Two ways the Big 12 could fall apart before 2025

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Texas and Oklahoma formally requested an invitation to the SEC on Tuesday morning, triggering what will be a very chaotic next few months/years. Here’s their co-authored letter, sent to the SEC.

Texas and Oklahoma have formally requested an invitation for membership to the SEC, starting on July 1, 2025: pic.twitter.com/wpVX0jZNTe

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) July 27, 2021 You’ll note that Texas and Oklahoma have requested a “start date” of July 1, 2025. That is conveniently the date the Big 12’s current grant of rights agreement ends. It’s highly unlikely the Big 12 survives all the way to 2025 in its current form, though, and there are two ways the Big 12…