Thanks, I knew I had read that somewhere.
Maybe the “Big 12” thought they could fool them by calling themselves that.
It’s funny, they used to have 14 teams, but lost 4 (A&M, Missouri, Colorado, and Nebraska) to other conferences once the realignment started in 2011-2012. I have no idea why they didn’t pull in two other teams at that point in the transition, other than stubbornness. Some say that it’s UT’s fault for not wanting to admit that they aren’t the powerhouse team they think they are.