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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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OnTheWarpath15 06:23 PM 09-20-2011
Damn, I might start following Mizzou if this happens. I'd definitely make the drive to Oxford, Tuscaloosa or Knoxville to see a game.
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Reaper16 06:23 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Bewbies:
I'd fully support Mizzou beating the piss out of Gene Chizek on an annual basis.
There's pretty much no way of that happening annually. Mizzou and Auburn are going to be in different divisions.
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Reaper16 06:25 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58:
Damn, I might start following Mizzou if this happens. I'd definitely make the drive to Oxford, Tuscaloosa or Knoxville to see a game.
Looks like I'm hosting a Gang of 14 reunion party in Tuscaloosa. Bring Hamas down with you and let the debauchery begin.
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Basileus777 06:25 PM 09-20-2011
SEC should do North/South divisions:
North
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Auburn
Missouri
Tennessee
Vanderbilt

South
Mississippi State
LSU
Florida
Georgia
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
South Carolina


Permanent Cross-Division Rivals:
Alabama - LSU
Auburn - UGA
Arkansas - Texas A&M
Tennessee- Florida
Kentucky - Mississippi State
Ole Miss- Missouri
Vanderbilt - South Carolina



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Bewbies 06:26 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Reaper16:
There's pretty much no way of that happening annually. Mizzou and Auburn are going to be in different divisions.
UGA and Auburn play every year and are in different divisions. Same with Tennessee and Auburn. In fact, those 2 play on the same Saturday every year. :-)
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tk13 06:26 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Bewbies:
I'd fully support Mizzou beating the piss out of Gene Chizek on an annual basis.
You'd probably have to settle for Bobby Petrino.
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OnTheWarpath15 06:28 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Reaper16:
Looks like I'm hosting a Gang of 14 reunion party in Tuscaloosa. Bring Hamas down with you and let the debauchery begin.
:-)

If he's up for it, I'd definitely make the trip.
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Bewbies 06:28 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58:
Damn, I might start following Mizzou if this happens. I'd definitely make the drive to Oxford, Tuscaloosa or Knoxville to see a game.
I went to Knoxville last year, that stadium is crazy. I'm not a Vols fan, but there's no way that's not one of the top 5 football venues in the world.
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eazyb81 06:29 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Bewbies:
I went to Knoxville last year, that stadium is crazy. I'm not a Vols fan, but there's no way that's not one of the top 5 football venues in the world.
Yeah Rocky Top is nuts, and it is crazy to think they are actually in a down period right now.
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'Hamas' Jenkins 06:32 PM 09-20-2011
You could move Auburn and Alabama east (keeping their rivalry) while moving Vandy or UK West and allowing them to keep their traditional rivalry game with UT.
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ChiefsCountry 06:34 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
You could move Auburn and Alabama east (keeping their rivalry) while moving Vandy or UK West and allowing them to keep their traditional rivalry game with UT.
Probably would be Vanderbilt, but that SEC East would be a monster - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
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'Hamas' Jenkins 06:35 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
Probably would be Vanderbilt, but that SEC East would be a monster - Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
That's a murderer's row. One that also helps Mizzou. Do it.
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Pitt Gorilla 06:38 PM 09-20-2011
Espn news reporting mu informally agreeing to join sec.

Commence flapping?!?
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eazyb81 06:44 PM 09-20-2011
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Espn news reporting mu informally agreeing to join sec.

Commence flapping?!?
No way, that actually makes me more nervous. ESPN usually seems to be wrong in these ordeals lately.
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bowener 06:48 PM 09-20-2011
I thought the SEC said they didn't invite Mizzou...
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