(07-28-2019 03:19 PM)Wedge Wrote:  In 2026, the Longhorns will still be in the Big 12, and the internets will still be full of people claiming that their departure is imminent. Most of those people will also be claiming that Notre Dame is dooooooooooomed unless their football team joins a conference very, very soon.

Yep. They have 9 other schools they get to push around, and none of them have the clout to do much of anything about it. They get things their way, and they get their own conference office to load up with Horns sympathizers, they get their own network, and the most the other teams besides Oklahoma can do is grumble a little. Even then, Oklahoma's stuck with a black and orange albatross around their neck. They have a pretty sweet deal going.
The only way Texas goes anywhere is if 3 other teams leave first.