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Interview with the Oklahoma President. OU is going to get B12 expansion plus blow up the Longhorn Network or they're going to look for a better situation. He's openly flirting with the Big Ten here.

Ultimately, does the Power5 become the Power4 ? Makes more since for a playoff.

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(01-15-2016 02:58 PM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  Ultimately, does the Power5 become the Power4 ? Makes more since for a playoff.

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Four, eighteen team, two division conferences make perfect sense. Effectively expands the playoff to 8 teams and puts the end to the controversy of who belongs in the final four.

Atlantic Coast Conference
North
Boston College
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
West Virginia

South
Clemson
Duke
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
North Carolina St
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Big Midwest Conference
East
Illinois
Indiana
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Penn State
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan St

West
Colorado
Colorado State
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Minnesota
Purdue

Western Conference
South
Arizona
Arizona St
New Mexico
San Diego State
Southern Cal
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU
UCLA

North
BYU
California
Fresno St
Oregon
Oregon St
Stanford
Utah
Washington
Washington St

Southeast Conference 18
East
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Miami
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida State

West
Arkansas
Baylor
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi St
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M

Title of the thread should be "Oklahoma U President Hopes Realignment isn't done yet"

(01-15-2016 02:58 PM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  Ultimately, does the Power5 become the Power4 ? Makes more since for a playoff.

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Yup. I see some current Big12 teams looking for a home in a G5 conference before I see another P5 raid on us.

Prob means SEC, ACC, PAC12 , B1G expand to 16.
PAC 16 Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU
SEC (16) OU, the Pokes
ACC (16), WV, +NotreDame
B1G (16) Kansas, KState
Actually, it'd make since if Maryland returned to the ACC, and Iowa State was picked up by the B1G, and ND, played as a non associated independent.

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Oh, the super conference idea again.

I remember those days.


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Its amazing how with a little speculation we are off and running.

(01-15-2016 05:10 PM)panama Wrote:  Its amazing how with a little speculation we are off and running.

It's painful


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(01-15-2016 02:51 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/jo...37f83.html

Interview with the Oklahoma President. OU is going to get B12 expansion plus blow up the Longhorn Network or they're going to look for a better situation. He's openly flirting with the Big Ten here.

OU is not going anywhere. They signed a Grant of Rights with the other Big 12 schools, meaning that each schools media rights and revenue belong with the Big 12 conference through the end of TV contract in 2025. Basically, OU would lose all of their TV revenue through 2025. They also need to have an invitation to a conference.

Boren should stick to being President and stop trying to be the Conference Commissioner and AD. He does have a legitimate gripe regarding the Longhorn Network.

(01-15-2016 05:44 PM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 05:10 PM)panama Wrote:  Its amazing how with a little speculation we are off and running.

It's painful


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Nahhh... It's fun...

(01-15-2016 03:17 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 02:58 PM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  Ultimately, does the Power5 become the Power4 ? Makes more since for a playoff.

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Four, eighteen team, two division conferences make perfect sense. Effectively expands the playoff to 8 teams and puts the end to the controversy of who belongs in the final four.

Atlantic Coast Conference
North
Boston College
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Syracuse
West Virginia

South
Clemson
Duke
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
North Carolina St
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Big Midwest Conference
East
Illinois
Indiana
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Penn State
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan St

West
Colorado
Colorado State
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Nebraska
Minnesota
Purdue

Western Conference
South
Arizona
Arizona St
New Mexico
San Diego State
Southern Cal
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU
UCLA

North
BYU
California
Fresno St
Oregon
Oregon St
Stanford
Utah
Washington
Washington St

Southeast Conference 18
East
Alabama
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Miami
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida State

West
Arkansas
Baylor
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi St
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M

I highly doubt New Mexico, San Diego St, Colorado St, and Fresno St would get moved up before Boise St and Houston.

(01-15-2016 05:46 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 02:51 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/jo...37f83.html

Interview with the Oklahoma President. OU is going to get B12 expansion plus blow up the Longhorn Network or they're going to look for a better situation. He's openly flirting with the Big Ten here.

OU is not going anywhere. They signed a Grant of Rights with the other Big 12 schools, meaning that each schools media rights and revenue belong with the Big 12 conference through the end of TV contract in 2025. Basically, OU would lose all of their TV revenue through 2025. They also need to have an invitation to a conference.

Boren should stick to being President and stop trying to be the Conference Commissioner and AD. He does have a legitimate gripe regarding the Longhorn Network.

GORs definitely make it tough for schools to go off on their own but they really only last as long as the majority of the conference want them to. I don't know B12 politics well enough but Boren seems to think he has allies.

He's either an idiot who just enjoys pissing off Texans for the hell of it or he's positioning his school for something. I don't know which is more likely.

(01-15-2016 02:58 PM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  Ultimately, does the Power5 become the Power4 ? Makes more since for a playoff.

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Oh heck no. Ask the AAC. It's going to go to the P6. We're already the G4 and they're the tweeners.

(01-15-2016 05:46 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(01-15-2016 02:51 PM)LatahCounty Wrote:  http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/jo...37f83.html

Interview with the Oklahoma President. OU is going to get B12 expansion plus blow up the Longhorn Network or they're going to look for a better situation. He's openly flirting with the Big Ten here.

OU is not going anywhere. They signed a Grant of Rights with the other Big 12 schools, meaning that each schools media rights and revenue belong with the Big 12 conference through the end of TV contract in 2025. Basically, OU would lose all of their TV revenue through 2025. They also need to have an invitation to a conference.

Boren should stick to being President and stop trying to be the Conference Commissioner and AD. He does have a legitimate gripe regarding the Longhorn Network.

laughable. if his goal is to move the big12 up the pecking order, that wont happen by diluting what they have now with a few lower level move-ups. no top schools are looking to change conference so he is left with trying to get byu to join and then pick from a houston or louisville and try to hype then up as terrific sec/pac12 type ads. I also imagine ut-austin would put up quite a battle over giving up their tv network. they dont need the big12 as much as the big12 needs them.

Playoffs will expand to include all NY6 bowls including the highest ranked G5. Those few Big time P5s are like Walmart, the other P5's are like regional Dept store chains like Belk, G5s range from regional car dealerships to 3-store Mom and Pop businesses. Each one in the analogy is focused on increasing revenue and market share annually and each measure of success is relative to last year's numbers. Any coordinated changes will have to add to the bottom line. At our Mom and Pop level, we have to provide something Walmart doesn't. That's a more intimate game day experience and greater appreciation and access for being a donor. Houston seems like a fit for B12 if their money is right. Most other G5s including Boise just don't fit in the P5.

I don't see any way that Oklahoma and Oklahoma State end up in the same conference unless they head to the Pac 12 with Texas and Texas Tech. Otherwise, they'll have to split up if they want to move up. Same with Kansas and Kansas State. There's no way either of them stay together if conferences start falling apart again.

I think the SEC would take the Pokes to get the Sooners.

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(01-17-2016 12:15 AM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  I think the SEC would take the Pokes to get the Sooners.

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I doubt it. They'll either take one and a team in the east or two teams in the east the next time they expand.

(01-17-2016 02:07 AM)TheMackAttack Wrote:  

(01-17-2016 12:15 AM)DawggoneEagle Wrote:  I think the SEC would take the Pokes to get the Sooners.

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I doubt it. They'll either take one and a team in the east or two teams in the east the next time they expand.

oklahoma and wva would be good adds for the sec but I doubt if they are ready to add more schools and ou would want to take osu with them