KidSilverhair
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One thing OuT is going to love - those November cupcake games vs the likes of Eastern Kentucky, lol
Texas has a more manageable schedule than OU with Vanderbilt, MS State, and Arkansas. I wonder how much they paid to get that schedule. I assume Texas will play both OU and Texas A&M every year.
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My daughter just graduated from South Carolina. I like those people. The rest of the SEC not so much.I'd say I hope they lose every game, but I don't like ANY of those teams. SEC fans are the worst.
Yes and isn’t it just chasing money though? Does probably making the playoffs via the B12 mean more money to them than sometimes making the playoff via the SEC? It doesn’t seem like it. With a B10 and SEC team (sometimes multiple) team making the playoffs every year and the TV revenue, they’re overall ahead regardless of a single season record. I.e., if you‘re in those two leagues, you’re going to get more revenue regardless. You can then focus just on building the team and winning. I don‘t like it, but OU and UT have put themselves in the max revenue position. If they win nattys, then they’re maximizing all they can - money and prestige.The thing was, OU, especially with an expanded playoff, could have been a yearly contender in the B12. Go 12-1 and they're in. Hell, maybe even 11-2.
Money is great and all but they can't climb that much higher program wise, and can fall a lot more.
I know it's just about money now, I just believe their path was easier to chase a title in the B12. All they needed was an average defense during the playoff era and they could have won some nattys.Yes and isn’t it just chasing money though? Does probably making the playoffs via the B12 mean more money to them than sometimes making the playoff via the SEC? It doesn’t seem like it. With a B10 and SEC team (sometimes multiple) team making the playoffs every year and the TV revenue, they’re overall ahead regardless of a single season record. I.e., if you‘re in those two leagues, you’re going to get more revenue regardless. You can then focus just on building the team and winning. I don‘t like it, but OU and UT have put themselves in the max revenue position. If they win nattys, then they’re maximizing all they can - money and prestige.
I know it's just about money now, I just believe their path was easier to chase a title in the B12. All they needed was an average defense during the playoff era and they could have won some nattys
Pretty sure OUs AD was complaining about too many night games 5-6 years ago then was complaining about too many 11am kickoffs a couple of years ago. By that logic, he believes OU should only play at 2:30.Was it OU or Nebby that was pissed about that 2 years ago?
Yeah, differently should of scheduled Western Kentucky.Who cares. That Eastern Kentucky game will get a big TV rating - likely not.
100%. If we're really heading toward a P2 and then everyone else, then they've set themselves up to be in the right conference. The rest of us are still going to compete and have a chance in the playoffs, but if there is no cap on paying players (or coaches for that matter), beating teams from those two conferences is going to get increasingly hard. I think that both OU and UT will usually be upper half SEC teams, but they better be ready for a lot of 8-4 type seasons.I want OuT suck. But unfortunately they are looking down the road and paying players and being in the SEC makes that much easier than the B12.
College sports are no longer about the student athlete, and long term, those tow ADs know they will need every dollar they can get to compete.
Hey, the SEC Network needs programming, tooWho cares. That Eastern Kentucky game will get a big TV rating - likely not.
As I ponder these two competing in the future, what I’m hoping for is becoming clear.
I’m indifferent to Texas. I’m old enough to remember the Big 8 and that will always seem like what is right to me. We played similar schools from neighboring states. Texas being mediocre or poor competitively relative to their resources has been pretty cool. Shrug and good riddance.
For OU, I hope for nothing but failure. They could have stayed and anchored the conference as they’ve often done. To leave behind longtime conference mates and their state partner just effing sucks. May their success be permanently in the rearview mirror - kinda like Nebraska. That written, I’d love to be in a conference again with any Big 8 school.
Curious what you all think.
They don't need to do well to throw their weight around.Am I the only one here who wants Texas to do well in the SEC? I hate Texas, however if they do well and become big dog, they're going to cause problems there like every other past conference they were in. (If they're going to do that anyways without success, then I hope they fail.)