Honestly, I am not overly concerned at this point. I think the ball is rolling, but I doubt the final outcome is as simple as Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC. If I had to wager, I may even lean Texas backs out and goes Indy and Oklahoma takes OK State to the SEC with them. I just can't get my head around why Texas would go to the SEC. Everyone says it is about money and the brand.....but Texas already has the largest athletic budget in the country and a brand larger than any school in the SEC. Also, Texas fans will never accept going 8-4 being about as good as it gets which is what it would be in the SEC. Texas will expect to be treated as special, and there is no way schools like Bama, Florida and Georgia will put up with their diva ways. Finally, one of Texas's complaints about the Big 12 is the markets and how they would get more from playing in SoCal, South Bend and other spotlight markets like ND is able to do as an independent......but now they are going to be happy playing in Starkville, MS, Lexington, KY, and Columbia, SC? Texas makes no sense to me in the SEC....but I think OK and OK State do fit.
From the SEC side, why do schools like Arkansas, Ole Miss, UK, South Carolina, etc. want to add two schools that are just going to beat them every year? I get it is more money, but it is more money for all of the SEC schools....so how does it help the bottom half of the schools climb to relevance with two more superior programs? Finally, the old alliance of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina will no longer have enough votes to veto schools if they expand.....so if they support this expansion, FSU, Clemson, Ga. Tech and U of L will no longer be off the table in future expansion decisions.
Should I be worried as a WVU fan? Maybe, but it is just too early right now. There is too much dust to settle to see how this thing plays out. Some people think the ACC would be an option since they took in U of L. kind of knocking down their door of only high level academic schools....but I am doubtful. WVU has been trying to get into the ACC off and on since they chose Virginia over WVU in 1953...and it just has never happened. Maybe the Big 12 adds Cincy, UCF, BYU and Houston and moves forward earning far less on their next television contract....not the optimal outcome, but the whole P5 identifier goes away under the new 12 team playoff. When WVU was in the Big East in its final years, we were getting about half of the payout as the SEC, but WVU Football was more than relevant during that period.
Change is coming....I just do not think it is the change that most people think from the recent reports.