NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 02: Jalen Saunders #8 of the Oklahoma Sooners scores a touchdown over Ha Ha Clinton-Dix #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
It is well documented that some of the best teams in college football every year reside in the Southeastern Conference. Should that matter to an Oklahoma football brand that has pretty much had its way in the Big 12 for the last 20-plus years?
That is one of the baffling questions surrounding the purported move by the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas to break away from the Big 12 Conference and realign themselves with the all-mighty SEC.