I've been reporting here since late last week that Arkansas wasn't heading anywhere or exploring the possibility of leaving the Southeastern Conference. A report from Orangebloods.com citing three executive sources within the Big 12, however, provided a different story. Arkansas was sending out "feelers," Chip Brown wrote, to the Big 12...
Read More Post a comment (3)Jerry Jones has not talked to Arkansas about making a move to the Big 12, according to team officials with the Dallas Cowboys. Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com reported Jones' involvement of coaxing the Big 12 to lure Arkansas and Notre Dame to the 10-team Big 12 was "untrue." A source close...
Read More Post a comment (6)Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long decided to release a statement to the media this afternoon amid speculation on the national landscape that Arkansas could be a viable option to join the second incarnation of the Big 12, which will soon have 10 teams after the announced departure of Nebraska and...
Read More Post a comment (5)Our man Tom Murphy spoke to Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long on Tuesday to wrap up this conference expansion/realignment mess and how the Southeastern Conference stood pat and seemingly still remains one of the strongest conferences in America after Texas' flirtation with the Pacific-10 and Texas A&M's cat calls to...
Read More Post a comment (11)When you woke up at this time Monday morning, the reports varied but the details were becoming clear. Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech appeared to be headed to the west coast for some surf and turf in the Pacific-10 Conference. Meanwhile, Texas A&M had the votes secured from its...
Read More Post a comment (12)This column may be one month old, but I think today was as good a time as any to bring it out of the archives. At the time the talk circulating was that Nebraska and Missouri may be headed to the Big Ten. Well, Nebraska is headed east to the Big...
Read More Post a comment (11)South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier was asked Thursday for his take on the possibility of the Southeastern Conference expanding in the future if the Big Ten goes forward with its own expansion as most believe is inevitable. And the Head Ball Coach didn't hesitate to stir the pot. "I don't know if...
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