Two College Football Powerhouses, An Angry Commissioner, And The Big 12's Uncertain Future
The Lead
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🗓️ 2 August 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The college football world was thrown into a tizzy last week when Oklahoma and Texas announced that they planned to leave to their home in the Big 12 for the SEC by 2025. The story took an even stranger turn when Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of trying to sabotage his conference to expedite the move. Today, The Athletic's Max Olson gives us the inside story of this seismic move that has put the Big 12 on life support and what it could all mean for the future of college football.
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| 0:46.0 | Last week, the College Football World was rocked by the news that Oklahoma and Texas will be leaving the Big 12 conference. |
| 1:00.0 | It is now official Oklahoma and Texas will become members of the SPC. |
| 1:07.0 | And then things took a bizarre turn when the Commissioner of the Big 12 accused ESPN |
| 1:12.0 | of trying to convince other teams to leave the conference as well. |
| 1:17.0 | The Big 12 hasn't a cease and desist letter to ESPN asking them to cease and desist. |
| 1:24.0 | Any contact with existing Big 12 members trying to sway them on what they should do with the next round of conference. |
| 1:32.0 | Today, the Athletics Max Olsen on why Texas and Oklahoma are departing, the allegations against ESPN |
| 1:38.0 | and what it all means for the future of College Football. |
| 1:41.0 | Is this going to be some sort of almost semi-pro league of just the best of the best? |
| 1:46.0 | That is kind of the fear that now is starting to pop up a little bit more. |
| 1:50.0 | Now that the SEC has made such a strong and surprising move is what are they up to and what do we need to do to keep up? |
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