Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC

[Clark]

The playoff makes going independent much more realistic for Texas. If Texas stays in big 12 or leaves for another conference, I think OU follows.

It gets interesting if Texas goes independent. I'm not sure what OU does in that situation. I would think they'd stay in the Big 12 but who the hell knows.

 

[JM4CY]

I don’t know but I really want us to beat the hell out of both OU and TX even more now this year.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

better hope isu and kansas get in the big 10

 

[SEIOWA CLONE]

The politicians in the St. Louis area wanted this to happen and the school wanted the money and stability. It's not a secret why they left.

True but the academics at Mizzu wanted the Big 10, while the coaches all wanted the SEC. It never came to a head because there was never an invite from the Big 10, and only from the SEC.

Again, without the PAC 12 wanting to poach teams from the Big 12, and the likelihood that Mizzu would be left out and on their own, they would have stayed in the Big 12 hoping for an offer from the Big 10.

 

[flycy]

True. And we've had to put up with ******* Jack Whitver in the legislature and I'm sure his plan is to run for governor, so he better get his ass in gear for us.

Why so bitter, Whitver is great.

 

[cyfanatic]

ND cannot go into the Big 10, their contract with the ACC says that if they join a league it has to be the ACC. That is the price they paid to park their other sports in the league, that and having to play 5 football games a year against ACC opponents.

This may be true for a certain amount of time...no way those terms are indefinite!

 

[qwerty]

I don't click on the Rag. So Texas paper says they inquire about it and DM Rag says they are on the verge. Maybe they are, I haven't read anything on this but the Rag immediately gets gleeful and projects a worst case scenario.

 

[Clark]

This doesn't make a lot of sense, but UT does a lot of stuff that doesn't make sense.

OU is the one that surprises me. They have as clear a path as you could ask for to the playoffs and plenty of money.

Both OU and UT must believe that when it comes time the Big 12 will not get proportionate money in the next TV round to the SEC or Big 10 or if they think the Tier 3 money will go down. The Big 12 is already gets more money per school than the ACC and PAC 12.

Best option for ISU if everything hits the fan and the Big 10 says no, is to try and work with the best and strongest schools from the AAC and the remaining Big 12 put together a conference that has a chance to grow stronger over time. Based on budgets and quality of play you would have to go with Cincinnati, Houston, UCF, and maybe Memphis.

Like a lot of people, I am tired of dealing with this every year. UT has barely won half their Big 12 games in the last 10 years, how do they think they will fare in the SEC?

OU cannot be in a situation where they're not competing against Texas. They drive so much of their recruiting and prestige from their rivalry, they cannot have what happened to the OU Nebraska rivalry and still survive as a college football power.

So if Texas goes, OU has to go too.

If Texas goes independent, they're still likely to build their schedule around OU so in that situation OU could do whatever they wanted as far as conference goes.

 

[DeereClone]

Better start accepting death then, because that’s what’s gonna happen if OU and Texas leave. ISU and the other 8 schools will form some kind of American conference unless the ACC, Big 10 or PAC 12 wanna expand

Yeah like I said in my other post if that happens the Big 12 is a dying conference. You were the one saying let them leave as if it wasn’t a big deal.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[Aduhbolu15]

Memphis, Houston, Colorado state(Denver area ish), Northern Illinois(Chicago area ish), Cincinnati we have options if they bolt. All pretty big markets. It won’t happen and the big 12 will be all but dead. But it’s something that doesn’t get mentions especially CSU and niu.

 

[Rural]

Things are going to end up with 8, 8 team leagues, just a matter of distribution.

 

[ClonesFTW]

Why so bitter, Whitver is great.

When is JSB not bitter?

 

[Clark]

It doesn't mean they're leaving and in fact I'm in a "I'll believe it when I see it" mind on this, but both Texas and OU have had an opportunity to deny this report and both have chosen to "not address rumors"

 

[deadeyededric]

Memphis, Houston, Colorado state(Denver area ish), Northern Illinois(Chicago area ish), Cincinnati we have options if they bolt. All pretty big markets. It won’t happen and the big 12 will be all but dead. But it’s something that doesn’t get mentions especially CSU and niu.

That conference wouldn't even be considered a power 5. I'd rather be an independent.

 

[WooBadger18]

Why so bitter, Whitver is great.

Considering that most of the issues with Whitver are political and that needs to stay in the cave, let's not go there

 

[JD4560]

Things are going to end up with 8, 8 team leagues, just a matter of distribution.

Then schedule 4 non con games. interesting...…..

 

[Big_Sill]

OU cannot be in a situation where they're not competing against Texas. They drive so much of their recruiting and prestige from their rivalry, they cannot have what happened to the OU Nebraska rivalry and still survive as a college football power.

So if Texas goes, OU has to go too.

If Texas goes independent, they're still likely to build their schedule around OU so in that situation OU could do whatever they wanted as far as conference goes.

If Texas goes independent, OU and KU to big 10. OU would play Texas in the non conference.

 

[LeaningCy]

Guess Texas decided if they were going to get their ass beat on a regular basis anyway, they'd rather get their ass beat by more marketable SEC names than the likes of ISU, KSU, and KU (lol 2016)

I hate this

 

[WooBadger18]

It doesn't mean they're leaving and in fact I'm in a "I'll believe it when I see it" mind on this, but both Texas and OU have had an opportunity to deny this report and both have chosen to "not address rumors"

Yeah, I think that's big. On the other hand, we don't know why they're doing this. If it's to get more money from the media, they kind of have to say that