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 mikeyis4dcats.:
so the Pac10 was wanting to take 7 Big 12 teams? Let the speculation begin...
How do you get 7?
Originally Posted by :
I obviously began discussing this privately with the Board of Regents, and the basic direction I got from them was, “Look, we’ll probably get an offer from the Pac-10 to go join them along with five other schools in the Big 12.” The chairman of the board said to me, “One option is no option. You better figure out what things A&M could do besides follow Texas and other schools to the Pac-10.
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
I suppose if Kansas only had one school and we were filling a bigger stadium, I'd be content. But we have 2 schools, and fill one, and about half of another.....so that's about 75-80k.
Suppose all you want, sweetheart, it's about all you have left at this point.
This is easily one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen on this board. 65,000 people to see a college football game is a shitload. It's generally more than the Chiefs have had at their games this season.
TCU football is, unfortunately for them, going to be the new Texas Tech when they have to compete against real football programs at least 4/5 times a year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Suppose all you want, sweetheart, it's about all you have left at this point.
This is easily one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen on this board. 65,000 people to see a college football game is a shitload. It's generally more than the Chiefs have had at their games this season.
But whatever makes this easier for you.
comparatively, it's kind of pathetic considering missouri's population is nealry double that of kansas, and the issue of 2 BCS schools instead of one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by baitism:
TCU football is, unfortunately for them, going to be the new Texas Tech when they have to compete against real football programs at least 4/5 times a year.
They definitely have an advantage though in Dallas over being in the middle of nowhere Lubbock. Nothing against Lubbock, but that might have helped keep the Big XII together. Didn't seem like too many of those west coast schools or alumni liked the idea of having to travel to Lubbock or Stillwater every year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
comparatively, it's kind of pathetic considering missouri's population is nealry double that of kansas, and the issue of 2 BCS schools instead of one.
Coon huntin' is better in Missouri, no time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.:
comparatively, it's kind of pathetic considering missouri's population is nealry double that of kansas, and the issue of 2 BCS schools instead of one.
Like I said - whatever helps you sleep at night.
Alternatively, you could point out that Missouri has 5 major professional sports teams as well as a handful of other professional teams in lesser sports (soccer, etc...) and that the entertainment options in Missouri absolutely obliterate those available in Kansas, thus the fact that so many Missouri entertainment dollars are spent on University of Missouri football in a professional sports state is actually very damn impressive.
But then again, you're pretty much functionally retarded, so that's probably above your head.
Keep trying, chief. Sooner or later someone will make a salient argument for you and you'll be able to latch onto it. Unfortunately it appears that Saulbadguy and Pants are tired of carrying your water, so you may have to wait awhile. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
They definitely have an advantage though in Dallas over being in the middle of nowhere Lubbock. Nothing against Lubbock, but that might have helped keep the Big XII together. Didn't seem like too many of those west coast schools or alumni liked the idea of having to travel to Lubbock or Stillwater every year.
New Jersey is the only thing keeping Lubbock from being the shittiest place on earth. [Reply]
