CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The news of a report of Oklahoma and Texas expressing interest in joining the SEC tornadoed through ACC Media Day. Mack Brown cracked a wide smile, recalling Texas’ flirtations with the Pac-10 from a decade ago. Dabo Swinney, wearing an ear-to-ear grin, joked that the ACC would try and add Alabama and Auburn tomorrow.
Reporters on radio row had the Houston Chronicle paywall up on their screens, declining to pay to subscribe to read the news that the Longhorns and Sooners “have both reached out to the Southeastern Conference about potentially joining the powerful league,” and the report cited a “high-ranking college official.