http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/06/10/missouri-expansion.ap/index.html
Missouri is one of the left behinds, and it has not received a Big 10 invite.
It still faces a deadline to "commit" to Big 12...
Commit to what, to stay in Big 12, while its peers are actively talking with other conferences?
Its like the cheating husband requiring his wife to commit to their marriage, and agree not to talk to another man....until he serves her with divorce papers.
I've never understood what the point of these loyalty things is. What the hell is the Big 12 (now 10) going to do if a school refuses to commit? 'No, sir, we don't want your revenue or participation anymore in our conference, we'd be happy to become the Big 9 with rumors that even more schools are leaving.'