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Source: Mizzou has SEC offer, but SEC willing to wait - KansasCity.com

The Southeastern Conference has an informal offer on the table for Missouri to join its league, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Star on Tuesday, and SEC officials are willing to wait for an answer from Missouri until the future of the Big 12 is decided.

Word of the informal agreement came from a key Missouri booster who spoke directly to a Missouri official. Another source told The Star on Tuesday that an Oklahoma official said the SEC is interested in Missouri.

The Birmingham (Ala.) News reported later Tuesday that the SEC and Missouri have “informally agreed that, barring new developments, the school will join the league and that Auburn University will move to the SEC East Division.” The report cited two people familiar with the discussions, adding that, “(a) majority of presidents has endorsed the informal agreement.”

The additions of Missouri and Texas A&M, which has already stated its intention to leave for the SEC and been approved by the conference, would bring the number of SEC teams to 14.



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