Recruiting rankings are interesting and as we can see fluctuate a little. It may surprise some that Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was keeping track, but it doesn't change that he likes his class.

Several stories this week coming out of Big 12 Basketball Media Days show the feelings are fraying when it comes to Big 12 deserters Texas and Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State will open Big 12 Conference play with Texas Tech on the road on jan. 1.

Frequently asked questions with regards to the new alingment of the Big 12 bringing in BYU, Cincinnati, Central Florida, and Houston.

Oklahoma State President Kayse Shrum released a statement following the unanimous vote to accept BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF into the Big 12 Conference.

The Big 12 CEOs made it official on Friday in a meeting where the leaders of the eight remaining schools in the Big 12, after Texas and OU leave, voted to welcome in four new members.

The Big 12 CEO's met by conference call on Monday and learned all the info on BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, and Houston wanting to join the conference

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby has had a rough summer and now the leader of the Power Five conference in flux is on the go trying to solidify the future.

The future for Oklahoma State in major college athletics is more simple than any of us want to admit. I've been very hesitant to say it. I don't wnat the future on the back of the 2021 football team, but reality is what it is

The Alliance has been announced and the Big 12 is not part of it. Not now, but could they be added piecemeal later? We'll see, but the alliance right now doesn't mean much for OSU.

I still don't believe it changes a lot for Oklahoma State, but Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic has been spot on with her reporting and she says the alliance will be announced Tuesday.

The story of the late summer and the kickoff to college football has been more about where schools will be in the future rather than the match-ups for Week Zero and Week One. It continues with specualtion about the alliance and the Pac-12.

I've spent the past month speculating on what could happen to Oklahoma State with the current state of realignment in college sports thanks to Texas and Oklahoma bolting for the SEC. Now what I think should happen.

There was realignment talk over night, at least reporting of realignment news. The most encouraging of the news is from Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff who said his conference is analyzing expansion.

This season if you can't play the game because of COVID-19 issues within your program then it is a forfeit and a loss.

With Oklahoma State football having a walk through practice and some extra time for the newcomers. I left for home early and listened to some Finebaum

There are a variety of scenarios that will be looked at and surveyed over the next several months. While a quick resolution to conference realignment is highly unlikely, it's okay to look at possible outcomes. We agree with our former fellow Big Eight Skywriter Dennis Dodd.

There is no way to know how fast this round of college football realignment will move or how permanent it will be time. The news and rumors get lots of attention and can cause lot of anguish because this is all pretty darn important.