I realize the big 12 has a better tv deal but the conference only exists because Texas didn't bail out.PAC 12 is a money bleeding dumpster fire. Pretty sure per school payout for Big 12 is also bigger than the ACC.
I realize the big 12 has a better tv deal but the conference only exists because Texas didn't bail out.PAC 12 is a money bleeding dumpster fire. Pretty sure per school payout for Big 12 is also bigger than the ACC.
I realize the big 12 has a better tv deal but the conference only exists because Texas didn't bail out.
I realize the big 12 has a better tv deal but the conference only exists because Texas didn't bail out.
Lol, you’re such a Nebraska goober. The ACC only exists because Clemson hired Dabo, and the Pac 12 because no one wants to poach far away afterthoughts.
Every conference is largely only as good and stable as its top dog.
Also don't forget a certain millionaire NFL owner with a franchise in the heart of Big 12 country who just happened to captain an Arkansas national championship football team.Fayetteville + The Walton’s also adds to the appeal.
Also don't forget a certain millionaire NFL owner with a franchise in the heart of Big 12 country who just happened to captain an Arkansas national championship football team.
Yeah, sorry, I meant billionaire, not millionaire. I guess I'm showing my age since when I grew up being a millionaire meant something.NFL owners are pretty much billionaires by definition.
I wish we could kick out Baylor and WVU. WVU just makes no sense being way out there.
A couple bad hires in a row will kill ya, they had a pretty good run with Houston Nutt and Petrino but the recruiting controversy that drove Nutt out might still have a lingering impact. He was tip toeing the rules, that might have been the only way they could compete in the SEC.
Has anyone said "Brett Buliema" yet in this thread? Paul Rhoads there too under him for a stint. Surreal.
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this is some great insight. Do you follow the hogs or just watch a ton of cfb?The biggest problem was the AD's moronic decision to hire an interim head coach when Petrino was fired. That not only cost them the current recruiting class that Petrino was working on, but also cost them next year's. What recruit in their right mind wants to sign on with a coach with interim in front of his name? It didn't help that interim coach John L. Smith went 4-8 that year with a Petrino team that was expected to compete for the SEC West title. That cost them even more recruits. They are still recovering from that fiasco. Not many teams can afford to basically lose 2 recruiting classes in a row. That decision eventually was one of the blunders that cost AD Long his job and he's now at Kansas. They can have him.
Subsequent idiotic coaching hires haven't helped. Bielema (a Long hire) came in with the idea to out-Alabama Alabama, employing a strategy that depended on establishing a dominant OL, a dynamic run game and a stout defense, a strategy that worked well in the Big 10, that he could never quite pull off in the SEC. He should have done just the opposite and employed a spread offense, like Petrino did, but he didn't know how. And this idiot they have now looks confused on the sidelines all the time. I don't see how a guy can come in professing to have the answers and look so confused.
The current AD was pissed as hell during the Kentucky game. He cut across the field while the game was still going on (could have drawn a flag for that) and stormed into the locker room, he was so upset. Their current coach had no answer for a third-string QB, who wasn't even a QB, but a converted WR who rushed for nearly 200 yards against them. He never adjusted during the game, and in fact knew beforehand that the WR was a good possibility to start at QB because the original starter was injured before the season started and the backup was injured the week before. He never game planned for the WR to run the offense, never employed a "spy" to shadow the WR, and never adjusted the whole game.
The result of the game also caused one of their prized recruits for next year to decommit, following another highly regarded recruit who decommited.
I realize the big 12 has a better tv deal but the conference only exists because Texas didn't bail out.
this is some great insight. Do you follow the hogs or just watch a ton of cfb?
Would Texas, Tech, and TCU (who you meant) really quash it, though? When the Big 12 was being formed in the mid ‘90s Texas, A&M, and Tech didn’t even want Baylor (I think it was TCU they wanted back then). The problem was the governor at the time was a Baylor grad and wouldn’t sign off on the other three schools founding the Big 12 unless Baylor was part of it. That’s why, even after several scandals involving murder cover-ups and rapes we’re still stuck with them.
I still hate how Paul Rhoads couldn't figure out how to run the clock out when everyone else could.
I'm force fed more Hog than I care to consume. I live in Arkansas.