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Executive Director Sorry That The BCS Played Role In Conference Realignment
BCS executive director Bill Hancock is sorry that chasing membership in automatic qualifying conferences was a concern driving conference realignment. He says that a goal of the next BCS agreement (the current one runs out after the 2013 season) will be to provide conference stability. I would...
The SEC Needs a Conference Network, and Soon
The Big 12 saga is becoming more hideous by the hour, it seems. The conference has no cohesion, and the multitude of leaks are only making things worse. First they were going to take West Virginia. The press release was done and the commissioner had plans to go to Morgantown. Then that got put on...
Reports: West Virginia Mountaineers Headed to Big 12, Missouri Tigers to SEC
The New York Post first reported at 2:39 this morning that West Virginia is set to leave the Big East and join the Big 12. I am honestly not sure about the Post's reporting bona fides (given its tabloid-y nature), which is why I didn't post anything earlier. However, CBS now has a source and Teddy...
TCU Likely to Spurn Big East, Move to Big 12 in 2012
The Big 12 is going to survive as long as the Longhorn Network and Oklahoma have nowhere else they want to go. It will keep its BCS auto-bid as long as the Fiesta Bowl exists and agrees take its champion every year. It's not on completely stable ground, but it's at least stable-ish. The Big East is...
Pac-12 Expansion Dead, Big 12 Still Alive
Last last night, the Pac-12 issued a statement saying that it has chosen not to expand: After careful review we have determined that it is in the best interests of our member institutions, student-athletes and fans to remain a 12-team conference. While we have great respect for all of the...
Realignment Evening Update: Conference Consolidation Might Include Not-So-Superconferences
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS The OU board of regents had a meeting today and authorized president David Boren to take action on realignment. That's the same action Texas A&M's board took with its president Bowen Loftin prior to it joining the SEC. Boren says he's has conversations with the Pac-12 that were...
ACC Played Its Cards Correctly, but SEC Still Looms
I don't often compliment the ACC about much other than basketball. It's fun to look down on the conference as the SEC's little brother and relentlessly tease fans of its teams for the conference's perpetual football mediocrity. However, I have nothing but compliments for the way that the ACC...
Report: Big 12 is Done, Texas Has Been Talking to ACC
Kirk Bohls and Alan Trubow of the Austin American-Statesman published a comprehensive report regarding Texas officials' visit to Oklahoma yesterday. The intention of the trip was to convince OU's leadership to give the Big 12 a shot, but they discovered that the Sooners' brass have already decided...
Report: Big 12 Schools' Legal Gambit Is About Oklahoma, Not Texas A&M [UPDATE: Maybe Not]
A report from the Waco Tribune says that Baylor and the other schools currently blocking Texas A&M's Big 12 exit are not really trying to prevent A&M from leaving. It's really all about Oklahoma: If Oklahoma reaffirms its commitment to the Big 12, the schools are expected to sign the...
I Hope Baylor's Lawsuit Threats Postpone, and Eventually Cancel, Texas A&M's Move to the SEC
The latest according to TexAgs.com's Billy Liucci is that Baylor is not backing down on its threat to sue the SEC for tortious interference if Texas A&M leaves the Big 12. Given that SEC presidents will not budge on their requirement of legal waivers from all Big 12 schools and the conference,...
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