The Big Ten is historically the conference that brings in the most revenue, but the SEC is closing fast with this news. Kansas doesn’t really move the needle when it comes to football revenue and ratings, but it would add a blue blood to a basketball conference that hasn’t won a national title since 2000.Īnd despite what we all feel about the leadership of Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren, if the SEC lands Texas and Oklahoma, he’ll have to do something to keep up. Who knows how this will be received from the Big Ten. And, yeah, it appears that program is looking at the Big Ten, at least according to Bleacher Report’s Mike Vernon.Īccording to his sources, Kansas has a call set up with the Big Ten to explore options of joining the conference. Now, it appears a Big 12 member not named Oklahoma or Texas may be shopping around before it gets left out in a game of conference realignment musical chairs.
With expanded college football playoffs possibly on the horizon along with the spread of name, image and likeness legislation, it’s a very uneasy and unpredictable time. If the Big 12’s two most prominent members leave the conference, it’s not hard to envision a world where the conference is put in jeopardy of being relevant, if it can exist at all. If it happens, there’s a good chance it’ll create a chain reaction of dominoes across other conferences, including the Big Ten. It’s beginning to look more and more like the wheels have been in motion for far longer than we thought with this Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC news.
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