This is not good news.

I think it is a bluff.

I would really be surprised if that happened. No way they get the same money and REALLY no way they get more for having fewer teams.

Only way they save the Big 12 would be to find two good teams to join.

be patient

this year or within the next couple Big 12 will collapse. They are just not going to make nearly enough money to compete (as a conference) with the other major conferences

Texas will still end up bolting for the PAC 10 IMO. They are just hoping to force A&M to move first so they can paint them as the team that undid the Big 12

But the house of cards had to collapse when Nebraska left - in a football sense the Big 12 is now just the states of Texas and Oklahoma.

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Looks like the "save the big 12" campaign has real legs.

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If so, no SEC soup for you.

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Looks like the "save the big 12" campaign has real legs.

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It really wouldn't be a bad idea. Bring in TCU (which should have been in instead of Baylor anyway) and maybe BYU and keep it at 12 teams. Both of those additions bring as much name and prestige as Colorado had. The conference would take a bit of a hit in losing Nebraska, but would remain viable and certainly would not lose its BCS bid. Or maybe even bringing in Colorado State would be an option. They probably have a fan base similar to Colorado in the same market, so that would ease the pain of the loss of CU. Add Air Force for a national following and have a pretty good 14-team arrangement. I think there are lots of good options for keeping the Big XII (or Big XIV) alive.

But I wonder, if the Big XII went to 14 teams and renamed itself the Big XIV, would they sell the rights to the Big XII (or Big 12) name to the formerly 11-team but now 12-team Big Ten?

The SEC should tell A&M its now or never. If you want in come now, don't come asking to join when that confrence goes belly up because that option is gone.