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.

[ILChief]

RIP Big XII

[ILChief]

How long before the rest abandon ship? West Virginia seems like a fit for the ACC. The B12’s only hope to survive would be to try to get the top non power five teams like BYU, Boise St, UCF, Cincinnati, etc to join. But they may not want to. I think the acc, big 10, and pac 12 scavenge the remaining schools

[POND_OF_RED]

Originally Posted by Matrix

Yup. Theyre a tough out.

Firing Mangino was the worse decision ku has ever made.

They couldn’t sustain enough ticket sales to feed him any longer.

[Pitt Gorilla]

I wonder if the idiots still think this was some kind of negotiating tactic for the big 12 network or whatever. Of course, those people also probably thought SEC schools would vote against the invitations.

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Kansas could end up in a lesser conference. If that happens, should #Mizzou ostensibly help the Jayhawks by playing them in basketball, or pull a Bill Self and tell them to pound sand?https://t.co/CDIbNbEVbt pic.twitter.com/bTl5wHkMdE

— Locked On Mizzou Podcast (@LockedOnMizzou) July 29, 2021

We can get Kentucky, Gonzaga, Michigan St, and many more, but how will we survive w/out Mizzou?!?!?

[Prison Bitch]

Texas getting waved goodbye from the Rump

[Prison Bitch]

Houston walking into the Big 12 conference now that Texas wants out pic.twitter.com/19NjfKybSG

— Full Sport Press (@fullsportpress) July 22, 2021

[Sassy Squatch]

All the leftover scraps from Texas are appealing to Abbott. Probably went like this.

“Sucks to B U lmao, hook em’”

"Can't wait T C U in the Mountain West, amirite"

[Sassy Squatch]

Bowlsby may absolutely suck as a commissioner, but he sure plays the part of a jilted lover well.

[RustShack]

It’s all political and lawyer talk right now. I’d personally be surprised if Oklahoma and Texas play in the Big12 the rest of their contract, but the Big12 sure as hell isn’t letting them out easy. They definitely could leave early, but it will cost them a ton of money to do so. Legally their media rights are the Big12’s until 2025.

They had no intention of this SEC talk getting out this early. They definitely wanted the Playoff expansion vote to be passed first.

[Prison Bitch]

[Prison Bitch]

If a conference is considering market sizes, all-time football success, or academic excellence, K-State isn’t the right fit. However, if the discussion is about solid television ratings, on-field success in the cable TV era, quality facilities, and fan passion, it can be argued that K-State sits atop the eight-school heap of what remains in Big 12 without OU and Texas.


https://247sports.com/college/kansas...5/#168308355_1

[WhawhaWhat]

Texas and Oklahoma have officially accepted invitations to the SEC.

A monumental moment in the history of college athletics.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 30, 2021

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

If a conference is considering market sizes, all-time football success, or academic excellence, K-State isn’t the right fit. However, if the discussion is about solid television ratings, on-field success in the cable TV era, quality facilities, and fan passion, it can be argued that K-State sits atop the eight-school heap of what remains in Big 12 without OU and Texas.


https://247sports.com/college/kansas...5/#168308355_1

Good God. That is

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Texas and Oklahoma have officially accepted invitations to the SEC.

A monumental moment in the history of college athletics.

— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 30, 2021

Horns down.

See my new avatar.