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Pretty much what Bohls was saying, the regents have the last word. At A&M and OU, they don't.
I still think OU is gone, not sure what they are trying to accomplish with all this talk. Just got me thinkin.
Pretty much what Bohls was saying, the regents have the last word. At A&M and OU, they don't.
Sure. Also discussion of Kansas and an invitation to Missouri, but you glossed right over that in the previous thread.
then what was this business
.....because nobody is going anywhere besides TAMU.
Kansas and Missouri discussion is old hat.
The Rice crap is newer and funny as .
Something is brewing which led me to start thinkin maybe..
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I think OU is gone and making ridiculous demands at the moment just to say they tried.
That's probably what this is.
I don't buy it
OU has always been behind Beebe, and wants their own network (now they have been against the high school games on the lhn) also they took more money than many of the other schools.
This smells of just a pr stunt, why now info on OU is being leaked out when they have been tight lipped this whole time?
Maybe LHN just turns into a Big 12 network.
Looks like PAC didn't want to expand. reports are Larry Scott didn't have the votes for OU and OSU to join. That explains OUs demands and interest in preserving the big12.
http://eye-on-collegefootball.blogs....56338/32148466
DT don't forget a link! No poster is anything without a cited source. Didn't you get the memo?????????????????????????????? Stupid aggy.
Could be a legal statement, similar to the SEC one regarding Texas A&M, but this one seems a bit stronger to me.
Bold is a jab at texas, imho.While we have great respect for all of the ins utions that have contacted us, and certain expansion proposals were financially attractive, we have a strong conference structure and culture of equality that we are committed to preserve. With new landmark TV agreements and plans to launch our innovative television networks, we are going to focus solely on these great assets, our strong heritage and the bright future in front of us
Its a jab at Texas, but it's OU who really gets screwed here. They just lost all their leverage.
Scott's not doing favors for anyone. He's not making special concessions. When everything was a go on Sunday, everything was balanced, everything was shared. Somehow things got jumbled and several school presidents backed off for now, and Scott went ahead of pulled the plug, again, for now. He knows that the Big-12 is unstable at best, volatile at worst, so instead of conceding anything now (similar to last summer), he's gonna let the conference implode and get who he wants and what he wants. If they want to fit into the Pacific brand, I'm sure things will be worked out again, but this makes sense for now.
So the Big-12 lives on in some capacity. Do they take TCU? Houston? Rice? New Mexico? SMU? Does Missouri leave? Does A&M follow through? This is starting to becoming the Favre-retirement story of NCAA football.
A&M is gone. That's all I know and care about.
You can call it what you want, but the PAC didn't want OU, OSU or Texas. The big12 will likely go on for atleast another season and maybe finally find some stability (if Texas allows).
Larry Scott has had a hard on for expansion since day 1, if he had the votes he would have offered.
Interesting decision here for the SEC. Baylor and their bunch just want to be in an AQ conference, so odds are they wouldn't put up too much fuss over A&M and Mizzou leaving so long as the big12 survives. If you're the SEC do you take A&M and Mizzou and call it a day? Or do you make a run at the Okie schools since the ACC has pretty much blocked your ability to expand in that direction?
From what I've read, the SEC doesn't want OSU, so that kills the potential OU move.
SEC will officially announce A&M to be a member in the next day or 2, now that the PAC has said they aren't expanding. Mizzou won't get an invite. The SEC will stay at 13 members for the time being.
I'd say it's more of a case of the PAC not wanting Texas on Texas' terms and not wanting OKState.
Call it what you want, none got an invite.
There'd certainly be a legal fight so I'm sure that would affect their decision as well.
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