Texas defensive lineman Byron Murphy II (90) closes in for a sack towards Oklahoma quarterback Davis Beville (11) throughout an NCAA school soccer recreation on the Cotton Bowl, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, in Dallas. The 2 faculties will go away the Large 12 Convention in 2025. Jeffrey McWhorter, Related Press
In late August, information broke that regardless of earlier assurances and stances, Oklahoma and Texas had been going to try to go away the Large 12 Convention sooner than 2025.
These makes an attempt have stalled out and it appears to be like just like the Longhorns and Sooners will probably be within the Large 12 for 2 extra seasons.
That's the newest from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Thamel reported early Friday morning that at this level any early exit for Oklahoma and Texas “is unlikely to return to fruition,” after negotiations between the faculties, the convention (Large 12) and tv companions (ESPN and Fox) proved to be too difficult.
“(The) events couldn’t come to phrases amid a fancy negotiation between two faculties (OU/Texas), two networks (ESPN/Fox) and the Large 12,” Thamel wrote on Twitter.
An “trade supply” advised Thamel: “There’s no formal timeline or brink from which you'll’t come again, however that is the place issues are proper now — a deal is unlikely.”
Earlier this week, CBS Sports activities’ Dennis Dodd reported that Texas and Oklahoma “lately made a suggestion to the Large 12 and Fox to go away the league one 12 months early for the SEC,” however that provide was rejected (the specifics of the supply had been unknown to Dodd and CBS Sports activities sources).
One of many main points in any early exit for the Longhorns and Sooners is that Fox and ESPN (however largely Fox) wanted to be compensated for shedding Texas and Oklahoma from the programming lineup.
CBS Sports activities reported that that would have concerned “a collection of nonconference video games involving each faculties being performed in Large 12 stadiums as soon as Texas and Oklahoma joined the SEC,” although that concept seems to have misplaced any traction.
Dodd did quell rumors that the delay within the launch of the Large 12’s schedule for subsequent season happened due to Texas and Oklahoma, although.
“There was hypothesis that Tuesday’s launch of the 2023 Large 12 schedule was related to the Texas-Oklahoma situation,” Dodd wrote. “In different phrases, nothing might occur till it was recognized when the applications would go away the league.
“Not true. The league confronted a deadline of early February from their rightsholders to get the schedule finished. Fox and ESPN wanted to start out scheduling video games themselves.”
Texas and Oklahoma nonetheless want to go away for the SEC a 12 months early, Dodd wrote, however at this level, “issues are quite a few.”
Oklahoma is scheduled to make a go to to Provo this season to play BYU on Nov. 18, whereas the Cougars will journey to Austin to tackle Texas on Oct. 28.