Less than a week ago, overpaid and ineffective NCAA president Mark Emmert publicly suggested decentralizing and deregulating the longtime governing body to give more power to conferences and individual schools.
As Texas Longhorns leadership prepares for that potentially seismic change and looks ahead to a future that may not include continued participation in the Big 12 Conference, the time is rapidly approaching for Board of Regents chairman Kevin Eltiffe, university president Jay Hartzell, and athletics director Chris Del Conte to make bold moves.
In a story first broken by the Houston Chronicle, that bold vision for the future includes potentially joining the SEC with Oklahoma as college football moves towards a 12-team playoff that makes the additions more appealing for the SEC.