The Houston Chronicle threw a bomb into the middle of SEC Media Days yesterday with its report of Texas and Oklahoma being possible conference expansion candidates. The college football world immediately went to DEFCON 2 because the news came from a reliable, responsible reporter and was quickly followed up with corroborating stories from other reliable, responsible reporters.
It’s far too early to guess whether those teams definitely will or won’t join the conference. A decade ago, none other than Texas scuttled the Pac-16 plans at the last minute in order to keep its Longhorn Network alive.