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6/11/2010, 04:59 PM
Official: UT, Tech, OU, OSU to the Pac-10, but Aggies “sitting on the fence”
By Kirk Bohls | Friday, June 11, 2010, 03:12 PM
A highly-placed official from a Big 12 school confirmed Friday that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will join the Pac-10 Conference once formal offers are made to them, but said that Texas A&M officials remain on the fence between joining the Pac-10 or the SEC.
“The decision has been made,” the official told the American-Statesman. “We’re bringing everybody to the Pac-10 but A&M.”
The official said the Aggies have a 72-hour timetable to decide whether to accept the Pac-10’s offer. The official also said those formal offers could be made over the weekend.
The Texas board of regents have called an 11 a.m. meeting next Tuesday, and a formal announcement is expected later that day. Regents at Texas Tech also will meet on Tuesday, at 2 p.m.
The official, who has knowledge of Thursday’s meeting in Austin between Texas and Texas A&M officials, said the Aggies are torn about which direction to take. When asked to confirm rumors that A&M president R. Bowen Loftin wants to explore joining the SEC but that Aggies athletic director Bill Byrne wants to go the Pac-10, the official said, “I think you’re 100 percent right.”
Also, the official said, even A&M regents are split. That includes former A&M and Alabama coach Gene Stallings, who is pushing hard for A&M to go to the SEC.
“A&M is sitting on the fence,” the official said.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2010/06/11/official_ut_tec.html?cxntcid=breaking_news
At the link PAC 10 is discussing Kansas or Utah to replace A&M which would give us nine teams and no payout to the Big 12 because we would have the nine votes! Invites will be out over the weekend and it will be announced on Tuesday according to the Statesman newspaper and the Oklahoman and ESPN. Sounds like a total done deal. A&M is being given 72 hours to make up their mind for the PAC-10 and then the door shuts.
By Kirk Bohls | Friday, June 11, 2010, 03:12 PM
A highly-placed official from a Big 12 school confirmed Friday that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will join the Pac-10 Conference once formal offers are made to them, but said that Texas A&M officials remain on the fence between joining the Pac-10 or the SEC.
“The decision has been made,” the official told the American-Statesman. “We’re bringing everybody to the Pac-10 but A&M.”
The official said the Aggies have a 72-hour timetable to decide whether to accept the Pac-10’s offer. The official also said those formal offers could be made over the weekend.
The Texas board of regents have called an 11 a.m. meeting next Tuesday, and a formal announcement is expected later that day. Regents at Texas Tech also will meet on Tuesday, at 2 p.m.
The official, who has knowledge of Thursday’s meeting in Austin between Texas and Texas A&M officials, said the Aggies are torn about which direction to take. When asked to confirm rumors that A&M president R. Bowen Loftin wants to explore joining the SEC but that Aggies athletic director Bill Byrne wants to go the Pac-10, the official said, “I think you’re 100 percent right.”
Also, the official said, even A&M regents are split. That includes former A&M and Alabama coach Gene Stallings, who is pushing hard for A&M to go to the SEC.
“A&M is sitting on the fence,” the official said.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2010/06/11/official_ut_tec.html?cxntcid=breaking_news
At the link PAC 10 is discussing Kansas or Utah to replace A&M which would give us nine teams and no payout to the Big 12 because we would have the nine votes! Invites will be out over the weekend and it will be announced on Tuesday according to the Statesman newspaper and the Oklahoman and ESPN. Sounds like a total done deal. A&M is being given 72 hours to make up their mind for the PAC-10 and then the door shuts.