Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC

[deadeyededric]

Do I think Texas will be a middle of the pack SEC team? Absolutely not. Some of these people saying this I wonder if they will be the same ones saying the SEC is overrated when those playoff rankings come out.

You know how it goes here. Texas is struggling now so they have no chance to ever be good in the future. They're a good hire away from being Texas again. Even in the SEC.

 

[Cloneon]

You know how it goes here. Texas is struggling now so they have no chance to ever be good in the future.

Yea! Good post. Sell that low mileage car before it gets too old.

 

[CycloneVet]

But he donated to the sheep's family and paid a fine, so it is ok.

Say...you don't suppose this is @mattyheiden, do you?

https://www.radioiowa.com/2000/10/25/waterloo-man-is-charged-with-sexually-abusing-a-sheep/

" was naked when students caught him in the hayloft of the building and a ewe was tied up nearby.Meyer says a blue nightgown was found by the ewe "

Definitely him

 

[srjclone]

Do I think Texas will be a middle of the pack SEC team? Absolutely not. Some of these people saying this I wonder if they will be the same ones saying the SEC is overrated when those playoff rankings come out.

What has Texas done to make you think they could compete for the top 4 spots in that conference?

 

[deadeyededric]

Yea! Good post. Sell that low mileage car before it gets too old.

Keep being delusional about ISU's place at the table. You're only setting yourself up for disappointment.

 

[laminak]

Obviously this is not a good situation for any of the teams remaining in the Big 12.

But I still don’t understand everyone’s assumption we’ll be the team left in the dust. Academics matter. Facilities matter. Trajectories matter.

There’s a lot more that matters nowadays than TV market and the fact we were bad back in 2007. Get out of your BCS brains for one second.

I believe the main fear is that we don’t necessarily know if the other conferences were to expand and who’d they’d grab. If they don’t expand, then the fear is ISU is left in a Big 12 + AAC type of conference with far less money and exposure.

If the other conferences do expand, ISU isn’t necessarily guaranteed a seat at the table.

 

[Cloneon]

Keep being delusional about ISU's place at the table. You're only setting yourself up for disappointment.

Yet you've provided zero evidence to the contrary. Only conjecture. Of course you make a good point: expect the worst and whatever shows up will make you feel better.

 

[HouClone]

Guess one of the Texas regents, Kevin Eltife, is the driving force for this move for UT. I wouldn't mind punching him in the face.

 

[JM4CY]

Guess one of the Texas regents, Kevin Eltife, is the driving force for this move for UT. I wouldn't mind punching him in the face.

Or pooping in a bag and leaving it on fire on his doorstep.

 

[Die4Cy]

Ironically I thought the CFP expansion was good for the Big 12. Turns out a ploy to have the SEC make up half the field each year?

Having the CFP not limiting conference exposure to two teams was a ticking time bomb. Plain and simple, they created a system where you didn't need to win anything to be in. Start the season in the Top 25 and manage to hang around, and let the ESPN talking heads do the rest.

 

[Urbandale2013]

Lately they have been, but that of course won’t be long term.

Texas is broken similar to Nebraska. They just have the natural recruiting still.

 

[Die4Cy]

I believe the main fear is that we don’t necessarily know if the other conferences were to expand and who’d they’d grab. If they don’t expand, then the fear is ISU is left in a Big 12 + AAC type of conference with far less money and exposure.

If the other conferences do expand, ISU isn’t necessarily guaranteed a seat at the table.

We are basically going to have to start bribing the right people. Otherwise it is totally out of ISU's control.

 

[surly]

You know this could be a Texas/OU ploy negotiating with Fox over TV money?

 

[Dr.bannedman]

You know this could be a Texas/OU ploy negotiating with Fox over TV money?

no. big12 tried to be proactive with new tv deal in the spring. no one cared to listen

 

[deadeyededric]

Yet you've provided zero evidence to the contrary. Only conjecture. Of course you make a good point: expect the worst and whatever shows up will make you feel better.

What market generates more ad revenue. Des Moines or St. Louis and Kansas City?

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

You know how it goes here. Texas is struggling now so they have no chance to ever be good in the future. They're a good hire away from being Texas again. Even in the SEC.

What would make me nervous as a Texas fan is that by joining the SEC you are opening the state of Texas recruiting flood gates.

 

[everyyard]

You know this could be a Texas/OU ploy negotiating with Fox over TV money?

Not worth all the resentment and future second guessing. This is a done deal. And even if the SEC says no (which they won’t), Texas is still gone.

 

[iahawks]

So what are the odds Texas and OK actually go to the SEC? I'm still thinking it is at 25% it actually happens.

 

[JM4CY]

So what are the odds Texas and OK actually go to the SEC? I'm still thinking it is at 25% it actually happens.

Go away. We’re dealing with our own problems and don’t need your help.

 

[deadeyededric]

What would make me nervous as a Texas fan is that by joining the SEC you are opening the state of Texas recruiting flood gates.

I'm sure it does a little.