By Marquis Cooley | Sports Editor
On July 21, Houston Chronicle staff writer Brent Zwerneman turned the college football world upside down when he reported that both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas were looking to leave the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference just a week after Big 12 Media Days where Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 commissioner, was preaching unity within the conference.
Following the formal request by the UT and the OU to join the SEC on July 27, in a cease-and-desist letter, Bowlsby accused ESPN of trying to harm the Big 12 for its own financial benefit.