The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Coach McGuirk]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

[Omaha 680]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

Who is that from? This sucks.

[LiveCoug]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

:livecoug::livecoug::livecoug::livecoug::livecoug: :livecoug::livecoug::livecoug::livecoug:

[Babs]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

This was out earlier this morning. There's still no leak as to Pac-12's official position.

Also out today:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6957853/oklahoma-sooners-ranked-no-1-associated-press-poll-100th-time

First team ever, baby!

[TripletDaddy]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

Makes some sense in light of this report of a Sunday meeting between OU and UT.

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/Texas-Oklahoma-officials-talk-Big-12-091211

[TripletDaddy]

I think its pretty clear that Missouri is the one that will be responsible ultimately for the death of the Big 12 conference if this current instability leads to its demise.

If Missouri hadn't begged the Big 10 to take them last year and just Colorado leaving the Big 12 would've replaced Colo and it wouldn't have been a blip in the radar as far as moving forward with stability.

Yeah, this is all Mizzou's fault. Mizzou is the common thread in the destruction of the SWC, in Colorado and Nebraska leaving, in aTm being of sick of things, OU bolting, and now the destruction of the B12. This is on you, Mizzou. That much is clear.

[Uncle Ted]

This was out earlier this morning. There's still no leak as to Pac-12's official position.

Also out today:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6957853/oklahoma-sooners-ranked-no-1-associated-press-poll-100th-time

First team ever, baby!

Enjoy it while OU still is recruiting lots of Texas boys.

[Hsaru]

Yeah, this is all Mizzou's fault. Mizzou is the common thread in the destruction of the SWC, in Colorado and Nebraska leaving, in aTm being of sick of things, OU bolting, and now the destruction of the B12. This is on you, Mizzou. That much is clear.

There would be no LHN and no Pac-16 missile crisis, so yeah I think things would be different....

[Coach McGuirk]

This was out earlier this morning. There's still no leak as to Pac-12's official position.

Also out today:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6957853/oklahoma-sooners-ranked-no-1-associated-press-poll-100th-time

First team ever, baby!

The award otherwise known as The most overrated team award.

[Blueintheface]

here is a tweet,

Oklahoma regents unanimous for application to Pac-12. Official goodbye to Big 12.

That would seem likely and doesn't move me in the least. This is about sending a message.

[Jacob]

I don't get it. Why would OU want equal revenue sharing?

But anyway, does the PAC12 have the votes of OK? Not a sure thing. Utah should vote no, and Colorado is probably a no. the Arizona schools could very well be a no too, not wanting to break off from the California schools.

OU to P12 doesn't make sense without Texas. 14 schools doesn't make sense.

[Blueintheface]

I don't get it. Why would OU want equal revenue sharing?

But anyway, does the PAC12 have the votes of OK? Not a sure thing. Utah should vote no, and Colorado is probably a no. the Arizona schools could very well be a no too, not wanting to break off from the California schools.

OU to P12 doesn't make sense without Texas. 14 schools doesn't make sense.

I would guess Utah would be a what-are-the-majority-of-schools-thinking-about-doing?

[falafel]

What does the PAC require in terms of voting? 2/3 majority? 4 no votes in order to block?

[TripletDaddy]

There would be no LHN and no Pac-16 missile crisis, so yeah I think things would be different....

Right. Texas scrambled to think up the LHN and ink a deal with ESPN after Mizzou started flirting with the B1G. Prior to that, there were no plans to create a Texas network. Mizzou has been calling all the shots since conference alignment began.

[Jeff Lebowski]

That would seem likely and doesn't move me in the least. This is about sending a message.

That message being ....?

I think the message delivered by each one of these leaks is that the B12 is history. OU couldn't possibly make it less stable. Tough to see them not going to the PAC-12 at this point.