ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 07, 2019 - Detail view of Big 12 logo as the Baylor Bears band plays on the field before Baylor plays the Oklahoma Sooners in the Big 12 Football Championship at AT&T Stadium on December 7, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
Remember 10 years ago when realignment was the epidemic spreading around the college landscape and pigskin-proud schools like Oklahoma football were considering relocation.
Those were crazy times, too, although of a much less serious and scary nature. Schools were scrambling to make sure they wouldn’t be left out in the land rush to secure their futures in what they believed to be a more stable and economically advantaged conference structure.