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.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Coach

Yes. This one is more aligned towards ASU and Utah. The Big 12 wants to bring all 3 together as one, so that way none of the 3 can be the "suspect" that ended the Pac.

Honestly it was USC/UCLA that ended the PAC 12. Once they chose to leave the writing was on the wall and only a matter of time.

[big nasty kcnut]

Pac 12 die mother ****er!

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Current Bay Area sports scene…

Lost the Raiders.

Lost the A’s.

Stanford and Cal appear to be left out of a power conference.

And the Pac 12’s headquarters is (was) in San Francisco.

Thats what happens if ur residents don't give a shit about sports

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Big 12 gonna be alright after all...

For now.

No gay ass SEC SEC SEC type chants either.

In due time, the B1G and SEC will whack the ACC and most likely Big 12 will absorb the scraps that have value. And like clockwork, the media will blame the Big 12 again.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Current Bay Area sports scene…

Lost the Raiders.

Lost the A’s.

Stanford and Cal appear to be left out of a power conference.

And the Pac 12’s headquarters is (was) in San Francisco.

West Coast folks don't give a shit about sports. They're too busy drinking soy frappe dappes and dodging human shit in the street on their way to work at a sea lion wildfire relief non-profit.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Honestly it was USC/UCLA that ended the PAC 12. Once they chose to leave the writing was on the wall and only a matter of time.

Right, no disagreement from me.

It's the false narrative that the media hacks try to spin it on us.

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Florida Stare would never go to the B12

But they might take a long, intentionally long, look at it.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

But they might take a long, intentionally long, look at it.

Florida Stair would have to elevate their game if they wanted to walk into the Big 12

[KingPriest2]

A lot lower then what they expects. Interesting


Source: Oregon's and Washington's annual cut of the Big Ten's revenue distribution is expected to start at $30M and grow by $1M each year through the length of the current deal. They will receive full shares upon the next TV deal, in 2030-31.

They can borrow off future earnings.

https://twitter.com/matt_fortuna/sta...n6FHKMqlrjZx2w

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

But they might take a long, intentionally long, look at it.

True. Be stupid if they didn’t

[Pablo]

Source: Oregon's and Washington's annual cut of the Big Ten's revenue distribution is expected to start at $30M and grow by $1M each year through the length of the current deal. They will receive full shares upon the next TV deal, in 2030-31.

They can borrow off future earnings.

— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) August 4, 2023

Saw this a little bit ago

[FloridaMan88]

Cal claims they “aren’t watching and waiting from the sidelines” of conference realignment… watch out Mountain West.

[KingPriest2]

Pending that vote, the league is on track to add all three members soon. That puts the league at 16 teams for 2024-25 and leaves the Pac-12 with just four remaining members.

https://twitter.com/petethamel/statu...n6FHKMqlrjZx2w

[KingPriest2]

Well it’s official

Sources: The Big 12's presidents and chancellors voted unanimously Friday night to admit Arizona State and Utah. They did the same last night for Arizona. All three at on the way, pending a Board of Trustees vote in Utah to formalize their move.

https://twitter.com/petethamel/statu...n6FHKMqlrjZx2w

[KingPriest2]

Originally Posted by Pablo

Source: Oregon's and Washington's annual cut of the Big Ten's revenue distribution is expected to start at $30M and grow by $1M each year through the length of the current deal. They will receive full shares upon the next TV deal, in 2030-31.

They can borrow off future earnings.

— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) August 4, 2023

Saw this a little bit ago

Lol again I posted that above