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There's an over-invoked analogy about an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. It began with an old wives' tale that ostriches, when feeling vulnerable or under attack, would rather burrow futilely into the earth than run or fight back. I don't like quippy phrases, but this one applies aptly to the Big 12 Conference. As other leagues and even individual Big 12 members scramble to build contingency plans for the now inevitable shift in conference alignment, the Big 12 office remains starkly silent.

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Kansas basketball could be left adrift without major conference to call home 01/13/11 - 10:36pm

LAWRENCE, Kan. - For the Kansas Jayhawks and their proud basketball heritage, all this could not be more demeaning. All of a sudden, Kansas' status as a major player in college athletics has been placed in the hands of Nebraska and - humiliation of humiliations - archrival Missouri.

Day one vital for Tech at NCAA track meet 01/13/11 - 10:36pm

The climax of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships comes Saturday with two hours of nationally televised action on CBS.

Big 12: Colorado says it hasn't received Pac-10 invitation 01/13/11 - 10:36pm

Officials from Colorado, one of the Big 12 schools that could be part of a Pac-10 expansion, met Tuesday night in a special session.But following the regents meeting in Denver, Colorado spokesman Ken McConnellogue told the Denver Post that the school had not yet received a Pac-10 invitation."No, we didn't," he said.Colorado and Baylor are vying to be the final school if the Pac-10 takes six current Big 12 members, sources familiar with the process have said.

Big 12: Source says deadline decision for Missouri is June 17 01/13/11 - 10:36pm

ST. LOUIS — Lending clout to what a well-placed college athletics administrator believes could be "kind of a showdown" week in the otherwise relentless rumor mill of expansion chatter, another source familiar with the matter said Tuesday that the Big 12 Conference has given Missouri until June 17 to declare its loyalty and intention to stay in the conference.