Armageddon 2.0: Another realignment?

What all would it entail if NCAA football conferences were restructured?

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July 23, 2021 - 1:52 PM

Oklahoma Sooners band takes the field prior to the start of a NCAA football game between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday, October 6, 2018.

HOOVER, Ala. — Conference realignment talk is back in a huge way.

So is all the drama, the speculation and intrigue with the focus on Texas and Oklahoma.

The Houston Chronicle first reported Wednesday that Texas and Oklahoma have reached out to the Southeastern Conference about joining the football powerhouse.

Multiple industry sources confirmed what was described as mutual interest between Texas, Oklahoma and the SEC, with Texas making first contact. UT board of regents chairman Kevin Eltife, a former state senator from Tyler, is believed to be a key player in the process as he was in the hiring of football coach Steve Sarkisian.

Rumors have been circulating among college football power brokers for a few weeks.

Welcome to College Armageddon 2.0. Remember the proposal for the Pac-16 a decade or so ago? This would be bigger in impact.

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