The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[Joe Public]

TCU may be looking for yet another conference in the future...

The AP is reporting that Syracuse and Pittsburgh have formally applied to the ACC.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...ug=ap-acctalks

[ERCougar]

TCU may be looking for yet another conference in the future...

I have to admit--this makes me laugh a little. TCU should never have signed on with the BE. TCU--BE. Makes no long-term sense. There's no way it was going to last.

Sort of like OU/OSU--PAC12.

EDIT: That said, they're getting screwed in this whole mess. BSU too. And maybe, BYU.

[TripletDaddy]

The ESPN ticker is reporting that Baylor and Iowa State have contacted the Big East in case the B12 dissolves. lol. Looking for a life raft with the Big East? Is everyone in the B12 a moran? What in blazes is going on in that conference?

[Hsaru]

Look for an alliance of TCU, BYU, BSU to try and throw a wrench into superconferences plans to ruin college football.

[ERCougar]

Look for an alliance of TCU, BYU, BSU to try and throw a wrench into superconferences plans to ruin college football.

The problem is that when it's all about money and not about football, DFW leftovers, Boise, and Provo don't have much of a wrench to throw.

[LiveCoug]

Look for an alliance of TCU, BYU, BSU to try and throw a wrench into superconferences plans to ruin college football.

LOL... I know the response to that one. "Good for you TCU, BYU and BSU! Good luck and have fun with that!"

[Hsaru]

LOL... I know the response to that one. "Good for you TCU, BYU and BSU! Good luck and have fun with that!"

It wouldn't be a great try, but I think it would get into congress trying to block the complete "demotion" of all but the 64 in SCs due to anti-trust concerns. There might be a bone thrown to the teams left out to keep them somewhat relevant like the BCS has been forced to do with the non-aqs.

[Moliere]

The ESPN ticker is reporting that Baylor and Iowa State have contacted the Big East in case the B12 dissolves. lol. Looking for a life raft with the Big East? Is everyone in the B12 a moran? What in blazes is going on in that conference?

Maybe the Big 12 dissolves, ISU and Baylor go big east and then the Big 12 reforms without them and adds BYU :igiveup:

[LamarAlexander#2]

Speaks volumes.

Not really. BJU hates everyone.

[myboynoah]

Big-12 inches closer to death. Texas getting boxed in.

Realignment takes a dramatic turn

[LiveCoug]

Big-12 inches closer to death. Texas getting boxed in.

Realignment takes a dramatic turn

Or, inching closer to new BYU infused life! Boo Yeah!

[USUC]

Austin-American Statesman's Randy Riggs just tweeted

On plane at LAX. My guy @kbohls says it's almost certain #Longhorns are bound for the PAC-12. Stay tuned. #hookem #UT

http://twitter.com/#!/ranriggs/statu...34017108656128

[Guest]

More movement - Pitt and Syracuse to ACC - deal is done. Announced this morning:

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...rgh-panthers/1

[Uncle Ted]

Chip Brown, this morning...

A source close to Texas repeated to me today the Pac-12 may now be the Longhorns' top option in terms of finding a new conference home.

The Pac-12 might be willing to accept a "modified" version of the Longhorn Network, the source said.

This development was first reported by Orangebloods.com on Saturday, when the Atlantic Coast Conference began moving in a different direction, according to a Big 12 administrator.

Multiple sources said Texas was banking on ESPN to make a marriage between the ACC and Texas that would allow the Longhorns to keep LHN. But that appears to have failed, the sources said.

Orangebloods.com was the first to report Saturday that the ACC was concerned about how LHN would fit into its revenue sharing; sees itself as an east coast conference and wasn't interested in extending into the southwest (no matter how much TV money adding Texas would mean); and had concerns about the academics of Texas Tech, whom UT would be under pressure politically to bring with them wherever UT went.

UT president Bill Powers and athletic director DeLoss Dodds told people inside the athletic department last week the ACC was Texas' best option if the Big 12 fell apart. Now, Texas is looking at the Pac-12.

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott told a group of reporters that included Orangebloods.com at the Rose Bowl Saturday the Pac-12 would not be flexibile about third-tier rights revenue sharing. Scott maintains that schools have to share the money equally.

If Texas sought membership in the Pac-12, Scott said LHN "would be an issue." But Scott said his league has a great relationship with ESPN, which owns the rights to LHN and is also a TV partner in the Pac-12 (along with Fox).

The list of options for Texas appears to be down to the Pac-12 or trying - come hell or high water - to hold the Big 12 together.

But a Big 12 without Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M does not excite the TV partners of the Big 12, industry sources have said. In other words, there's no way the Big 12 money stays the same if it's Texas, BYU, Louisville and some combination of Cincinnati, Houston and TCU along with the remaining members of the Big 12.

Also, schools like Missouri and Kansas would have to be convinced to stay in the Big 12 when they have other options, sources said.

DeLoss Dodds has told people who matter that Texas does not want to go independent and does not want to go to the Big Ten. Dodds has said the growth in the United States is south, and the Big Ten is not in the south.

It's not a done deal, but it's looking more and more like the Pac-12 with a modified version of the Longhorn Network, probably renamed as something like the Pac-12 Texas Network.

Stay tuned.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Chip Brown, this morning...

Turning the LHN into one of the P1X regional networks would fit the model fine, is Texas willing to give up the money and share the channel with Tech? That seems harder to believe.