The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners rumors to the SEC have brought along with them many questions. When did these talks start? How serious are they? What, if anything, can the Big 12 do to stop it? Now, we might have an answer and a conclusion to all of this.

According to Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman, the move for Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC is “almost done.”

What's most interesting about this report (outside of Texas and Oklahoma almost being gone from the Big 12) is that Texas A&M leadership was apparently intentionally kept in the dark while all these discussions unfolded. It was just on Wednesday when Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork made it very clear that he and A&M did not want Texas to join the SEC.

“We want to be the only SEC team from the state of Texas,” Bjork said. “There’s a reason why Texas A&M left the Big 12: to be stand-alone & have our own identity. That’s our feeling.”

Now, it seems like A&M will have to make some room for the Longhorns, despite strongly opposing the move. Bohls went on to note that one other prominent source backed up the claim that A&M was not privy to the discussions that were going on behind the scenes.

Texas and Oklahoma going to the SEC would cause a huge change of scenery in college football. The Big 12 could be left scrambling to try and fill the gaps left by the Longhorns and Sooners knowing that whoever they do get to join, won't have the effect that those two programs have on the conference.