The Big 12 needs to start playing better defense. If they don't, what you saw this season will continue. Not to mention, outside of Texas and OU, there isn't a school out there that will consistently get the top 150 recruits in the nation. I believe the Big 12 is the lowest conference in the number of top 150 to top 300 recruits out of the P5 conferences. The conference needs Texas and OU BOTH to be good. Nobody cares about TCU. Nobody cares about Baylor. Nobody cares about Oklahoma State. This is why if there ever was another round of expansion and the Big 12 would have to dissolve, Texas and OU are the prizes. The others will just simply hope to tag along.
The vast majority of Texas and OU fans want out of the Big 12. Texas fans really hate Deloss for keeping them in it. They also hate that he was so focused on getting ND that he lost out on Louisville would have been a solid pickup along with WVU. They would have had a regional rival. I have heard mixed reactions on the LHN as well amongst Horn fans. The closer we get to 2025, the closer we get to another round of rumors of expansions. Texas, OU, and KU would be solid additions to the Big 10 or Pac 12. Texas will likely never do the SEC.