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Nzoner's Game Room>New Conference re-alignment thread
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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myselff77 02:13 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by ChiTown:
I'm not a ku fan, but trust me, you don't want that.
You are correct, I don't want that. I want regional conferences based on geographical long established rivalries, but the Big 8 is not coming back.

Kansa Football is a bottom feeder to any respectable football conference. They do not increase the strength of the conference or bring additional revenue opportunities the conference can capture. So while I don't want it, it may also be a case that power football conferences do not want Kansas.

At that point the Kansa football team becomes a cost to the school rather than revenue generating. The Kansas basketball brand still mints money and the Big East becomes their most attractive option going forward.
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ChiefsCountry 02:25 PM 06-30-2022
PAC-12 letting Stanford have to much power cost them in the end. Stanford was the vote against adding Texas.
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Titty Meat 02:28 PM 06-30-2022
Did anyone even know USC was even being considered for the B1G til today? So random
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Titty Meat 02:37 PM 06-30-2022
Heh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWhUmuPX...png&name=large
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Hoover 02:39 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Did anyone even know USC was even being considered for the B1G til today? So random
It always made financial sense. You have FOX Sports, which is based in LA, they are the Big 10's TV partner. While not talked about, it's easy to see how it happened. Just think of the games Fox will get out of this deal.
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Titty Meat 02:39 PM 06-30-2022
USC & UCLA move to Big Ten should be completed by Friday & Big Ten may not stop at 16, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. Big 12 may get aggressive & look to add Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado & Utah. “We’re headed to super conferences,” source said

https://t.co/um8DBJVJ9s
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Hoover 02:41 PM 06-30-2022
I think the Big 12 is pretty stable. Adding schools makes a lot of sense.

Have to think Oregon and Washington are calling the Big Ten. Not sure they would be the top of the list for the B1G
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Prison Bitch 02:42 PM 06-30-2022
When Mizzouche finds out Kansas is coming to the SEC




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Titty Meat 02:44 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
When Mizzouche finds out Kansas is coming to the SEC



Realignment has been going on for a decade and it's always been impressive how KU fans interject themselves despite not being wanted by either of the 2 big conferences
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Prison Bitch 02:46 PM 06-30-2022
We’ve been too busy starring in “One Shining Moment”
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Titty Meat 02:50 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
We’ve been too busy starring in “One Shining Moment”
Nobody cares about basketball if they did you wouldn't be in the table scrap conference
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Pablo 02:53 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Nobody cares about basketball if they did you wouldn't be in the table scrap conference

That just might be true. I know something that is undeniably true though




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Titty Meat 02:57 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Pablo:
That just might be true. I know something that is undeniably true though




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They'll be able to offer Tomlin 150 million and finally get a good coach
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Titty Meat 02:57 PM 06-30-2022
Source: USC, UCLA could top 100m annually in media rights in the Big Ten
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Prison Bitch 02:59 PM 06-30-2022
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Nobody cares about basketball i
Other than the 51 million people who just watched KUs tourney games.
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