https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/28-days-to-kansas-football-source-of-realignment-chatter-tells-all/ar-AA10mO09
Saw this link on another board. Theme is that nothing is happening right now, but there is a misinformation campaign.
"...Your first thought might be that of course random fans on Twitter are going to keep talking about it. It's fascinating to speculate and debate what the real "best" moves are when there isn't a clear cut answer. And if the conversations were limited to random Twitter accounts or message board rumors, then this wouldn't be a story at all.
Instead, the vast majority of the speculation is being fed by two writers who cover the Pac 12 and have been part of what seems to be a coordinated media push to promote a conference that is on the brink of a real crisis. But while Stewart Mandel seems to have moved on after his article containing the TV viewer numbers comparisons that have been debunked quite convincingly since, John Canzano and Jon Wilner are still beating the drum of the supposed Pac 12 supremacy....
The most obvious reason for the continued focus on discounting the Big 12 as a destination for Pac 12 schools is that there is real worry among the people most invested in the survival of the league. That was most evident in the comments from George Kliavkoff at Pac 12 Media Days. His repeated reference to the Big 12 and the false bravado about poaching some of those schools to join the conference was not unexpected, but it was surprising how many times that particular topic came up, even unprompted by reporter's questions.
And since then, the stories and misinformation have intensified. Since the release of the severely flawed TV viewers analysis, there have been multiple indirect references to this information as support for why the Pac 12 schools are more valuable than their Big 12 counterparts. Estimates of the value of a potential TV contract have been dismissed as invalid. Even though the exclusive negotiating window for the Pac 12 media rights has expired, some reporters would have you believe that school officials have not been made aware of an offer from ESPN. This is despite reports of just how low that offer really was.
To put it simply, the bits of information being reported are damaging for the Pac 12 if they are true...."