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09:19 AM ET 01.27 | Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said the league is actively exploring a possible alliance with the Atlantic Coast Conference and two other unspecified leagues for the purposes of scheduling, marketing and possibly even television partnerships, an arrangement that might prevent further expansion. "We've had conversations with three other leagues," Bowlsby told the American-Statesman on Friday afternoon. "The ACC is one of them. It's a process of discovery that would provide some of the benefits of larger membership without actually adding members." Bowlsby declined to name the other two leagues, but the Pac-12 Conference is presumed to be one of them because that 12-team league faces significant geographical obstacles to expansion. The Pac-12 and Big Ten had announced the framework for a similar alliance more than a year ago, but the arrangement didn't come to fruition.

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January 27, 2013 11:02 AM ET

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All about M-O-N-E-Y

WILD FAN

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January 27, 2013 11:20 AM ET

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Colleges are putting money ahead of the kids.

Onion

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January 27, 2013 04:51 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:20 AM ET 01.27 by Onion

Colleges are putting money ahead of the kids.

been like that since day 1

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January 27, 2013 05:25 PM ET

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Originally posted 04:51 PM ET 01.27 by svt

been like that since day 1

Yeah ... No <hit! Ain't gonna change anytime soon either.

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January 27, 2013 05:40 PM ET

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Are they condensing until the NCAA has to fight one entity....

slipped on a peeling

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January 27, 2013 05:51 PM ET

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I would like to see Texas leave the NCAA and for the rest of the major college football teams to follow.

GJackson93

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January 27, 2013 08:32 PM ET

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Originally posted 05:51 PM ET 01.27 by GJackson93

I would like to see Texas leave the NCAA and for the rest of the major college football teams to follow.

Good luck with that.

Joe Mammy

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January 28, 2013 08:35 AM ET

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Either expand or don't. Not digging this 'Alliance' stuff.

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January 28, 2013 12:13 PM ET

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So would Big 12 schools regularly play ACC schools? What does this mean for scheduling?

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January 28, 2013 03:13 PM ET

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The true motive is to build a relationship to lure schools away. Once the Maryland/ACC legal issues are resolved and IF Maryland is not held to the $50 million exit fee, look for the Big 12 to aggressively go after FSU, G-Tech, Clemson, and one or more of the NC schoos before the Big 10 does.