Kansas schools prepare to join Creighton, University of Phoenix in new athletic conference

Lew Perkins, the Shrek-eared athletic director at the University of Kansas, recently noted the Big 12’s conference’s relative youth. Perkins seemed to want to suggest that exciting times lie ahead, much like a “Go forth”-minded commencement speaker.

But with two conferences looking to pick off members, the Big 12 is looking like one of those ’60s pop songs that ends with a teenager dying in a drag race.

The Big Ten’s interest in Missouri and Nebraska is well documented. Now reports suggest that the Pac-10 wants to pull six teams from the Big 12 to form a pan-Western superconference.