Report: Texas, Oklahoma schools will seek membership in the Pac-12 Sports, posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 19, 2011 at 11:02 am
The Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday that Texas, Oklahoma, currently ranked first in the nation in football, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State will be seeking membership in the Pac-12 Conference, a move that conference commissioner Larry Scott was working toward last year.
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Posted by Bob, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Sep 19, 2011 at 11:02 am
Empathically NO, NO, NO!! Texas and Oklahoma don't join anything unless they come in to RULE. The Pac 10 was once what a college conference should be except USC, and recently Oregon got its hands dirty. But this will gobble up the smaller traditional Pac 10 schools like Washington State. Once upon a time, a conference was about school spirit and local rivalries. Now it's all about $$$.