The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[TripletDaddy]

http://newsok.com/breaking-removal-o...=breaking_news

If OU stays, they want Beebe gone. This is something I can agree with!

The source said OU's goal is not to run the Big 12. He said OU's goal is to not have any school run the conference.
And the impression has been that Texas, via Beebe, has run roughshod over the Big 12.
“The perception is, he answers only to one school,” the source said. “That does not work.”

To summarize:

B12 will likely stay together
B12 gets a new conference commissioner that isnt a moran
BYU will be invited
West Virginia may be invited
Hopefully Mizzou will now stay
Revenue to be shared by all
Texas will be forced to eat sh** in front of the world, their network having almost no viewers and the school first having been bent over a barrel by a shifty aTM and then forced to give in to a now-assertive OU's demands

:rockon1:

[Gaffords]

To summarize:

B12 will likely stay together
B12 gets a new conference commissioner that isnt a moran
BYU will be invited
West Virginia may be invited
Hopefully Mizzou will now stay
Revenue to be shared by all
Texas will be forced to eat sh** in front of the world, their network having almost no viewers and the school first having been bent over a barrel by a shifty aTM and then forced to give in to a now-assertive OU's demands

:rockon1:

it will be a cold day in hell before they touch the LHN to any real extent.
-just sayin

[All-American]

it will be a cold day in hell before they touch the LHN to any real extent.
-just sayin

Then goodbye Big 12. And since the PAC, the SEC, the ACC, and the B1G don't want the LHN, does that mean Tejas goes to the Big East?

Texas needs to wake up and smell the dung. The LHN, as presently configured, is poison.

[WashingtonCoug]

The only downside to Beebe leaving is that it could open the door for Hair Thompson. That would not be good. :igiveup:

[TheBYUGuy]

Then goodbye Big 12. And since the PAC, the SEC, the ACC, and the B1G don't want the LHN, does that mean Tejas goes to the Big East?

Texas needs to wake up and smell the dung. The LHN, as presently configured, is poison.

Unfortunately, you're right about the LHN being poison. But a big part of the motivation to keep the Big 12 together for Texas is to get the revenue from the LHN and keep it. If they don't get to keep it, why not seek a new, more stable conference?

This whole thing continues to be more and more fascinating. I just hope BYU has a nice place to land.

[TripletDaddy]

it will be a cold day in hell before they touch the LHN to any real extent.
-just sayin

touching it at all is victory enough for these other schools, I would imagine. Shared revenue will also be a big deal, regardless of tier. And OU dictating terms is probably feeling pretty good to them, as well.

[Marvelous]

Unfortunately, you're right about the LHN being poison. But a big part of the motivation to keep the Big 12 together for Texas is to get the revenue from the LHN and keep it. If they don't get to keep it, why not seek a new, more stable conference?

Maybe they want to keep the Big 12 together in order to continue their regional rivalries and ease the travel burden for their other sports. All things equal (meaning no LHN) perhaps they feel staying in the Big 12 is still in the best interests of their athletes and fans.

[Gaffords]

Then goodbye Big 12. And since the PAC, the SEC, the ACC, and the B1G don't want the LHN, does that mean Tejas goes to the Big East?

Texas needs to wake up and smell the dung. The LHN, as presently configured, is poison.

Why would we shop the only conference that controls t-3 rights while ignoring the B1G using his mouthpiece about simply turning the LHN into an extension of the BTN or the ACC putting out there, we have two spots left.. HINT ND/UT HINT.. cough Texas if ND doesn't want to come?.. HINT HINT HINT..

end of the day, we will get to do this again next year! lol

[Gaffords]

Maybe they want to keep the Big 12 together in order to continue their regional rivalries and ease the travel burden for their other sports. All things equal (meaning no LHN) perhaps they feel staying in the Big 12 is still in the best interests of their athletes and fans.

If it came down to giving it up, we would grab the huge payday from another conference... the LHN money helps us match what the pac schools are making. lose the 15 million and we will have to go for better money somewhere.

[TripletDaddy]

Why would we shop the only conference that controls t-3 rights while ignoring the B1G using his mouthpiece about simply turning the LHN into an extension of the BTN or the ACC putting out there, we have two spots left.. HINT ND/UT HINT.. cough Texas if ND doesn't want to come?.. HINT HINT HINT..

worst grammar of the week, by far.

[Marvelous]

If it came down to giving it up, we would grab the huge payday from another conference... the LHN money helps us match what the pac schools are making. lose the 15 million and we will have to go for better money somewhere.

That makes sense.

[Uncle Ted]

Chip Brown...

There is a serious effort being made, lead by Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton, to try to save the Big 12, according to high-placed administrator at a Big 12 school.

It will either be the Big 12's Hail Mary or its last gasp.

The administrator said Deaton, the head of the Big 12's five-member expansion committee, is trying to get everyone back to the table to try to see if the Big 12 can work out its differences.

A regent at another Big 12 school said he he was optimistic the conference could be heal its problems.

Oklahoma State mega booster Boone Pickens was quoted by The Oklahoman saying Pickens had called Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a former yell leader at A&M, to try and fix the Big 12.

But Texas A&M spokesman Jason Cook released a statement to Orangebloods.com that "Texas A&M has made our intentions perfectly clear. We do not intend to be a member of the Big 12 past this season."

The question then becomes if Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State can live together in a nine-member Big 12?

And The Oklahoman quotes an unnamed, high-ranking Big 12 source as saying Oklahoma has a list of demands to hold the Big 12 together, including replacing commissioner Dan Beebe and for Texas to make some concessions as it pertains to the Longhorn Network.

The newspaper quotes sources saying OU was angered by ESPN getting a waiver from Fox to show a second game on the Longhorn Network and surprising the rest of the conference with the news.

The sources also tell the Oklahoman OU was upset when ESPN vowed to show high school highlights even after it was deemed impermissible by the NCAA to show high school games on LHN.

In general, the sources tell The Oklahoman, the Big 12 has a big trust problem that has to be rectified.

The Oklahoman also quotes a source saying Dan Beebe only serves one school - Texas.

The newspaper reports, ironically, Texas supported Jack Swarbrick as commissioner of the Big 12 and OU supported Beebe when Beebe was awarded the job as leader of the Big 12. Swarbrick is now the athletic director at Notre Dame.

Sources across the Big 12 confirm to Orangebloods.com that there is definitely a movement to try to save the Big 12 led by Deaton that may involve some radical proposals.

We will have more details as they become available.

A high-ranking official at a Big 12 school said, "The Big 12 is going to stay intact except for Texas A&M."

We will see if that's wishful thinking and the Big 12's Hail Mary - one year after a similar rescue attempt was successful - or if it's the Big 12's last gasp.

Stay tuned.

[Uncle Ted]

Also, heard on the radio...

(1) Mizzou does NOT have an offer from SEC. The SEC made that very clear.

(2) Cal and Stanford expressed concerns about OSU and TTech's academics or the lack there of.

[LiveCoug]

Chip Brown...

I can't believe there is a line in there about the Big 12 possibly remaining at 9. That would be a huge mistake. Big 12 needs to be very proactive!

[Marvelous]

I can't believe there is a line in there about the Big 12 possibly remaining at 9. That would be a huge mistake. Big 12 needs to be very proactive!

Yep. They need to strike while the iron of expansion is hot and pick up BYU and WV/Louisville from the dying Big East.