Here's what I see happening:

None of what you just said. Not one single thing.

Eat yer stew, boy.

ROFL

There is that. But I don't want to go to the MWC.

Perfect match Athletically and Academically?

I agree, CU should be an outstanding addition to the strong PAC 10 baseball tradition........

ROFL

Take em, they are ****ing worthless.

Honestly, I'd rather do that than be ground under the Longhorn boot any longer.

Hopefully in 10 years we just look back and laugh at this. It's crazy right now though.

Yeah. This pretty much sucks balls right now.

Yep.

via Dave_Matter tweet - "MU Chancellor Brady Deaton just learned about CU to Pac-10, said he immediately called Texas Prez Bill Powers, chairman of B12 board"

KOMUnews tweet-

Curator Judith Haggard just said "nothing has happened yet" she provided no further comment.

Hmm, One thing that's kind of cool in this crisis, is how it has unified the beakers, Murons, and the kitty fans of this board.

But in all seriousness, this chain of events has been insane so far.

4321

Twitter rocks.

United lol

****ing /sadface

Not really. If Mizzou gets their Big 10 invite and KU is relegated to the MWC, the Tigers will be first in line to dance and laugh at KU's misfortune.

Likewise, if the Big 10 decides to grab 4 more schools from the east, an SEC invite for KU unexpectedly comes from out of nowhere, and Mizzou is left twisting in the wind, KU fans will laugh at the Tigers for years.

There is no real unification here, only shared misery and hope that they get out.

:grouphug:

There's NO WAY the Pac 10 allows Texas to be the bullies they were in the Big XII.

The SEC wants Kansas.ROFL
mmhmmm... pass that over here

did the corn-holers already leave

Not yet. Not officially.

On second thought, it seems as though everything is business as usual around here. :p

I'll believe that when I see it. I think Texas believes they'll call the shots wherever they go; otherwise they wouldn't be going.

I think it's a dark day for the Pac-Whatever if Texas brings its flunkies and invades. Just like it was a dark day for us when the ruined the Big 8.

I know it's not going to happen. It's a fantasy hypothetical to address this so-called "unity"

Jeez, so straight forward.... Better: Just spoke with Curator Judith Haggard, and while she has nothing new to report, all signs still point to maybe possibly announcing a move to the Big 10 tomorrow.

which is why I'm sleptical it will happen. Texas has too sweet a deal here.

Say goodbye to Nebreaska and Meth-U, invite 2 (TCU, Memphis, Boise St, Utah, BYU, etc), move OU and OSU to the north (giving the conference the OU/TX matchup in the championship game), and start planning for a long-term expansion into a 16-team conference.

Dave_Matter -
chancellor on MU's & Big 12's future: "Anything could happen."

Really? I'm sleptical.

Groundbreaking

Dave_Matter-
#Mizzou is circulating an email to campus officials reminding them to tell media: "We are proud members of Big 12 Conference."

KOMUnews-
Curator Judith Haggard says "There's been no offer extended."

They owned the Big XII because they owned the majority the TV markets and had better resources than rest of the schools, I don't see them having those advantages over the Pac 10, or more specifically the California schools. Although USC is going to be hurting for a few years, but they won't stay down.

But you're right about their arrogance, and that's why I still don't believe it's going to happen. I honestly think they'd rather try to make a go with the Big XII minus CU, NU, and MU so they can continue to be the big fish.

As stated before:

Translation: We want to get 2 teams from our conference in a Championship game so we don't have to play a team from the SEC and can, therefore, get a guaranteed NC.

Having a 16 team conference with 2 8-team divisions with an auto-bid from each division and NO conference championship game? BS. I don't see the other conferences ever agreeing to that garbage.

Nobody even comes close to Texas in P10 in terms of money. Texas is going to be the dominant school no matter where they go. You're kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

All that the Big 12 has ever hung on is Texas. If Texas stays, the Big 12 isn't goin' anywhere.

If you make a trade for Nebraska+Colorado for say Cincinnati and Utah. Then that isn't too bad. Obviously that is a dream scenario but I'm just praying Texas wants to stay.

So when Deaton comes out and says this is the first he's heard of Colorado to the Pac-10, did anyone else have a full-body shiver?

I will attribute mine to the realization that perhaps Deaton and Alden aren't suprisingly brilliant poker players, but in fact predictably incompetent, clueless boobs...as they have been for years now.

Trying to keep brave face.

Failing.

I'm going to be surprised to see Texas go anywhere.

Regarding Deaton, please don't make me relive the images I have from the situation around the Mike Anderson hire.

Well if that's the case, and the Pac 10 isn't smart enough to learn from the Big 8's mistake, then I'm not going to feel sorry for them at all.

Goddamn Big 10 fans. Think their shit don't stink. ;)

Why?

The B12 House is crumbling. Can THEY save it? Yes, but they are just delaying the inevitable. 4 mega conferences are going to happen, and the B12 won't be a part of that. Texas knows this. Hell, we all know it. It's a function of whether they want to do it now, or wait a couple of years. I think it's a done deal, and they are just waiting for the ink to dry before they announce.

ROFL:cuss:

This whole Super Conference thing is leaving me disenfranchised about college athletics. It's all about TV markets and the big bucks now; history, storied rivalries, and geographic and cultural ties are all part of the past.

It's a goddamned shame.

Well.....suck it up. It will go on wether you like it or not.

So the longer this drags out, the clearer & clearer it seems that the Big10 is waiting on Notre Dame. If they join then expansion continues. If they don't, then the Big10 stops at 12 and revisits the issue when ND's TV contract expires.

Yes, and I would appreciate if you addressed us in the proper manner. It's called the Big Televenwelve now.

I'd be fine with that. Or Boise...

Even though Boise is going to be tougher to deal with year in and year out than Nebraska.

Sorry, my bad. :D

I'm just about ready to say "**** it" and stop rooting for college sports in general until the payers get paid to play because, let's face it, it's all a ****ing money grab and no longer about the schools and tradition and rivalries; the student athlete is dead. Might as well be honest about it once a monopoly of four mega conferences comes to fruition.

oh snap

:spock:

Colorado leaves. Big deal. Nebraska leaves. Definitely a bigger deal, but not irreparable.

Add two schools and we all continue to call Texas our daddy.

The world is ending in a year and half anyway. Don't waste that time worrying about things.

Well, bye..

I heard this same shit circa 1998.

I wasn't even going to dignify that with a response.

ROFL

I've decided to just plant myself in the corner, watch, and wait.

Orangebloods.com Columnist

The exodus west by half of the Big 12 has started.

Colorado was the first to make it official. The Buffaloes won't be the last.


Colorado is the first to commit to the Pac-10, but the Buffs won't be the last.
"This is an historic moment for the Conference, as the Pac-10 is poised for tremendous growth," Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. "The University of Colorado is a great fit for the Conference both academically and athletically and we are incredibly excited to welcome Colorado to the Pac-10."

"On behalf of The University of Colorado students, faculty, alumni and fans, we are proud to accept this invitation from the Pac-10 and join the most prestigious academic and athletic conference in the nation," said Philip P. DiStefano, chancellor of CU-Boulder.

"The University of Colorado is a perfect match - academically and athletically - with the Pac-10," said University of Colorado President Bruce D. Benson. "Our achievements and aspirations match those of the universities in the conference and we look forward to a productive relationship."

A formal press conference was scheduled for Friday at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.

Sources tell Orangebloods.com, the Pac-16 conference would commence in 2012.


TEXAS, TEXAS A&M MEET

Also on Thursday, Texas and Texas A&M were meeting alone together in the morning, according to sources, before also having a meeting in the afternoon with Texas Tech and Baylor officials.

If Texas and Texas A&M are on the same page in their meeting about going to the Pac-10, then the second meeting - with Texas Tech and Baylor - could be the courtesy notifation to BU officials that the other Texas schools in the Big 12 South are moving on.

Sources close to Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech told Orangebloods.com throughout the last week that if Nebraska moved on to the Big Ten, the Big 12 was dead.

And that's what Texas president Bill Powers and Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds told UT coaches in a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

If Texas and Texas A&M emerge from Thursday's meeting united, there could be announcements almost immediately that Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are heading west.


PAC-16 TO GET 2 BCS BIDS?

In a related development, sources close to the Pac-10/Big 12 merger say the new, 16-team super conference could push for two BCS bids with the Big 12 dissolving and losing theirs.

In that case, you could have a BCS bid for the Western Division winner among USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State.

As well as a BCS bid for the Eastern Division winner among Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Colorado, Arizona and Arizona State.

That will be met with resistance from the other BCS conferences as they try to expand and could lead to the formula of each division winner in one of the newly formed super conferences receiving a bid into an 8-team playoff.

There will need to be some representation of the non-BCS schools or legal wrangling and government hearings will overwhelm the process.

But as Orangebloods.com laid out over the weekend, there are athletic directors involved in this whole process who see this coming.


DOOR CLOSING ON BAYLOR

Baylor officials were hoping beyond hope that some 11th-hour change would happen to either save the Big 12 or allow them to get on the train out west.

But one Baylor official told Orangebloods.com, "It's probably 90 percent sure the other Texas schools are gone, but we have to hold onto that 10 percent that something could change."

Orangebloods.com was the first to report Wednesday that Baylor, which has strong ties to the Baptist church, was being met with some resistance in the Pac-10, namely Cal-Berkeley, because of its religious affiliation.

Baylor loyalists, in their argument against Colorado being invited, have pointed out that Colorado's academic and athletic performance lately hasn't been anything the Pac-10 should embrace.

In an announcement Wednesday by the NCAA, Colorado was the only school in the BCS to have scholarship reductions in football for poor Academic Progress Rates. And CU was one of two schools in the BCS to have scholarship reductions in basketball.

There's talk that some Pac-10 schools are down on Colorado's academics and overall sports programs, but sources say Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott wants the Denver market.

Denver has never been a college TV market, much less a Colorado Buffaloes TV market. It's all about the Broncos and pro sports.

But the thought is if you pair Colorado in games against Texas, Oklahoma and USC, the Denver market will tune in.


A&M LAST PIECE OF PAC-10 PUZZLE

The only potential stumbling point for the six Big 12 schools to move west if Texas A&M's heart was in it.

The Aggies have been talking to the Southeastern Conference. Gene Stallings, who won a national title as coach at Alabama, is a regent at Texas A&M who has been VERY active in all the talks involving the Aggies and where they could land if the Big 12 fell apart.

Orangebloods.com has been told by sources that Gov. Rick Perry would encourage his alma mater to go where Texas goes to keep harmony in the Texas Legislature.

There is a state-run, multi-billion dollar mineral rights endowment for both Texas and Texas A&M called the Permanent University Fund, which was threatened by lawmakers the last time realignment happened (when the Big 12 was formed) if the two schools split up.

One thing that should be reassuring to Texas A&M is that in a move to the Pac-10 Texas all but loses its chance to start its own TV network.

That was a point of contention for A&M, which has an athletic department $16 million in debt and had to borrow that money from the school's general fund to pay it off.

That became a big rift at A&M between the administration and athletics department and may have contributed to the forced resignation of A&M president Elsa Murano, who wanted the athletic department to be more diligent in paying the loan back.

A&M was not excited about having Texas, with $125 million in revenue and its coffers overflowing, starting a TV network and adding yet another revenue stream that A&M couldn't match.

But with all schools on an equal revenue playing field in the Pac-16 (or whatever we're going to call this league), A&M's worries probably subside.

@Dave_Matter: Mizzou sends email to MU officials reminding them to tell media: "We are proud members of Big 12."

My Big 10 fan coworker would like it to be the Big Televenwelveteen. Just in case.

Nice and everything, except there is no more Big 12.

If those damn Mayans are wrong, I'm going to be pissed! I love a good armageddon to break up the monotony.

I never said I was done with college athletics, but I'm certainly less interested than I was during the heyday of the Big 8/Big XII. Hell, maybe I'm just feeling nostalgic and upset that 100 year-old rivalries are essentially dead in the water and the conference I support is about to get pilfered leaving many schools twisting in the wind for no real fault of their own.

What would be better is if there are 4 "super-conferences" then each has a Conference Championship Game, and the winner from each goes into a 4-team, plus-one style format.

It's weak to have all these "super-cons" when they'd really be nothing more than 8 8-team conferences.

LMAO he sounds like a Nazi propaganda machine...

So MU and KU keep playing in football every year. Rivalry still on.

If it's a non con game, it will seem watered down.

A source in the OK State athletic department tells TMZ Sports the move is a "done deal." The Pac-10 just made it official that Colorado is also jumping off the Big 12 ship.

We're told it's "just a matter of time" before the OK State announcement is also made. It's been rumored that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M will also join the new super conference. Nebraska, it's widely believed, will go to the Big 10.

As for why this is all going down -- our source says "everyone wants a playoff system ... and this is the first step toward doing it."

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/10/oklaho...otball-big-12/

"We are proud members of the Big 12 ... er, Big 11 ... er 10 ... 9 ... 8 ..."

TMZ outing this? Bizarro world.

Head to head is what rivalries are.

KU will be fine and will still schedule those games. Don't worry.

BS. Many schools biggest rivals aren't in the same conference.

This

Dude sure knows his football doesn't he?

it's TMZ SPORTSSSsss

well thanks, dan.

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_...ases-statement

LACES OUT DAN!!!!

i see now that MU fans are starting to think they are going to the Big 10 again that the "MU arrogant jackass" monster is showing again.

Did I just read something somewhere about OSU to PAC-10?