I guess this could mean two things. One, if Missouri and Nebraska jump then we should expect the schools to the south to jump ship as well. If Missouri and Nebraska are staying, we should expect the schools in the south to stay. Outside of those two scenarios, I don’t see how this deadline makes any sense at all.

…K-State and KU (and Iowa State and possibly Baylor) sit on the sidelines, watching it all unfold.

http://www.kansasregents.org/

here you will find both a form to e-mail the KBOR directly and a link to their Facebook page.

http://maps.kansasgis.org/demograph/ims/myelect.cfm

here you will find a map to where you can find all of your elected officials.

I would encourage each and every one of you to copy and paste the text below to the KBOR and your elected officials:

The recent events unfolding in the Big XII have me very concerned about the future of the state’s two BCS-level institutions. Specifically, there is a not insignificant chance that Kansas and/or Kansas State could be left out as a 1st-tier (BCS-level) academic institution, with the possible realignment/ expansion of the Big 10 and PAC-10.

One thing that makes this possibility more likely is that there is a feeling that the KBOR and the state legislature would not allow the two schools to “decouple”, in other words be allowed to accept invitations to join from separate conferences.

This policy (perceived or real) could severely limit either school from remaining as BCS-level institutions, should the Big XII fail to continue to exist.

I would strongly and respectfully ask the Board, should the situation arise, to allow these two great institutions to pursue their own opportunities for conference affiliation.

I have yet to see any evidence that KU isn’t getting rumored interest from other big-time conferences because of KState. They make a nice scapegoat I suppose, but it’s silly to start some kind of petition campaign.

BTW, I once was an intern for Dennis Moore in DC, and those petitions are used all the time and accomplish nothing (except create busy work for some college kid). The Board of Regents will never see you emails.

If Tech and OSU are getting interest, there’s no reason KState can’t get some, too (except for their tv market, unfortunately).

Maybe a better strategy would be for KU and KSU to start talking constant trash about Texas in an effort to create a last-minute intense rivalry.

Texas is a sissy state. “Everything is bigger in Texas” because they have to compensate for their tiny penises and barely-functioning brains.

what kind of teeth are backing up this so-called ultimatum. If it’s just some portion of the tv money over the next two years, it’s not really much of a threat. They already have that provision in the Big XII agreement. If Nebraska and Mizzou tell the Big XII they’re in by Friday, but change their mind later when ND turns down the Big 10, what’s really going to happen?

Texas schools want Baylor in over CU….and the Pac 10 is concerned with both Tech and Okie Light academics…might the door be cracking open just a bit for KU? I don’t even know what to believe with all this stuff anymore.

but I’m starting to get a very bad feeling about all this. I don’t see this ending well for KU. I just don’t. We’re basically dependent (1) on Notre Dame joining the Big 10 and (2) Texas deciding to stay in the Big XII. I’m just not that confident either of those are going to happen.

I’ll be the first to say it, then:

We’re gonna get screwed.

http://twitter.com/DanWetzel/status/15592552977

Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel is claiming that there’s already a Kansas state law requiring KU and KSU to stay together? Bensa, figure out if this is true for us?

I would certainly hope that the Kansas Legislature has better things to do with its time than bind two schools together that are already permanently linked—even if KU and KSU separated, it’s not like we’d stop playing them in just about every sport possible.

If this really is KBOR policy, what steps are they undertaking to improve the marketability of the two programs? Are they working to get KSU fully accredited and out of Tier 3? Are they allocating funds to do a PR campaign on why a superconference should bring in the Kansas Sampler? Or are they really willing to sit back and potentially hurt both schools because they think they have a lot more leverage in this whole situation than they actually do?

Denver-

It may just be the mobile site, but the background is all screwed up for me. There’s two bright green vertical lines on the sides that say “Clear” on them and have odd-looking pictures behind the text. Or am I just having a flashback?

but what are the ramifications if they don’t say anything? I guess maybe I missed something but do they get booted if they don’t reaffirm their commitment?

Unfortunately, too much of this conference has been built upon keeping Texas happy because they’re the big money-getter. I can’t say that I blame Nebraska and Missouri for wanting to look elsewhere where they might be on equal footing with every school in the conference. I know as a Jayhawk I wish the entire conference landscape wasn’t shifted toward the south. I see this shaping out one of two ways

1) The Big XII does everything in its power to keep Texas in the conference to keep its cash cow, neglecting the other 11 schools. Missouri & Nebraska are finally fed up and leave, conference disintegrates.

2) The Big XII tries to accomodate Nebraska & Missouri, Texas loses revenue and bolts for greener pastures, conference disintegrates.

Kansas loses in both instances, I hate to be a pessimist, but I just think the Big XII has painted itself into a corner and Notre Dame joining the Big 1(1) with no further expansion is pretty much the only situation I see where Kansas remains a BCS school. Time to earn that money Lew…