Meanwhile, what does OU do next (w/Mizzou to SEC)?

PAC isn't expanding without Texas. OU/OSU can add whoever they want to that. (BTW they would much rather add Tech to that, not ISU.) OU is stuck right now whether they like it or not.

You may be right - but it's interesting to see how OU hates bevo, too, and resents being tied to bevo thus far

I don't know. I think Oklahoma is one of the crown jewels and one of the few schools that would be a home-run in this process.

If Missouri really is a done-deal, then we are running out of slots.

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I heard on TV that OU turned down the SEC last summer. Is that true. Was the SEC willing to bring Oklahoma State along with OU???

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From my recollection, the story is that the SEC was willing to take A&M and OU, but not if it meant Okie State as a 15th team.

OU was unwilling to make a move without Okie State, so they started beating the bushes at the Pac Ten and Big Ten about them coming in as a package deal.

OU aint doing shite - this re-alignment is about done for now. Mizzou was the last shoe to drop (or not) this year

Regardless if Mizzou stays or goes, the conference is not breaking up. It may be held together with scotch tape and bubble gum, and filled with cow shite, but it's going to survive this.

If Mizzou stays, the big12 goes one of two ways....either it adds one more and stops at 10, or it adds 3 more schools to get back up to 12. Right now, I'd venture to say that it's about 50/50 on which direction they go

However, if Mizzou (likely) leaves, the conference will react with the rapid addition of 4 teams to bring it back up to 12.

Not in any way to infer that Mizzou is somehow the lynch-pin in all this, but rather the threshold that will scare the remaining members to react quickly as they will likely feel the pressure to get back up to par sooner rather than later. There's a sense that a 10 team conference with Mizzou is plausible, however without them, the only recourse to offset them is to add 4 teams.

Oklahoma really wants to goto the PAC12 but the Pac12 only wants Texas and will take Oklahoma only if Texas joins.

The SEC really wants Oklahoma but Oklahoma doesn't want to go to the SEC. It is not clear either whether the SEC will also take Oklahoma State because they are a package deal due to Okalahoma politics.

It is up to Oklahoma now as to what they want because other than the above scenario, the only option they have is to keep the Big 12 together.

Option one will not happen in a millions years

those are not options at all.

1. not happening. PAC already shot them down.
2. The Big 10 is not going to take Okie Lite. GTFO
3. Boren doesn't want the SEC.


Thanks to Boren putting all of his eggs in the PAC and refusing to entertain the SEC-it seems that right now they are stuck with option 4.

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OU/OSU/KU/ISU to PAC. Put that in a document from the PAC offices on Power's desk.

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why in the hell would OU want to bring ISU with them?

Sooners embarrassed

The article is a few weeks old, but hit the nail on the head about the OU situation.

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The embarrassing news for Oklahoma late Tuesday night was the Pac-12 didn't want the Sooners-Oklahoma State two-team package. Texas had to be involved. That's why it's very difficult at the moment to take a deep breath in Norman.

Exactly what the Aggies and Nebraska wanted to escape -- being tied to DeLoss' shoestrings -- that's where Oklahoma still finds itself.

Meanwhile, the word was already out that the Sooners had no desire for an SEC move because the school is attempting to raise its academic and football honesty image. One SEC official did say Wednesday that the conference had "issues" with considering the Sooners as a 14th team.

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When Oklahoma stepped out there the last two weeks with some strong words, it opened deeper wounds. Plus, the Sooners learned a valuable lesson:

Don't talk tough unless you have guaranteed options. (See the Aggies.)

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