The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[LA Ute]

Which is pretty much a guarantee they will be displayed even more promiently but the UNiversity can avoid all blame. perfect.

Yes, whether intended as such or not, it is a great deniability move.

[Uncle Ted]

Chip Brown...

In what could become another moment of truth for the Big 12, the Missouri board of curators is expected to meet next Tuesday to discuss MU's conference affiliation.

The options at the moment appear to be staying in the Big 12 or applying for membership in the Southeastern Conference.

The Tigers have been in contact with the SEC, multiple sources have told Orangebloods.com.

Mike Slive, the SEC commissioner, said Monday he anticipates the SEC being a 13-team league. But for how long?

A source close to the situation said the SEC has given an indication to Missouri that an application could be met favorably. One big selling point for Mizzou in the SEC is that MU is a member of the American Association of Universities (AAU), a prestigious affiliation for top research universities.

Florida and Vanderbilt are the only SEC schools currently that belong to the AAU, and Texas A&M, which will join the SEC in 2012, barring any legal issues, is also a member of the AAU.

Only the board of curators at Missouri know which way the Tigers are leaning right now, multiple sources said.

While some Missouri school officials are ready to commit to the Big 12, there are others, including some on the board of curators who worry that even if the Big 12 commits for six years to granting rights on Tier 1 and Tier 2 television agreements, that schools like Texas or Oklahoma may split off from the league eventually.

If that happens, some at Missouri worry the Tigers won't have the same opportunity to join a top-flight conference, sources say.

But Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton is the head of the Big 12 Board of Directors and is expected to meet with fellow Big 12 presidents on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning, sources said.

That meeting will be the Big 12's chance to convince Deaton and, thus, Missouri's curators that the Big 12 is ready to commit in a way that it never has in 16 years (by granting Tier 1 and 2 rights over to the conference for a six-year period).

If Missouri decides to commit to the Big 12, the plan appears to be to add one school to reach No. 10 in the short term and then wait and see if there is any more shifting to the college landscape before taking any further action, sources told Orangebloods.com on Wednesday.

TCU continues to be a strong candidate to become school No. 10 in the Big 12, the sources said.

"Being in the same time zone is a bigger priority than most people think when it comes to adding someone to the Big 12," a high-ranking official at a Big 12 school told Orangebloods.com.

Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas has said that geographic proximity is important in terms of conference members having commonality. Neinas also said there might be some resistance to adding TCU.

And while most have assumed Texas is the one that would resist TCU, sources close to Texas have said UT wouldn't hold up such a move.

Right now, however, only the members of the Missouri Board of Curators know what the next move will be for the Big 12 when it comes to realignment.

Stay tuned.

[SeattleUte]

Chip Brown...

I wonder why Utah's med school is ranked so much higher.

[snowcat]

Chip Brown...

With the TCU talk it sounds like they are saying "your move, BYU".

[Goatnapper'96]

With the TCU talk it sounds like they are saying "your move, BYU".

I KNEW THAT THE BYU BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD SCREW THIS UP BY WAITING TOO LONG! THEY HATE BYU FANS AND JUST WANT US ALL TO ACCEPT THAT GOD IS TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO CONCERNING BYU SPORTS, AND THUS IF WE CRITICIZE THEM WE ARE CRITICIZING GOD!!!!!!

I vote that it is all just a bunch of talk. BYU is in and Texas knows it.

[Flystripper]

I KNEW THAT THE BYU BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD SCREW THIS UP BY WAITING TOO LONG! THEY HATE BYU FANS AND JUST WANT US ALL TO ACCEPT THAT GOD IS TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO CONCERNING BYU SPORTS, AND THUS IF WE CRITICIZE THEM WE ARE CRITICIZING GOD!!!!!!

I vote that it is all just a bunch of talk. BYU is in and Texas knows it.

I am glad you got that off my chest.

[Green Monstah]

Does the Big East allow for on-site beer sales at games?

I thought most conferences did away with that.

Don't know, but as of two years ago, you could still buy a brew at Univ. of Iowa and Arizona State home games.

[TripletDaddy]

Don't know, but as of two years ago, you could still buy a brew at Univ. of Iowa and Arizona State home games.

the PAC does not allow beer sales at games, with the exception of bowl games in which the PAC appears. This rule has been in place for awhile. So no, you could not buy a beer at an ASU game two years ago. Possibly outside the stadium or on campus, but not at the game.

[LA Ute]

I've lost track of this. Do you all want Missouri to stay in the Big 12? Or would it be better for BYU if they left? My Sudafed-addled brain is struggling to keep this all straight.

[Moliere]

Good call. Hopefully they aren't sitting on pocket deuces.

It's fine to hit on pocket deuces when you know the other guy has nothing.

[Viking]

This is just absurd. I would be serious money that once all of this is over, we can depose TDog's source and find out that a) he's not a real source afterall in any sort of "knowing" position and b) even if he does know someone, that person would deny telling a guy named TDog who blasts twitter messages. Puhleaz

[Viking]

It's fine to hit on pocket deuces when you know the other guy has nothing.

NO, pocket deuces can be a winner. We don't want a 7-2 off-suit.

[Moliere]

the PAC does not allow beer sales at games, with the exception of bowl games in which the PAC appears. This rule has been in place for awhile. So no, you could not buy a beer at an ASU game two years ago. Possibly outside the stadium or on campus, but not at the game.

You're so naive

[Viking]

I KNEW THAT THE BYU BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD SCREW THIS UP BY WAITING TOO LONG! THEY HATE BYU FANS AND JUST WANT US ALL TO ACCEPT THAT GOD IS TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD DO CONCERNING BYU SPORTS, AND THUS IF WE CRITICIZE THEM WE ARE CRITICIZING GOD!!!!!!

I vote that it is all just a bunch of talk. BYU is in and Texas knows it.

It's a credible threat. BYU would be a much better choice and they all know it but BYU risks losing having its calling and election made sure over some misguided altruism as it relates to the WCC as opposed to staying loyal to its fanbase.

[Goatnapper'96]

It's a credible threat. BYU would be a much better choice and they all know it but BYU risks losing having its calling and election made sure over some misguided altruism as it relates to the WCC as opposed to staying loyal to its fanbase.

Uh, no it 's not and no it doesn't.