Sooners Mixon Suspended For Season

((HT: News9.com/Newson6.com))

Oklahoma Sooners freshman running back Joe Mixon has been suspended for the entire 2014 season after his arraignment in an assault after he argued with a woman at a Norman, Oklahoma restaurant last month.

He was charged with a misdemeanor- acts resulting in gross injury- from allegedly punching a woman.

OU President David Boren agreed with the assessment of both head coach Bob Stoops and AD Joe Castiglione where:

"...Mixon will be excluded from all team activities, including being removed from the team roster. With appropriate conditions, he will be permitted to continue as a student, eligible for financial aid.

Vice President for Athletics Joe Castiglione and Head Football Coach Bob Stoops said, “As the university has demonstrated in the past, we are committed to winning the right way. As an example to others, OU sets the highest possible standards for its student athletes, coaches and staff.”

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Mixon was released on his own recognizance after posting $1,000 bond. He was given a "no contact" order by the judge in the case where the accuser is concerned and his next appearance in court is set for September 23.

Ex OU QB Steve Davis Dies In South Bend Plane Crash

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It had been reported that Oklahoma QB Steve Davis was on the plane that crashed in a residential neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana over the weekend...

Tinker Owens, one of former quarterback Steve Davis' receivers on two national championship Sooner teams, confirmed Davis' death to The Oklahoman in a text message.

"We lost a great Sooner," Owens said. "Sad news."
Here's highlights of the 1975 Orange Bowl against Michigan...
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Davis led the Oklahoma Sooners to the 1974 and 1975 national championships as its quarterback. He started at Oklahoma from 1973-75- Barry Switzer's first three seasons as head coach. Davis and the Sooners were 32-1-1 during his career.

After his playing career ended, he spent 18 years as a college football broadcaster.
Evidence below...
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Monday PM Galactic Conference Realignment Update

Let's just call this installment "Mergers and Acquisitions"

The Board of Regents inside the Republic of Texas has given University of Texas-Austin President Bill Powers, pretty much, carte blanche ((that's a blank check, kids...)) to negotiate in the best interest of the school...

Here's Powers not taking any questions, but making sure that everyone knows the Longhorns position...
((HT: KXAN-TV Austin))

Regents authorize Powers to realign: kxan.com

At the same time, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents met in Tulsa to give the same powers to President David Boren. Conventional Wisdom has always been that these two would go, in concert, with Texas Tech and Oklahoma State to form an even-larger Pacific Conference.

Although, according to OSG sources, there has been ((and still is)) back chatter that Commissioner John Swofford and the ACC are still swinging at the chance to add Texas as the 15th of 16 teams. Swofford will go no higher than 16 teams in any expansion.

9 of the current Pac-12/10 presidents would have to ratify any additions- even if Texas goes east instead of west. And the chances of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State being added without Texas may go in question... and OSU regents will meet Wednesday...

So, then if the Big Four leave the Big 12/10, and the Big East continues to dissolve, there is an idea floating out there that it could be the Big East 12/10 ((or the Really Big East))...

In play would be Rutgers and UConn ((who could or would expand the Ess-E-Cee footprint)), Cincy, Louisville, West Virginia, and South Florida along with the soon-to-be TCU. The 12/10 would have Iowa, Kansas, K-State, Baylor, and Mizzou in play for a total of 12- for a new Big 12/10/12.

ESPN's Bob Ley caught up with one of the forefathers of the Bee-Cee-Ess, former Big East Commish Mike Tranghese, who isn't all that keen on conference armageddon...
((HT: ESPN))


The Mountain West and Conference USA folks are also tossing about the merger idea in a football-only universe.

Got all that...???

OSU Denies Any Big 12/10/9 Shenanigans

((HT: KWTX-TV Waco, Newsok.com))

Mike Sherman's Open Mike blog at Newsok.com has the newest angle in all of this eventual Texas A&M moving to the Ess-E-Cee despite protestations of a school (probably Baylor) and possibly the addition of other schools in some nebulous lawsuit that has no bearing and wouldn't hold up in any court of law...

Oklahoma State's Gary Schutt released the following statement... since they played Arizona and he knew everyone was going to ask...

"Speculative reports using unnamed sources implying Oklahoma State University would join others in a lawsuit against the SEC and Texas A&M were incorrect."

Here's team coverage on Baylor's blocking of the whole deal- it's all about looking out for number one, yo...


And any news of a so-called "Group of 6" or "Gang of 6"- Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, K-State, Missouri, and Texas Tech- is news to OU- according to Berry Tramel... since OU is supposedly the lynchpin of any movement that gets Baylor's "okay" after analysis including Texas A&M...

Got all that...???

Jenni Carlson talks to Travis Haney about Oklahoma's angle in all this...


And, oh by the way, Iowa State is retaining legal counsel on the off chance they think they'll need it...