for invite to the big 12, once the gor's expire. i think there are too many cultural differences to get much going west of there, even an alliance between the two conferences which makes so much sense today.
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/22/citing-religious-refusal-adoption-rule-california-bans-state-travel-te/
"Saying that a new Texas law allowing child welfare providers to deny adoptions to parents based on "sincerely held religious beliefs" is discriminatory, California's attorney general on Thursday banned state-funded travel to Texas."