Pac 16 back in the works?

[Anthony 78]

Should Oklahoma act upon its earnest desires and seek an invitation to join the Pacific-12 Conference — something I'm fully expecting to happen within days, if not hours — that decision could well be the killing blow to the Big 12 while also providing Texas the political cover to follow suit and ask for admission as well.

 

The Pac-12's not going to ask first. It's been down that road before, led along until the eleventh hour a year ago.

 

If OU gives notice that it is leaving the Big 12 — or if any of the other remaining eight members do, for that matter — the very foundation of the league would crumble.

 

Here's what I think will happen, probably before the calendar turns to October:

 

Your new Pac-16 members: Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

 

The era of the super conference begins.

 

The Longhorn Network gets folded into the Pac-16 as a downsized regional network, joining the six regional networks that already exist within the conference.

 

Missouri ends up in the Big Ten or ACC, and Kansas heads to the Big East. If for some inexplicable reason Texas chooses not to pursue Pac-12 membership, look for Texas Tech to be left out and expect the Pac-12 to focus on Kansas and Missouri along with OU and OSU. Don't dawdle, Texas.

 

Source: Statesman