re: A long time Mizzou fan's perspective on TX and OU

The yearly beat downs were not fun, but we didn’t leave because of rules or treatment. MU was always a higher member of the big 12 due to the old big 8 ties. OU and MU specifically stuck together pretty well in conference matters. MU left only because they had no choice after the Big 10 offer fell through. Once that happened the sec was the only move left as it looked like OU and Texas were headed to PAC at that time. Once OU decided to stay they did reach out to MU in private but the SEC deal was already done.