for decades to come, Mizzou will continue to struggle for relevance in any sport during that same period. Please pay attention to history and facts.