One of our "friends" at the SEC board thinks that a possible scenario is that OU and UT would be split between the Big Ten and SEC, with the Horns going to the SEC, with Kansas and not Oklahoma. He argues that ties with ESPN - both UT and KU have 3rd-tier deals currently - would draw them into that conference, while Oklahoma has a 3rd-tier deal with Fox Sports.

Personally, I would be happy with KU and OU but what the SEC may decide to do would force radical changes elsewhere. If UT goes SEC with TT then the impact won't be as severe, although that still leaves the entire state of Texas totally in the SEC's hands. UT with KU changes a lot. First, in a content-based world, Kansas basketball would have a higher impact than currently. An SEC with a higher basketball pedigree would mean that competition for eyeballs would be even more intense in the winter months, and that conference had a pretty decent year last season. Couple that with the ACC and if the Big XII is demoted then a lot more basketball talent gets drawn into those two conferences. That is a serious threat to the Big Ten. And that's not factoring if a certain private school in South Bend decides that it should go in full to the ACC as a result of more conference changes.

At the very least the Big Ten should be in background diplomacy with OU for if/when the Big XII breaks apart. OU with CU would be a good counter to the Horns to the SEC. Then, depending on what happens afterwards, offer the California 4.