Dan Beebe on way out

Beebe was one of five BCS commissioners absent from the Collegiate Commissioner Association meetings Wednesday in Chicago, a source told ESPN.com's Andy Katz.
The only BCS conference commissioner in attendance was Jim Delany of the Big Ten -- the only BCS conference not dealing with expansion.
The source said the CCA expects Beebe to leave his position, and former Big Eight commissioner Chuck Neinas to replace him.
Neinas told The Associated Press Thursday morning that he had not yet been retained. "If that happened, it would happen at the end of the day," he said.

Neinas has told the Big 12 he would accept the position of interim commissioner if, as expected, the Big 12 presidents offer him the job, a source close to Neinas told ESPN's Joe Schad.
Neinas runs a consulting firm and has worked with 10 of the original members of the Big 12.
"I feel for what is happening to Dan and to John Marinatto in the Big East," said Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson, whose league has lost multiple teams to the Mountain West and in 1998 was commissioner when the 16-team league split.