On July 22, New Mexico sent a letter to the Big 12 about joining their league.
There was a time where the New Mexico Lobos were basically in to join the soon-to-be Big 12 back in 1996. In fact, it was to be the Lobos and BYU, however Baylor alum and then-Texas Governor Ann Richards who pulled her political weight to get her beloved Bears, and Texas Tech, into the Big 12.
History could have been a lot different in Albuquerque, most specifically there would be no Mike Locksley running the football program into the ground.