On Wednesday a report surfaced that pointed to the Oklahoma Sooners looking to jump ship to the SEC. That shook the college football landscape and for good reason.
Not only is Oklahoma looking at a change but it appears their biggest rivals, the Texas Longhorns, are right there alongside them. The Big 12 Conference’s top two teams are looking to exit stage left, which means the conference would need to find replacements, or would they?
According to former Texas Tech quarterback B.J. Symons, he doesn’t think there are any suitable replacements.
I get it’s only speculation and rumors at this point but if you’re debating which schools could replace OU and Texas in the Big 12 the answer is easy, there are none.
— BJ Symons (@BJSymons) July 22, 2021
He did add to his original tweet stating that they could add teams but it wouldn’t mean much given the revenue and power that Texas and Oklahoma add.
As stated in my original report on the Oklahoma/Texas jump to the SEC Conference, it is unlikely that the Big 12 Conference could survive this latest purge of the teams.
The Big 12 Conference would likely dissolve leaving eight programs up for grabs. – Report on OU and UT to the SEC
We pull out our crystal ball to predict just where the other eight schools might land.