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Why terms of Oklahoma and Texas divorce from Big 12 are good for all parties | Opinion

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There’s finally a light at the end of the Oklahoma-and-Texas-to-the-SEC tunnel.

And it’s not a freight train about to run everyone over.

Wednesday night, the Big 12 announced that the conference had agreed to split with OU and Texas a year early. Contractually, they were bound to remain in the Big 12 until July 1, 2025, but now, they will be allowed to leave for the SEC a year early.