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.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Kansas just won the national crown

And is about to have it vacated

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

And is about to have it vacated

lmao do people actually think this

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

lmao do people actually think this

Dumb ones

[kcclone]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Nebraska didn't screw up joining the Big Ten. They screwed up by hiring shitty coaches.

They are a horrible fit for the B1G…. So bad that Hoiberg and Frost can’t even win there.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

lmao do people actually think this

The NCAA will never levy a heavy punishment against a name school again, even if it's deserved. Cash is king.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

Mike Farrell excerpt from today:

“…Nebraska’s move to the B1G damaged their national brand and recruiting base; fixing it while remaining in the B1G Ten is impossible. The only cure may be to rejoin their rivals, Oklahoma and Texas, in the SEC. I’m not predicting this will happen; I’m just saying that it’s the only card Nebraska has left in their quest to find themselves.”


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Even Mizzou fan knows this is wishful thinking.

Nebraska chased the money and lost their soul.

Honestly, same thing happened to Mizzou, though they may be on their way to finding it.

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

And is about to have it vacated

Simple minds . . .

[Pablo]

Corn will never win another natty. They thought going to the big would give them the footing to be real competitors again but immediately hired blonde frauds and tanked that plan. The 90s keep getting further and further away.

[Titty Meat]

Neither will KU after the NCAA drops the hammer. Going to be tough for a conference to want a school on probation yikes!

[Bearcat]

You know things are going well when the only trash talk about a team takes place in the hypothetical future.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

You know things are going well when the only trash about a team takes place in the hypothetical future.

It’s gonna make it even funnier when burrito Bill gets slapped on the wrist

[lawrenceRaider]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

Neither will KU after the NCAA drops the hammer. Going to be tough for a conference to want a school on probation yikes!

Dim. Such poor trolling attempts, even for you.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider

Even Mizzou fan knows this is wishful thinking.

Nebraska chased the money and lost their soul.

Honestly, same thing happened to Mizzou, though they may be on their way to finding it.

What about leaving the Big 12 cost Nebraska its "soul"? Not being able to pummel K-State every year? Their classic period rivalry was probably Oklahoma, but that even started to fade when the Big 12 came along and cut the number of meetings in half.

There is no "soul" to this. No team regrets leaving the Big 12, no team that's still in the Big 12 wants to be there.

[Prison Bitch]

It’s the old chokers or cheaters choice

KU loses - they choked
KU wins - they cheated

It’s their crutch

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

It’s the old chokers or cheaters choice

KU loses - they choked
KU wins - they cheated

It’s their crutch

Or it's rigged, or it's the refs, or they had a cakewalk thorough the tournament, or....

Unless they plan on stopping by and Men In Black flashy thingying me, I don't even give a shit if it's vacated. It happened and it was amazing.