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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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Archie Bunker 04:39 PM 08-08-2021
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
I have no problem with sitting and watching a MLB game in person.

On TV, I’m disinterested
Same
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Prison Bitch 05:17 PM 08-08-2021
Thanks all for the realignment update on Mizzouche’s new AD.
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TribalElder 09:13 PM 08-08-2021
I might have missed it a few pages back but did anyone mention the Kansas senator

Sen. Marshall of Kansas wants the Department of Justice to investigate ESPN after Texas and Oklahoma left the Big 12 for the SEC. pic.twitter.com/luMACNcbHU

— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) August 4, 2021

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Pitt Gorilla 11:36 PM 08-08-2021
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
I might have missed it a few pages back but did anyone mention the Kansas senator
:-) I mean, that's pretty pathetic, but it's kansas.
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Kiimo 11:41 PM 08-08-2021
I was all set to say something about a Republican K-State grad but he got his doctorate at KU sooooo

I mean I can admit the Kansas righteous indignation is laughable once you're out of it. I mean, I'm totally guilty and still have it but at least I can see it now after being away.

The word "huffy" comes to mind.

But at least we aren't Missouri.
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TribalElder 07:16 AM 08-09-2021
Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
:-) I mean, that's pretty pathetic, but it's kansas.
:-)

I was wondering if that senator reads Chiefs Planet or something :-)
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TribalElder 09:50 PM 08-23-2021

Can confirm the much-anticipated ACC-B1G-Pac12 alliance is set to be announced Tuesday, sources tell ESPN. Source said Big Ten had a call tonight to discuss. Pact involves scheduling, governance, CFP and more.

Yahoo first to report announcement Tuesday.

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) August 24, 2021

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BWillie 08:23 AM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
Why did they leave the Big 12 out?? :-):-):-)
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RustShack 08:37 AM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why did they leave the Big 12 out?? :-):-):-)
Because they will all go to 16 to make their non con scheduling alliance work, and because the SEC went to 16.
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Eleazar 08:41 AM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why did they leave the Big 12 out?? :-):-):-)
Because the Big 8 is irrelevant now
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POND_OF_RED 08:43 AM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Why did they leave the Big 12 out?? :-):-):-)
Because they don’t have any valuable football programs left. Have you really not been following along to what is valuable to these conferences? The Big 12 is finished. The other conferences have already picked it dry and left the scraps for the AAC and MVC.
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Prison Bitch 09:46 AM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
Because the Big 8 is irrelevant now
Everybody has been irrelevant the last dozen years outside Bammy.

98-11 record. In SEC PLAY. Read That again.
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RustShack 10:52 AM 08-24-2021
https://twitter.com/m_vernon/status/...303751169?s=21
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TribalElder 12:36 PM 08-24-2021

The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 announced the formation of an alliance on Tuesday.

The joint announcement emphasized "the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling." pic.twitter.com/V32NsX2e0b

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 24, 2021

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TribalElder 12:37 PM 08-24-2021
Originally Posted by RustShack:
https://twitter.com/m_vernon/status/...303751169?s=21

Here it is. Dave Wannstedt says he was at the FOX meetings and was told KU to the B1G. KState to the Pac12. pic.twitter.com/h4DPU9oTST

— Mike Vernon (@M_Vernon) August 24, 2021

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