If you thought expansion talk had reached its zenith five years ago, when NIU was seriously being considered for membership in the Big 12 Conference, Wednesday showed that the cultural appetite for college football hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s only gotten more outrageous.
The news was a bit inescapable on Wednesday, as both the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference, who had either recently or were currently conducting their respective media days, were both caught off-guard by a report from the Houston Chronicle that the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners were committed to abandoning the league they helped to create and leave for the SEC.