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]

Bammy is 96-11 vs the SEC the last 13 seasons. That’s not even 1 loss per year in League.

Why do those conf schools fanbases watch that hot garbage? They wasted 13 full years of life talking about, going to, and watching a total farce of a “competition”

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by Matrix

KansASS

If you had any idea how stupid this makes you look you'd never do it again but I'm really not sure you have the bandwidth to comprehend it.

[Chiefspants]

My sources telling me Big 10 is taking a hard look at Mizzou.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Just looking at Kentucky. 2019 FB attendance 425,000. Hoops 390,000




Markets. Then football second. See Buttgers, Maryland.



2019 all NCAA levels FB attendance 47M. All hoops 31M. Again, the gap isn’t nearly what the avg fan has been told by talking heads.



KU FB is a lost cause and it’s prinariky because they’re next door to an NFL franchise. Even when the Chiefs suck, I go to the games and watch them all because the quality is so superior. Not many programs (if any) can compete with The Shield.

When we're talking millions differences for attendance, isn't that quite a bit in terms of revenue, though, and probably hundreds of millions of dollars?

Re: KU FB- I don't think it's a lost cause and think they could probably replicate the success they had with Mangino if they invested more into the program/facilities. I mean, even Campbell's having success at Iowa ****ing State, which is the #2 school in the state. I'm not sure I agree with the being near a NFL team hurts their success, either.

Ann Arbor is pretty much the same distance from Detroit as Lawrence is from Kansas City. Look at Miami. Stanford to San Francisco.

[Rams Fan]

Also, lawrenceraider, I was on Finebaum today because YOLO(first time ever calling) and talked about Kentucky football.

So **** off.

[Sassy Squatch]

Y u heff to be mad?

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Y u heff to be mad?

Because it’s fun being the Kentucky alum that lives Alabama and consistently gives bold predictions while never letting my colors run.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

You ****ing idiot.

I went to Kentucky. I am a Kentucky alum. I have seen Kentucky lose by 60 to Bama in person and beat Charlotte by 50 in sleet in football. I have seen them lose and win against Kansas in person.

How obsessed are you?

And also, PB’s civil in these discussions and doesn’t automatically pin an opposing viewpoint as OMGMIZZOU.

Go **** yourself.

What is cousin to cousin romance like? I know they say a mouths a mouth but don't we have to draw the line somewhere?

[Pants]

Rams Fan might have gone to the cousin ****ing university but he's definitely a low key MU fan as well. Always has been.

[TambaBerry]

I get football is top dog but this was written today

[TribalElder]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

I get football is top dog but this was written today

it was already posted yesterday though

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

[TambaBerry]

I guess I saw it today my bad

[TambaBerry]

All my days are blurred together anymore

[TribalElder]

All good, I would expect KU viewership to be way high numbers. The people I know who follow KU bball are fanatical about it and it's almost like a religion.

Football seems to be the king overall but there are definitely outliers like KU/UK etc who I'm sure generate big numbers

Interested to see how all this shuffling plays out, hopefully all parties involved end up in a better place. Hard to believe that it was so long ago that Mizzou made the switch.

[TambaBerry]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

All good, I would expect KU viewership to be way high numbers. The people I know who follow KU bball are fanatical about it and it's almost like a religion.

Football seems to be the king overall but there are definitely outliers like KU/UK etc who I'm sure generate big numbers

Interested to see how all this shuffling plays out, hopefully all parties involved end up in a better place. Hard to believe that it was so long ago that Mizzou made the switch.

Yeah I can't believe it's been a decade almost. I think KU will be fine, but we'll see what happens I guess. Sucks our administration has been so god awful hiring coaches. We've had so many chances to make ourselves look more attractive.