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Oklahoma football: Was Big 12 pondering raising OU’s payout to thwart departure?

AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: A Big XII logo is seen on a first down marker prior to the game between the San Jose State Spartans and the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Both shoes have dropped in the past 24 hours in the ground-shaking saga about where the Oklahoma football program will be pledging its allegiance in the near future.

The Big 12 Executive Committee met by videoconference on Sunday with the presidents of both the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas.