o****3
发帖数: 5100 | 1 Here we go again.
With Texas establishing its own little collegiate hegemony in Austin, the
Big 12 has begun to crumble at its foundation. And it's opened the tomb back
up for the dead Pac-16 from last summer.
According to Dave Sandhop of Aggie Insider, the Big 12 schools have secretly
been in discussion with all conferences in all schools. Three of the
biggest names could be taking a look toward the surging Pac-12: The Oklahoma
Sooners, Oklahoma St. Cowboys, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Apparently, Oklahoma was told by several SEC sources that a future deal
including Oklahoma State was highly unlikely...that they would need to split
if they wanted to be seriously considered for inclusion. That explains
recent rumors that OU has been inquiring about the PAC-12’s interest level
in expanding the conference with both Oklahoma schools. If that doesn’t pan
out, then the Sooners may come back to the SEC and consider working the
politics of splitting with OSU.
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Texas Tech is also putting out feelers with the PAC-12 and Kansas has been
in contact with the Big East for quite some time and there’s talk that
Kansas State could also be in the discussions. And of course, that would
leave Texas free to pursue independence and cement its partnership with ESPN
with a more comprehensive TV contract.
15 is a nice number, but one more school would probably be needed to make it
work and make the proper division split.
Pacific Division: Cal, Oregon, Oregon St., Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington,
Wash. St. (the original Pac-8)
Southwest Division: Arizona, ASU, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St.,
Texas Tech, ???
With Texas A&M and Missouri reportedly interested in the SEC and Kansas and
Kansas State looking toward the Big East, the next available candidate would
probably be Baylor (to pair off with Texas Tech). It wouldn't be quite the
coup that the "Texas-Pac" would have been, but any maneuver that brings in
the Oklahoma schools is well worth considering.
Whether Larry Scott would pursue further realignment without Texas is a
question mark. The Longhorns were the big prizes of last year's expansion
free agency, and because "Texas decided to be Texas because that's just what
Texas does", the benefits of placing more schools in his resurgent Pac-12
aren't quite as pronounced. Regardless, the benefits to further expansion
are enormous. Oklahoma football, Oklahoma State football, and Texas Tech
football are three of the 40 most profitable programs in the country, so
regardless of who the fourth school is, adding those three programs seems
too tantalizing a proposition to turn down.
It shouldn't take too long for Scott to find benefits from courting more
schools for further expansion. It would open up the conference further to
the eyes of Texas, as there would no longer be a dominant conference
presence (Texas independent, A&M to the SEC, Tech and the Oklahoma schools
to the Pac-16). It could also be the next step in ensuring that the Pac-12
network gains national acceptance. And it'd be the first of the super
conferences that could spell the beginning of the end of the NCAA.
Exciting stuff, wouldn't you say? | b**j
发帖数: 20742 | 2 给个原作link吧。i think it's far fetched. IMHO no more major expansion in th
e next 3-5 years
back
secretly
Oklahoma
split
【在 o****3 的大作中提到】
: Here we go again.
: With Texas establishing its own little collegiate hegemony in Austin, the
: Big 12 has begun to crumble at its foundation. And it's opened the tomb back
: up for the dead Pac-16 from last summer.
: According to Dave Sandhop of Aggie Insider, the Big 12 schools have secretly
: been in discussion with all conferences in all schools. Three of the
: biggest names could be taking a look toward the surging Pac-12: The Oklahoma
: Sooners, Oklahoma St. Cowboys, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
: Apparently, Oklahoma was told by several SEC sources that a future deal
: including Oklahoma State was highly unlikely...that they would need to split
| o****3
发帖数: 5100 | 3 http://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2011/7/31/2306851/pac-12-e
It depends on whether texas wants to be in texas 12-2 or not.
th
【在 b**j 的大作中提到】
: 给个原作link吧。i think it's far fetched. IMHO no more major expansion in th
: e next 3-5 years
:
: back
: secretly
: Oklahoma
: split
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