The New Big 12 will be born in the Summer of 2023, after all, if today’s reporting from TheAthletic about the three schools departing from the AAC having reached a deal to that effect, is true. From Twitter:
Adding today’s news to what we already knew about BYU joining in 2023, and we are looking at a 14-team league starting that year ... unless OU and UT (or, more likely, someone on their behalf) pony up enough to flee southeast in that time period. The idea that they (specifically UT) would have to travel to Provo or Orlando to play one or two seasons in this new arrangement is so enjoyable to me, though, that I kinda hope they don’t.