OU president letter on joining SEC

[cysmiley]

Posted this in another thread, thought all fanatics might want to see it.

July 30, 2021 Dear OU Family, I’m pleased to share that the University of Oklahoma will join the SEC in the 2025 fall athletics season. This is an exciting moment for our university, and I want to take the opportunity to explain why we’ve come to this decision. It’s no secret the landscape of college athletics is shifting and will continue to for the foreseeable future. With that as our reality, it’s our obligation as stewards of our institution to ensure that OU has a conference home that will best position us to honor, preserve, and continue our tradition of athletic excellence for decades to come. We are confident that this transition will reap extraordinary success for our athletics program. We will be able to continue to attract top student-athlete talent from across the country. We’ll provide an even greater world-class fan experience. All told, we’ll set up our programs for even greater success – and be able to better tell the life-changing OU story all across the country. Without this bold move, we risk seriously weakening our athletics program – even to the point of needing to look to the academic arm of the university, or our state government, to subsidize athletics. We refuse to let that happen. While this decision most obviously affects OU Athletics, it’s not just about our sports programs. We know this decision will benefit our entire university, advancing our purpose and important work. This move positions OU for success in fulfilling our Strategic Plan. Much of our plan speaks to our aspiration to become an AAU-caliber institution, with benchmarks based on the criteria by which AAU institutions are judged. A move into a conference with more AAU institutions provides us the chance to align OU further and more closely to the standards we will need to meet to reach our goal. Our Strategic Plan is ambitious and certainly requires a conference alignment that affords us the opportunity to aggressively invest in our academic mission. We take immense pride in our time as a member of the Big 12, and the many successes we have enjoyed and the traditions we have built over the past 25 years. Included during that period are 20 national team championships, 101 conference championships and, in football, four Heisman Trophy winners and 113 NFL Draft picks. We are grateful to our colleagues in the Big 12 for the remarkable time we have spent together as fellow conference members. We look forward to our remaining seasons as a member of the Big 12, and the fierce athletic competition they will bring. It’s our hope that some of our great rivalries within the Big 12 – particularly with Oklahoma State University – will live on for many more years to come. We also look with excitement to the days ahead as we join the SEC. We believe the special Sooner Magic that we will bring to the SEC will only make us, and our new conference rivals, stronger. We eagerly anticipate facing off each year, in every NCAA sport, against some of the nation’s highest-caliber opponents. There are, no doubt, several details to be considered and finalized over the coming months. But it’s with you, our OU family, that we move ahead confidently into a new chapter with eager anticipation for the future of the University of Oklahoma and OU Athletics. Live On, University, Joseph Harroz, Jr. President The University of Oklahoma | 660 Parrington Oval Norman, OK 73019-0390 Unsubscribe ReplyForward

 

[cysmiley]

What a bunch of BS joining the SEC to reach the goal of AAU membership. Not to mention the rest of the BS,

Maybe we can sponsor Okie Lite for AAU membership

 

[CloneGuy8]

In summary:

Piss, moan, piss, moan
11 AM, sad face
Piss, moan, piss, moan
8-4, but more money

 

[FerShizzle]

TL DR

 

[Die4Cy]

Guys, OU is TOTALLY going to the SEC for its academic rep.

 

[chadly82]

Whatever, bunch of dbags full of it.

 

[Hestia_Abnegation11]

OK state: k.

 

[qwerty]

When I hear SEC I immediately think Superior Educational Conference . . . . . NOT.

 

[CloneAlta]

Posted this in another thread, thought all fanatics might want to see it.

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Such BS. I just conducted a search for schools which are AAU certified and only find 3 that are SEC schools---Florida, Vanderbilt and A & M.

 

[20eyes]

Haha, didn't read. F×ck blOw-U. And f×ck those douchbags that drive that stupid wagon. And the horses. And the wagon.

 

[SEIOWA CLONE]

If OU wanted AAU certification they would have gone to the Big 10, But according to reports, when they approached them, they were turned down.
This is a sports and money grab, has nothing to do with future academic by OU

 

[Cyched]

**** OU with a whole pineapple

 

[Prone2Clone]

**** OU with a whole pineapple

Dipped in glass shards and super glue

 

[NodawayRiverClone]

OU to the SEC raises the collective IQs of both the SEC and the Big 12.

 

[dualthreat]

God damnit I hope we beat those ******* this fall. **** OU

 

[wintersmd]

Oh, that explains it. OU and TX going to the SEC because of academics. I never realized that. Well DAMN, that makes total sense now.

 

[dahliaclone]

**** OU with a whole pineapple

nah. Angry porcupine

 

[CNECloneFan]

**** OU with a whole pineapple

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[CNECloneFan]

This is the OU President trying to spin the fact that ESPN and the SEC now run his university.

 

[qwerty]

If OU wanted AAU certification they would have gone to the Big 10, But according to reports, when they approached them, they were turned down.
This is a sports and money grab, has nothing to do with future academic by OU

Probably figure they will make so much money they can just buy their way into the AAU . . .