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SEC extends invitations to Texas, Oklahoma
Texas and Oklahoma notified the Big 12 that they will not renew their grant of rights, clearing a path for the Longhorns and Sooners to join the SEC.
UPDATE (7/29): The SEC voted to extend invitations to both Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday. All 14 member institutions voted to admit the Longhorns and Sooners.
"The unanimous vote is both a testament to the SEC's longstanding spirit of unity and mutual cooperation, as well as a recognition of the outstanding legacies of academic and athletic excellence established by the universities of Oklahoma and Texas," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey wrote in a statement. "I greatly appreciate the collective efforts of our presidents and chancellors in considering and acting upon each school's membership interest."
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