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.
Originally Posted by Pants:
No, he told his wife that he will take all her money if she leaves as was previously agreed upon in their prenup and happens to be public knowledge.
After his wife got drunk and said she was going down to the bar to see who was horny. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
BYU would open its books for the B1G in a heartbeat.
Louisville is a crappy city school, and neither they nor WVU appear to have any options at the moment. I brought up Rutgers because they have declared free agency and would be a big addition.
That crappy city school generates some nice revies.
"U of L reported athletic revenue of $74.936 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year during a meeting of its athletic association Tuesday. That was a $22.5 million increase over the previous year. It was $10.5 million more than projected and created a surplus of roughly $7 million, most of which will be designated to a contingency fund for debt payments on the football expansion."
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
The big deal is that MU has made no action towards leaving.
You know that isn't true, why keep saying it? The vote for MU to look at moving to another conference is enough to constitute this action you are looking for. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Braincase:
That crappy city school generates some nice revies.
"U of L reported athletic revenue of $74.936 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year during a meeting of its athletic association Tuesday. That was a $22.5 million increase over the previous year. It was $10.5 million more than projected and created a surplus of roughly $7 million, most of which will be designated to a contingency fund for debt payments on the football expansion."
Originally Posted by Braincase:
That crappy city school generates some nice revies.
"U of L reported athletic revenue of $74.936 million for the 2010-11 fiscal year during a meeting of its athletic association Tuesday. That was a $22.5 million increase over the previous year. It was $10.5 million more than projected and created a surplus of roughly $7 million, most of which will be designated to a contingency fund for debt payments on the football expansion."
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I think I'm coming back around here....Mizzou's going to !@#$ this up.
In a perfect world, you guys to the SEC after paying a hefty fucking fee (TEAM AMERICA) and we get WVU and L'ville to round out the Conference. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
In a perfect world, you guys to the SEC after paying a hefty fucking fee (TEAM AMERICA) and we get WVU and L'ville to round out the Conference.
Nah, Mizzou staying is the best outcome.(If only for the sheer comedic gold it's gonna bring) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pants:
In a perfect world, you guys to the SEC after paying a hefty ****ing fee (TEAM AMERICA) and we get WVU and L'ville to round out the Conference.
When Nebraska officially announced the university's departure, we all bragged about getting their money then, too. And it didn't really happen, at least not to the extent we had hoped.
Why would anyone think it will be different for any other school that might leave? [Reply]
Originally Posted by kstater:
Nah, Mizzou staying is the best outcome.(If only for the sheer comedic gold it's gonna bring)
No, because it's going to be a bunch of "we were wanted, we decided to stay after the concessions were made, we did you a favor, blabitty blah blah." I'd rather they GTFO, continue their mediocrity in everything in the SEC and everyone moves on. [Reply]
