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 Mr. Plow:
Your right. They took a junior membership, MU took to throwing itself at the Big 10 not once, not twice, but at least 3 times and getting rejected each time.
Seriously, congrats on the SEC and the full membership. I'm sure it's going to work out great for MU.
Laughable.
The only time you could say Missouri "threw itself" at the Big Ten was in the first round of this last year (and that's a stretch based on comments made by Missouri's governor, not anyone who actually who works for the university). [Reply]
The only time you could say Missouri "threw itself" at the Big Ten was in the first round of this last year (and that's a stretch based on comments made by Missouri's governor, not anyone who actually who works for the university).
Why is shopping your school to a better conference supposedly embarrassing? If you live in the ghetto and are seen house-shopping in the suburbs, is that embarrassing? No. Heck, Missouri even ended up in a better neighborhood than the one they started looking at. It probably had more to do with the B10's courting of Notre Dame than anything else, and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. [Reply]
Originally Posted by evenfall:
Why is shopping your school to a better conference supposedly embarrassing? If you live in the ghetto and are seen house-shopping in the suburbs, is that embarrassing? No. Heck, Missouri even ended up in a better neighborhood than the one they started looking at. It probably had more to do with the B10's courting of Notre Dame than anything else, and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
And all of our old neighbors from the hood are bagging on us for not keepin' it real. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade:
With about as good of chances as as Missouri's prospects of competing in the SEC. But, hey, at least your stable now.
I think Mizzou will be just fine in SEC East, especially if we get a qb next year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade:
With about as good of chances as as Missouri's prospects of competing in the SEC. But, hey, at least your stable now.
Good to see you haven't lost your ability to pound out an incoherent rant. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
Franklin will be the QB for the next 2 years, and he's going to be a stud.
I hope you are right. Can't recall the names, but there were a couple of qb prospects floated out there for Mizzou. But if Franklin can step up his game to the next level, that would be awesome too. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy:
I hope you are right. Can't recall the names, but there were a couple of qb prospects floated out there for Mizzou. But if Franklin can step up his game to the next level, that would be awesome too.
Berkstresser and Mauk are both excellent QBs. Mauk will be a Freshman next year, Franklin's Junior season, and he'll likely redshirt. He and Berkstresser will compete after Franklin leaves. That would be Mauk's Sophomore season and Berkstresser's Junior year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
Berkstresser and Mauk are both excellent QBs. Mauk will be a Freshman next year, Franklin's Junior season, and he'll likely redshirt. He and Berkstresser will compete after Franklin leaves. That would be Mauk's Sophomore season and Berkstresser's Junior year.
Cool. Thanks for the info. Here's hoping that Franklin makes a big step up this year and next. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Saul Good:
Berkstresser and Mauk are both excellent QBs. Mauk will be a Freshman next year, Franklin's Junior season, and he'll likely redshirt. He and Berkstresser will compete after Franklin leaves. That would be Mauk's Sophomore season and Berkstresser's Junior year.
I'm rooting for Berkstresser because he's a Missouri kid, but you can't help being floored by Mauk's high school stats. If we stick with the pure spread in the SEC, he's likely the better candidate. I suppose it depends on how he transitions to college. [Reply]
