In what has the overall look of a transfer of sheer desperation, Texas Tech College President Lawrence Schovanec, Baylor College President Linda Livingstone, and Major 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby satisfied by videoconference Sunday afternoon with College of Oklahoma President Joe Harroz and College of Texas President Jay Hartzell to focus on the Sooners’ and Longhorns’ impending move to the SEC.

“The meeting was cordial, and the Government Committee expressed a willingness to discuss proposals that would bolster the Conference and be mutually valuable to OU and UT, as perfectly as the other member institutions of the Conference,” Bowlsby stated. “I expect that we will continue on our conversations in the times ahead and we seem forward to talking about ideas, thoughts and concepts that may possibly be of shared desire and impact.”

One has to speculate if this assembly was just a courtesy on behalf of the Texas and