There's little doubt that OU fan thinks that they'll be the exception, and that they'll be widely heralded and placed immediately on the highest rung of power in their next conference. They'll be no Texas A&M, Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri afterthought, no sir.
Why stay in a conference where you're probably going to win your 5th straight conference title, and as of now, despite the naysayers are still in play for a CFBPO birth . . . when you can go to a conference, and to paraphrase Bertram Cooper from Mad Men, be a mid-level cog.