(10-23-2019 10:10 PM)bullet Wrote:  Other than the conference HQ, the 7-5 votes were Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and the 4 who left vs. Tech, Baylor, Oklahoma St., Kansas St. and Iowa St. The haves vs. the have-nots.

As the Nebraska president said, there were no 2 schools more aligned on revenue issues than Texas and Nebraska.

The long post above said it well. The more midwest Big 8 schools ran the Big 8 conference and resented the change. They viewed themselves as "saving" the SWC 4. The last year of the Big 8, they had 4 schools in the top 10 (NU, CU, KU and KSU). The SWC 4 and OU viewed it as saving each other.

1995 was an incredible year, as four Big 8 teams finished in the top 10, and none of them were named OU.

At the formation of the Big 12, Nebraska was in the middle of its greatest era ever, while OU was mired in a decade of probation and two horrible coaching hires.