Conference realignment: Money talks, teams walk?

 
By JAKE TROTTER, STAFF WRITER, JTROTTER@OPUBCO.COM | Modified: May 16, 2010 at 12:07 am | Published: May 16, 2010   

When the leadership of Oklahoma and Texas spearheaded formation of the Big 12 in the mid-1990s, the goal was survival.

After all, the Big Ten’s footprint tripled the TV sets of both the Big Eight and Southwest conferences.

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