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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129487048" data-attributes="member: 1428007">AAU status is desired, not a mandated requirement:Excerpt:Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany downplayed that Tuesday by saying: "I don't know about rankings in a magazine. I think AAU membership is an important part of who we are, an important aspect of what makes an institution a research institution that serves the public."But Delany stopped short of saying it would be a requirement for entry — "I don't know what's mandatory because we are not there yet" — and no one believes it would matter in Notre Dame's case.<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-18/sports/ct-spt-0519-bits-big-ten-meetings--20100518_1_big-ten-expansion-commissioner-jim-delany-rutgers">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-05-18/sports/ct-spt-0519-bits-big-ten-meetings--20100518_1_big-ten-expansion-commissioner-jim-delany-rutgers</a>The Big Ten would accept OU, but again so would the PAC 12 and the SEC- which means OU has options.  If you want to deny this- who was it that has approached OU and had ongoing discussions about moving?  Other P5 conferences of course.  The BIG 12 can't afford to be naive about that-change isn't a option it's a necessity.As for the ACC being left out of playoffs--it's speculation only , not an absolute that UNC would have been left out with one loss this past year, or that FSU would have been left out with one loss the previous year.  Besides, we know for a fact the BIG 12 was left out with one loss the year before, and OU was nearly dropped out this year in the final vote were it not for an extra ND or Stanford loss- so as much as I like the BIG 12, they have no advantage over the ACC or anyone else- unless they change.  Rematch get two teams doesn't equate to advantage, it just equates to another loss for a top team.Finally, everyone is in competition for four playoff spots.  Delaney added a rule the BIG 12 didn't want either- requiring round robin play and two top teams rematch rather than the conference choosing it's champion.  The rule stops the ACC but also isn't what the BIG 12 wanted which was the ability to be divisionless no matter the size.  The ACC still can make the playoffs just the same as the Big Ten, and a higher percentage chance than the BIG 12.</blockquote>

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