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Dallas Morning News..
Baylor is making a push to stay with fellow Big 12 South members Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in whatever conference they wind up, reports on Sunday indicated.
Those five schools and Colorado reportedly were being pursued by the Pac-10 Conference, leaving Baylor separated from its close rivals and with an uncertain athletic future.
But Baylor apparently has responded with a strong lobbying effort to supplant Colorado in the process.
Prominent Austin lobbyist and Baylor regent Buddy Jones in e-mails to Baylor alumni and supporters in the Texas Legislature that were obtained by The Dallas Morning News, addressed the Colorado-or-Baylor situation.
"My guess is that Colorado hasn't taken enough broadside hits to sink their boat yet and they may well be on the invite list," Jones wrote. "I hope I'm wrong. But there's still time left to change the scoreboard. We aren't through
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