Oklahoma is furious at SEC. Cody Campbell has a suggestion for Sooners

Cody Campbell and Texas Tech have a pivotal Big 12 matchup at Oklahoma State on Saturday, Nov. 14, with conference title and College Football Playoff implications on the line.

However, another program in the Sooner State has Campbell's attention: Oklahoma.

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Late on Nov. 14, the prominent Red Raiders booster and chairman of the university's board of regents went on X (formerly Twitter) and said Oklahoma would be welcomed back to the Big 12 after the SEC forced the Sooners to play their Week 11 game against Ole Miss on Sunday, Nov. 15, after the Rebels weren't able to get to Oklahoma in time for Saturday's original 4:15 p.m. ET kickoff.

"Let us know when you're ready to come home @OUAthletic #BoomerSooner!" Campbell wrote.

Let us know when you’re ready to come home @OUAthletic#BoomerSooner!
I’m certain new @Big12Conference Commissioner @_delconte can make it happen! https://t.co/cBpVjHzum1

— Cody Campbell (@CodyC64) November 14, 2026

The second half of Campbell's tweet is a bit inaccurate and wishful thinking, as he is advocating for current Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte to be the next commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, as current conference commissioner, Brett Yormark, is set to step down on Jan. 31, 2027 after being in the position since 2022.

Oklahoma, along with Texas, left the Big 12 in 2024 to join the SEC. The Sooners' decision to join the SEC, of course, catalyzed a wave of conference realignment in college athletics.

The SEC announced early Saturday morning that Saturday's original kickoff between the Rebels and Sooners would be postponed to 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 15 in Norman due to flight issues for Ole Miss as a result of the nationwide ground stoppage that lasted more than four hours.

Oklahoma athletic director Roger Denny said in a statement that the decision isn't fair and that the Sooners "took every reasonable action" in their power to avoid that scenario. Should the Sooners not have agreed to play on Sunday, Denny said SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told him they would have had to forfeit the game.

"Put simply, this decision isn’t fair to our athletes, our institution, or to Sooner Nation. But we’ve been given no other choice. We are obligated to play the game when directed, but we remain steadfast in our belief that the wrong outcome was reached this evening," Denny said in the statement.

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Ole Miss released a statement on Nov. 14 detailing its situation, confirming that it intended to fly to Oklahoma on Friday, Nov. 13, but couldn't due to their flight crew exceeding its allowable flying hours by the time the ground stoppage was lifted.

"We regret that the game had to be moved to Sunday, but we took every reasonable action in our power to avoid this scenario. The ground stoppage has been an unfortunate ordeal for all of us, and we are grateful that a solution was reached to play our game," the Rebels said in the statement.

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