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Oklahoma State Booster T. Boone Pickens No Fan of Expansion

T. Boone Pickens made his fortune as an advocate for change in a variety of industries. But when it comes to college sports and the fate of the Big 12 Conference, home to his beloved Oklahoma State University, the 82-year-old billionaire prefers the status quo. The Texas energy and finance mogul, who has donated hundreds...

In or Out: Nebraska and Missouri Given Friday Deadline by Big 12

The Big 12 broke from its annual spring meetings this past Friday without a firm commitment from Nebraska and Missouri to stay, but the league did set a firm deadline. Two sources confirmed to FanHouse on Sunday morning that Missouri and Nebraska were given a deadline of Friday to decide whether they are committed to...

Big 12 Meetings Adjourn With No Commitments, Lots of Questions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- No matter what Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe (above) says publicly, he came here to the league's spring meetings this week looking for commitments from all 12 members. But the commish left empty-handed Friday. Beebe received anything but assurances as the four-day Big 12 spring meetings broke off....

Missouri President: School Will Make Proper Turn for Conference Alignment

KANSAS CITY -- Missouri president Brady Deaton might want to get a better map of the plaza area of the InterContinental Hotel. Deaton, whose school may be a primary target of the Big Ten in its expansion efforts, got lost early Thursday afternoon as looked for the correct meeting room during the Big 12 spring meetings....

The Real Price of Big Ten Membership

Membership in the Big Ten certainly has its privileges. There's the history, the athletic tradition, the link with some of the finest research institutions in the country -- and of course, the annual check for $22 million. That's how much each of the schools in the Big Ten conference collected last year in media money,...

Background on Big Ten

The Big Ten Conference (B1G) is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions (which are primarily flagship research universities in their respective states, well-regarded academically, and with relatively large student enrollment) are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east, and from Indiana in the south to Minnesota in the north.

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