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I predicted in a post that the Big 12 will HAVE to do something since the lack of a conference championship game hurt both TCU and Baylor making the playoffs.

They will either have to dissolve the conference or expand it to 12 teams. If the conference is dissolved, I would be in favor in adding Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC for the following reasons:

1. Adding Texas would essentially wrap up all of the Texas TV market. Adding Oklahoma would add the Oklahoma City and Tulsa TV market.

2. The SEC can move Alabama and Auburn to the East and put Texas and Oklahoma in the West. The two divisions would be nearly equitable and it would preserve all Bama-Auburn, Auburn-Georgia, and Bama-Tenn rivalries.

3. The SEC could go to a 9 game conference schedule (7 from the respective division and 2 rotating from the other division). This will allow teams from other divisions to play each other more often.

I like all of this except for two issues.

1. Texas: biggest asshats in all of college football. Have ruined two conferences in the last quarter century, why would that suddenly change? They won't want to play on equal footing, if they don't have the deck stacked in their favor, they won't play. Also, they would have to give up their precious Longhorn Network to join the SEC. Making exceptions for Texas is how you end up with a situation like the current Big 12.

My solution: take Texas Tech, Baylor, or TCU instead of Texas. No, they aren't nearly the holy grail of revenue and history that Texas is, but frick Texas.

2. Adding both Oklahoma and Texas to the conference would be awesome, but it would be a fricking meat grinder getting through a 9 game conference schedule with that many heavyweights. The SEC championship would literally carry 2x the value of a national champhionship.

Solution: Same as above, add Texas Tech, TCU, or Baylor instead. frick Texas.