TCU writer suggests that its toast.
https://www.frogsowar.com/2021/7/23/2259...-might-not
"...Whether they will wait until the Grant of Rights expires in 2025 or negotiate a deal that lessens the $70+ million penalty for leaving early remains to be seen, but as rumors of ADs seeking out back channels with other conferences leaks fast and furious, it seems the end of the Big 12 is nigh, something that would allow Texas and OU to sneak out quietly in the middle of the night with few penalties.
The Big 12 is effectively over, folks — this isn’t doom and gloom, this is happening.
As TCU fans, our immediate thought goes to what happens next. This tends to fall into three categories:
OH S&!T
TCU is an attractive brand name that will have other suitors
Been there, done that. We’ve navigated conference realignment many times and will be fine.
I am firmly in category one, but y’all know that.
247 Sports insider Jeremy Clark reported last night that TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech have already reached out to the Pac 12 to gauge interest. This makes the most sense for those four teams; those calling for the ACC and Big Ten, I am sorry — it’s not happening, and that’s not just me opining, it’s the feeling of every single person that “knows things” that I’ve spoken with. The Big Ten is engaging with Iowa State and Kansas, two schools that fit their wider profile as AAU/research-heavy schools. If anything, the ACC *might* talk to the Mountaineers, but that train has left the station many a time before without West Virginia on it, so folks in Morgantown are rightfully having flashbacks to the days of the Big East...."