The problem with setting public deadlines or putting things out in the open is it raises expectations and can tie your hands. All the other conferences had the research done beforehand or kept it under wraps. We knew the B1G and PAC wanted to expand for 6 months but the process was handled much differently. When the ground was shifting, the other conferences didn't show their cards. Rutgers and Maryland came out of the blue for the B1G. Same with Syracuse, Pitt, and ND for the ACC. The SEC didn't dither in adding A&M and Mizzou The point is the other conferences seemed to have agreed to a process beforehand and had a plan in place and let the Commissioner do his job. A conference can always take its time, but it should never allow its process to be hijacked the way this has. Texas and OU should have worked out their differences before this even started and presented their agreed upon candidates upfront with a unified front rather than turn this into a game if chicken.