Big 12 Media Days, the unofficial start to the college football season, kicks off on Wednesday this week in Arlington, Texas, in what will be the final appearance for the Oklahoma football program. The Sooners, of course, will become part of the SEC after this season.
This will be a much different Big 12 preseason show-and-tell gathering with four newcomer teams making their first appearance along with OU and Texas making their last.
No doubt Big 12 officials will do their best to downplay questions about the conference’s two heavy hitters and redirect the narrative to the new teams, the eight remaining institutions and the future of the new-look Big 12.