Bye-bye Big 12, hello SEC. Texas and Oklahoma are finally making their long-awaited conference switch. But first, it’s time to party with Bevo (the longhorn) and Pitbull (the human). The three-years-in-the-making switch to the Southeastern Conference for both programs officially happens Monday.
FILE - Texas live Longhorn mascot Bevo is led onto the field before an NCAA college football game between Texas and Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl, Oct. 7, 2023, in Dallas. Texas and Oklahoma are finally making their long-awaited conference switch from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference . FILE - Oklahoma spirit team members drive the Sooner Schooner across the field after a touchdown against TCU during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Nov. 24, 2023, in Norman, Okla.
“This is a day we have been building toward for years,” Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said.. The Texas and Oklahoma break from the Big 12 helped trigger myriad conference shifts with more on the way. By the first kickoff of the 2024 season, 11 so-called Power 4 programs will be in new conferences.Down a step from elite college football, officials pitch a model for a new sports landscapeThe Big Ten will grow to 18 teams with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington poached from the Pac-12.
The Texas-Texas A&M rivalry is reborn. It had been on hiatus since A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012. Oklahoma’s Bedlam rivalry with Oklahoma State is ruptured.
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