Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott went on a come-join-us mission across Texas and Oklahoma over the weekend, a trip that could officially doom the Big 12 and set in motion another round of conference jumping. The conference tilt-a-whirl that started with Coloradoâ??s defection to the Pac-10 last week. The conference jumble started in December, when the Big Ten said it was looking at expansion. Nebraska and Missouri indicated theyâ??d be interested in switching allegiances and were given a leave-or-stay deadline of last Friday by the Big 12.Nebraska left, breaking ties with Big 12 schools that dated, in some cases, to the 1890s. The Cornhuskers will join the Big Ten in 2011.
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