re: If/When the Big 12 finally disbands next decade, what happens to its members?

Good for A&M on finally nutting up and making that move. A rivalry with Texas and the accompanying political pressure wasn't worth preserving in the place of a new, independent identity in a vastly superior conference. Not to mention LSU was a preexisting rivalry and Arky was a former SWC foe. Made the most sense of all the silly conference expansion moves.