re: OU President David Boren puts Texas/Big12 on notice.

Lots of notes.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma St are somewhat tied, but if the state sees that the Big 12 is falling apart, they will prioritize OU first and foremost. They are not tied to Texas in any way.

OU is a national brand in both football, and in basketball. That is incredibly valuable, in terms of getting actual eyeballs (and then selling ad space for much more) New state, with more TV's. They have decent academics, not AAU, but certainly not bad. Mizzou does have a "trophy" with OU, the Sooner Peace Pipe was a gift from an Indian that used to be passed to the winner.

OSU, so far as little brothers go, aren't that bad. They have solid athletics considering everything. Academics aren't good, but better than some in the conference.

A&M are just worried that they will get spanked back to whipping boys like they used to be. Both OU and OSU have big whig donors who can cover the GOR. Word is that T Boone has left 50% of his money to OSU when he dies(He is 87), and he has already given them $500mil. But both have the donors who make money a non-issue.

Also, there will not be pods with 16. There will still be divisions. If its 2 from the west (Oklahoma, Okie St, Texas, or Kansas), I bet they switch Missouri West, Alabama and Auburn East, and do away with permanent cross division games, instead going to 9 conference games and just rotating 2 cross division teams each year. Would play each team once every 4 years. 2-2-2-2, which is better than we have now. All the rivalries would be retained.

OU likely won't be invited to the B1G. Their academics just aren't at a high enough level. They did just schedule another home-home with Nebraska too, signifying that they likely don't see themselves joining.