Texas, Oklahoma reach out to SEC about joining conference

[Bearcat93]

WVU, Ok St, Iowa St & BYU

[Rufus]

Ok hivemind. Let’s assume the AAC is taking 3-5 teams and KU and ISU are not available. Who do you want?

You have to take Baylor and WVU although I think the mtneers would rather go elsewhere. You take BYU and TCU to make AAC football more competitive as well as attractive. And if I were the higher ups of the AAC I would have a serious talk with Boise State about coming in also as the rest of the remnants of the BiG 12 are more than likely headed to the mountain west conference. So that's what I'm thinking.

[swilsonsp4]

I'll stick with the parameters of the question:

Yes:

WV (although I'm sure they'll aim for the ACC);
Baylor (TX based, good football and outstanding basketball)
OK State (excellent football & good basketball; downside: market);

No:

KS State (Bill Snyder no longer around, so football will revert to its former mediocrity; Manhattan)
TCU (Nothing special sticks out)
TX Tech (Lubbock)

[red_n_black_attack]

Ok hivemind. Let’s assume the AAC is taking 3-5 teams and KU and ISU are not available. Who do you want?

Ok St, Iowa St, Kansas, and K State. I don’t think KU and ISU are off the table.

[red_n_black_attack]

Apparently I had it right. Big 12 is accusing ESPN of tortious interference. Get your popcorn. It’s gonna get ugly.

I love that term, tortuous interference. It's like a very seedy word that perfectly describes ESPN.

[Lobot]

Ok hivemind. Let’s assume the AAC is taking 3-5 teams and KU and ISU are not available. Who do you want?

[Rufus]

You know as long as ESPN keeps wagging dollars around to these greedy AD's they won't stop. They are merely aligning the deck to assure that the same fistful of schools are in the championship race every year. That's the ramifications of legalized gambling.

[swilsonsp4]

Here is Dobb's report, just out:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...-12-departure/

[Lobot]

Apparently I had it right. Big 12 is accusing ESPN of tortious interference. Get your popcorn. It’s gonna get ugly.

[Lobot]

Dennis Dodd is reporting that one of the conference ESPN conspired with is the AAC where the conference would take 3-5 teams and destroy the Big 12 .

per McMurphy that would eliminate the Big 12 Grant of Rights and save ESPN $1.06 billion.

[Lobot]

Here’s a link to the cease and desist :

https://twitter.com/rossdellenger/st...452032014?s=21

[Lobot]

Pete Thamel:
- Breaking: The Big 12 has sent a "cease and desist" letter to ESPN. The letter demands ESPN end "all actions that may harm the conference and its members and that it not communicate with the Big 12 Conference's existing members.... 1/2
- or any NCAA conference regarding the Big 12 conference's members, possible conference realignment or potential financial incentive or outcomes related to possible conference realignment." More soon on
@YahooSports

ESPN doesn’t care. They’ll do it anyway. We’ve seen that from them before

[GoBearcats31]

Pete Thamel:
- Breaking: The Big 12 has sent a "cease and desist" letter to ESPN. The letter demands ESPN end "all actions that may harm the conference and its members and that it not communicate with the Big 12 Conference's existing members.... 1/2
- or any NCAA conference regarding the Big 12 conference's members, possible conference realignment or potential financial incentive or outcomes related to possible conference realignment." More soon on
@YahooSports

[Rufus]

If 2-4 teams leave the big 12, UC definitely don't want to join those that remain in that conference. It would be better to stay in the AAC. But I'm hoping that the ACC puts out some invites!

[red_n_black_attack]

In that scenario wouldn't it be likely Texas goes to the Big Ten? Eitherway, there are 2-4 spots in the Big12.

If one goes to each, then both SEC and B!G may each expand by 1 more. Say SEC pairs up OK St with OU, but the B!G has money/resources to pull in Virginia or UNC. Just hoping for a quicker scenario whereby UC could join ACC. UC to SEC is not bloody likely and the chance B!G takes UC is nil.