Dec 1, 2017; Santa Clara, CA, USA; General overall view of the Pac-12 logo at midfield during the Pac-12 Conference championship game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Southern California Trojans at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
For most of the past decade, it has felt as if the Big 12 conference was on ground so shaky that it would make the San Andreas fault appear stable. So it is rather fitting that the Texas Tech football program’s best hope for sustainability in the midst of what appears to be impending conference realignment comes from the area of the country where the ground is known to rattle and roll from time to time.