Texas and Oklahoma of the Big 12 have both reached out to the Southeastern Conference about potentially joining the powerful league, a high-ranking college official with knowledge of the situation told the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday | He is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and Sam Houston State University, where he played baseball |
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But the schools could be moving to the SEC after inquiring about membership in the league, a high-ranking insider told the Houston Chronicle | 5 million square feet of commercial space, up to 270,000 square feet for retail, an indoor 3,500-seat performance center, 400 hotel rooms and up to 18 acres of publicly accessible open space |
An announcement could come within a couple of weeks concerning the potential addition of UT and OU to the league, the person said, which would give the SEC 16 schools and make it the first of a national super-conference.
Texas and Oklahoma have been conference rivals since the Big 12 formed in 1996 | |
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