Unpopular opinion. I don't mind losing Texas. However, I am an old Big 8 guy and I am sick of seeing the old big 8 teams leave. I would love to have Nebraska, Missouri, and OU stay with some added teams. Just years and years of watching those programs and the old rivalry's like OU vs Nebraska, Missouri vs Kansas (Basketball). Just don't like the new way. However, since they want to leave, GTFO and let's move on.
Texas & Oklahoma leaving in 2024, period.
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Why in the world would OU take a pay cut to stay? And pay dues on top of that?
Guys, stop suggesting the Big 12 elevate more G5 teams. We've done enough of the heavy lifting on that.
Unknown, but from this article form ESPN. Some of that money will be given to FOX,
Oklahoma, Texas agree to leave Big 12 year early
Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the SEC after the 2023-24 season, a year earlier than previously announced.
www.espn.com
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Better say your spouse, or you may get a letter from a divorce attorney.
If I could magically realign everything I’d just go back to the real Big 8.
KidSilverhair
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Isn’t it weird that fans and TV partners keep clamoring for more regional out-of-conference matchups, yet all the money keeps pushing for bigger conferences with more conference games and fewer and fewer opportunities for games like Georgia-Oregon or Michigan-Texas?
Think of the openings on schedules for games like that if a schedule had 5 non-conference openings like a Big 8 would have, instead of having 9 conference games plus a mandatory MAC/AAC/FCS “buy” game?
He is just referring to wrestling only, I think.
Gotcha. Seems like a win/win for both OUT and the Big 12 at this point. The quicker this is done is better for both sides IMO. Hate the way college sports has gone the last 15 years. We will all look back on the glory days in the 80s, 90s, and early 00s soon.Unknown, but from this article form ESPN. Some of that money will be given to FOX,
Oklahoma, Texas agree to leave Big 12 year early
Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the SEC after the 2023-24 season, a year earlier than previously announced.
Talking about wrestling only. They would be what UNI, Air Force, SDSU, NDSU, Mizz, etc all are.
The legacy Big 10 members too.
Hell combine the two conferences if need be to form the Big 18.
Times change, but I'm closer to being an NFL fan at this point.
San Diego State is a better option than a lot of pac12 schools. Most don't even want to join. Why take them? I think it's going to be interesting to see how these g5 schools do that are entering the conference. I would not underestimate how good a UCF or Houston could get with the right scheduling and TV deals. We'd be on the outside looking in hadn't we jumped on those schools when we did. Kinda arrogant talk too..Cincy just made the playoffs. When was the last time we pulled that off?
Yeah. We used to get to see Iowa State or Kansas vs Mizzou all the time. Now we get Mizzou - Vanderbilt or Iowa State - UCF. Realignment blows for the fans, but its the new normal.
Yep. Time to pick PAC and ACC schools (that I assume the B1G and SEC don't want because I'm just being real about it).
Do teams typically get better after jumping to a new conference? I guess TCU and Utah have had some success and were promoted to the P5.
I'm hoping OU and Texas go the way of Missourah and Nebraska
Is the ACC's grant of rights still a thing? This is complete madness!!..lol. Just follow the money and that's how this will eventually settle out. We'll get a lot of games on par with the money our program generates.
