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SEC welcomes Texas, Oklahoma after boards accept invitations

After the boards of regents for the universities of Texas and Oklahoma voted Friday to accept invitations to the Southeastern Conference, the league announced the Big 12 rivals would start competing in the SEC in the fall of 2025. “This is a move for stability and preservation and propagation,” OU

PAUL WEBER

Jul 30

SEC invites Oklahoma and Texas to join league -- in 2025

Southeastern Conference university presidents voted Thursday to invite Texas and Oklahoma to the league and create a 16-team powerhouse on the field and at the bank. But how soon? The latest step in a move that has potential to help reshape college sports came two days after Texas and Oklahoma

RALPH D. RUSSO

Jul 29

Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to 'destabilize' conference

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of encouraging other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference more quickly and without paying a massive buyout. "I have absolute certainty that they (ESPN) have been involved in manipulating other conferences to go

RALPH D. RUSSO

Jul 29

Big 12's Texas, Oklahoma make request to join powerhouse SEC

Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday to join the Southeastern Conference — in 2025 —- with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying the league would consider it in the "near future." The wheels are in motion for a monumental move in college sports, but the Longhorns and Sooners are not

RALPH D. RUSSO

Jul 27