Oklahoma Sooners football: Some thoughts on reports of OU and Texas eyeing an SEC move

Believe it when the ink is on the contract.

If you took anything away from the conference realignment hijinks of the early 2010s, that should be it. It certainly applies to Wednesday’s earth-shaking report from Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle that Oklahoma and Texas have been talking with the SEC about defecting from the Big 12 ($).

With that in mind:

1. The number of other well-connected reporters like Stadium’s Brett McMurphy who are backing Zwerneman’s reporting indicate the idea has serious traction; and
2. Don’t take that as a prediction this will happen.