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Saulbadguy 07:57 AM 09-12-2011
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.
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duncan_idaho 12:16 PM 09-20-2011
The league exit fees are garnered from withholdings of TV dollars. There's no actual exchange of cash from the school to the conference.

Would be hard to stay long enough to gather those, in this case.
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eazyb81 12:16 PM 09-20-2011
KC Star article now up with the same info. This story is moving fast.
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OnTheWarpath15 12:18 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Saulbadguy:
http://www.rockmnation.com/2011/9/19...ce-realignment

Snort.
:-)
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DeezNutz 12:22 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
The league exit fees are garnered from withholdings of TV dollars. There's no actual exchange of cash from the school to the conference.

Would be hard to stay long enough to gather those, in this case.
Interesting. If so, leave at the first opportunity.
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Mr. Laz 12:38 PM 09-20-2011
sptwri Mike DeArmond
Source: Mizzou has SEC offer, but SEC willing to wait - KansasCity.com bit.ly/qTbZ0X via @addthis
29 minutes ago
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Lzen 12:39 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Saulbadguy:
http://www.rockmnation.com/2011/9/19...ce-realignment

Snort.
:-)
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Pitt Gorilla 12:41 PM 09-20-2011
Missouri should already have their bags packed.
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mnchiefsguy 12:43 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
The league exit fees are garnered from withholdings of TV dollars. There's no actual exchange of cash from the school to the conference.

Would be hard to stay long enough to gather those, in this case.
If that is the case, then screw them. Pack up our bags and get the hell out of here. That is money Mizzou would never see anyways. I thought the exit fees was a combination of withholding TV revenue, plus additional funds, but if is just withholding a check no one is ever going to see, then it is time to exit.
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Reerun_KC 12:43 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Missouri should already have their bags packed.
Uh Yeah... Screw the Big 12...

I would give your left nut if KU would step up and GTFO of this dying conference...
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DeezNutz 12:52 PM 09-20-2011
So is this SEC offer like the Big 10 offer that we had last summer?
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Titty Meat 12:54 PM 09-20-2011
Gonna be tough winning that conference.
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Pitt Gorilla 12:55 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by DeezNutz:
So is this SEC offer like the Big 10 offer that we had last summer?
I don't think so. People in the know appear to be reporting it, although I'm sure their will be some denial given the legal ramifications.
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Frazod 01:04 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by DeezNutz:
So is this SEC offer like the Big 10 offer that we had last summer?
That's why I'm in I'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it mode. This could still explode all over us like a bloated corpse.

But if it does happen, I'm fine with it.
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|Zach| 01:04 PM 09-20-2011
http://twitter.com/sptwri/statuses/116225722720337920

From mike:

On saying this is a painter repeat. Not in The Star. We did not print Painter had taken MU job.
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Bewbies 01:11 PM 09-20-2011
Moving to the SEC is a great opportunity for Mizzou, if the offer is there I'd take it before they change their mind.
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