Welp, it sounds like they're committed to the XII! Rutgers, please jump at this golden opportunity.
Wow! that speaks volumes about the state of the B12. The BE needs to get in the ears of Kansas and Missouri letting them know they are welcome should they need a home
Boren is dropping some bombs...said ou didn't release statement on a&m because wanted to explore options
(09-02-2011 06:06 PM)gosports1 Wrote: [ -> ]Wow! that speaks volumes about the state of the B12. The BE needs to get in the ears of Kansas and Missouri letting them know they are welcome should they need a home
No doubt. Good point superdeluxe. This could be interesting times for the Pac-12 and Big East. They could be whispering sweet nothings into the ears of Big 12 schools. This comment is telling:
Texas AD DeLoss Dodds supports Big12 still but said of Pac-12 possibility: "You don't ever close any doors
(09-02-2011 06:06 PM)gosports1 Wrote: [ -> ]Wow! that speaks volumes about the state of the B12. The BE needs to get in the ears of Kansas and Missouri letting them know they are welcome should they need a home
They have already according to a NYTimes report.
Wow. Between Boren's comments and Stoops' comments, either OU is really going to move or they're doing some big-time saber rattling to extract huge concessions from UT and ESPN.
What is sounds like is that OU is trying to divorce Texas.
The speculation has always been where Texas and OU would go to a new conference together. But now it appears that they're heading in opposite directions.
(09-02-2011 06:26 PM)uakronkid Wrote: [ -> ]What is sounds like is that OU is trying to divorce Texas.
The speculation has always been where Texas and OU would go to a new conference together. But now it appears that they're heading in opposite directions.
I partially agree. I think they want to go to the Pac-12 and they want Texas to go with them. But the divorce part is the scenario that Texas won't go to the Pac-12. I still think Texas will go to the Pac-12,
(09-02-2011 06:04 PM)justinslot Wrote: [ -> ]Welp, it sounds like they're committed to the XII! Rutgers, please jump at this golden opportunity.
Seriously, anyone in a current AQ conference who joins the Big 12 needs their head examined. Is there any doubt that even if it doesn't happen right now, that at some point in the near future, four teams will jump on their escape pod and jettison for the PAC-12?
"Help me Larry Scott Kenobi, you're our only hope"
Pat killkenny's plane is in dfw arrived this afternoon for Oregon bs lsu game tomorrow night. Same plane that Scott used last year
what prompted this announcement?
(09-02-2011 06:35 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote: [ -> ]what prompted this announcement?
Well Boren mentioned could announce intentions by monday
(09-02-2011 06:37 PM)superdeluxe Wrote: [ -> ] (09-02-2011 06:35 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote: [ -> ]what prompted this announcement?
Well Boren mentioned could announce intentions by monday
OU plays at home this weekend, so does UT, and Larry Scott is at Jerryworld for the Oregon-LSU game.
If OU staying in the Big-12 is still an option, this info dump today did them no favors by putting a huge number of doubts into the heads of any potential replacement schools the Big-12 is pursuing.
(09-02-2011 06:44 PM)TomThumb Wrote: [ -> ]If OU staying in the Big-12 is still an option, this info dump today did them no favors by putting a huge number of doubts into the heads of any potential replacement schools the Big-12 is pursuing.
Exactly. They tried to give a unified front by having the "lesser" Big 12 schools such as Kansas State and Iowa State issue statements. But the only reason those schools issued statements is because they potentially don't have anywhere to go.