Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC

[jcyclonee]

0% Big 12 with new friends
69% PAC 12+
31% B1G
0% AAC

Nice

 

[jcyclonee]

If we could find a partner for BYU that is similar in stature to them, the Big 12 could carry on.

Are you saying Notre Dame?

 

[Mississippi Clone]

We just need to go out and win the National Championship this year, then let the CFB powers that be explain how this years Champion will be in the AAC or Mountain West next year.. OK that is my plan and I am sticking to it!!

 

[cyIclSoneU]

Living out here on the west coast...the Pac 12 needs something.

Adding central time zone might suck for non football and basketball but it would help to add central time zone for those major sports.

What we saw in the NCAA tournamen this year was absolutely ridiculous. They showed out as probably the #1 conference but were seeded and selected as if they were the Missouri Valley or WCC.

I think your 4 teams make sense. Divisions would be actual Pacific coast 8, vs Az/AzSt/CO/Utah/OKst/ISU/KSU/Ttech

Right now it'd be pretty balanced for football. That's a lot of great athletic programs in the west division.

It's not like the Pac 12 is sitting in great position, they need a shakeup. The Big 12 wasn't in great position but was still raking in more $$$ and getting more national respect than they were.

The Tech-OSU-KU-ISU games can basically all be played at 11:00am Central and the Pac-16 can conclude with West Coast teams kicking off as late as 9:00 or 10:00pm Central.

Easy to imagine one channel on an October Saturday showing all Pac-16 games (times Central):

11:00am- Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State
2:30pm - Arizona State vs. Colorado
6:00pm - Washington vs. Texas Tech
9:30pm- USC vs. Oregon

 

[Gunnerclone]

The Tech-OSU-KU-ISU games can basically all be played at 11:00am Central and the Pac-16 can conclude with West Coast teams kicking off as late as 9:00 or 10:00pm Central.

Easy to imagine one channel on an October Saturday showing all Pac-16 games (times Central):

11:00am- Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State
2:30pm - Arizona State vs. Colorado
6:00pm - Washington vs. Texas Tech
9:30pm- USC vs. Oregon

Ive been saying this all along. PAC-16 would be great. I’m not going for the Big 10 media fueled USC,wash,UCLA and whoever else they are saying going to the Big 10 speculation.

 

[surly]

Altho I loathe the Horns, this is actually pretty funny ...

 

[Beyerball]

It....is....about....Content moving forward. This is not about TV markets.

What good does it do a conference or Network when Vanderbilt has avg Viewership of 600k? it doesnt.

All the arguments with these national media pundits about How great Tx/Ou TV viewership is etc...Put ISU right now on 2:30 on ABC/FOX/ESPN and ISU game will pull in 2 Mil+ as well. I"m not saying ISU has the vieweship Tx/Ou have...then don't. But when you have a Fball program with a avid fanbase and are on a national network then you are likely going to put up good TV numbers..

 

[HFCS]

The Tech-OSU-KU-ISU games can basically all be played at 11:00am Central and the Pac-16 can conclude with West Coast teams kicking off as late as 9:00 or 10:00pm Central.

Easy to imagine one channel on an October Saturday showing all Pac-16 games (times Central):

11:00am- Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State
2:30pm - Arizona State vs. Colorado
6:00pm - Washington vs. Texas Tech
9:30pm- USC vs. Oregon

Honestly it's not that hard to imagine, it wouldn't be different than Colorado's many years in the Big 8/12 except Colorado and Utah would actually be less isolated than Colorado was all those years.

The more I think about it, what other options does the Pac have to expand? For the long term the population continues to grow but the potential for college football crazy fandom will always be in mountain and central time zones.

It certainly beats their previous expansion options like UNLV or Boise State or NM/NMState/CoSt

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Sounds B1G.

.i..

 

[trevn]

I'm just here to say I hate Texas and OU. That is all.

 

[Statefan10]

VERY doubtful this timing is a coincidence.

 

[surly]

VERY doubtful this timing is a coincidence.

Another K-State AD and friend, Laird Veatch.

 

[Statefan10]

Another K-State AD and friend, Laird Veatch.

Trying to brighten up that resume.

 

[JP4CY]

I don't know why people think WV would leave and the 7 remain intact in a year or 2.
WV would have to pay quite a bit, unless it's not until 2025.

 

[surly]

Trying to brighten up that resume.

The resume' is fine as is.

 

[Statefan10]

The resume' is fine as is.

No it’s not. Lol

 

[cyIclSoneU]

I don't know why people think WV would leave and the 7 remain intact in a year or 2.
WV would have to pay quite a bit, unless it's not until 2025.

Because getting in the ACC could be worth as much as $20M a year more than staying put.

 

[JP4CY]

Because getting in the ACC could be worth as much as $20M a year more than staying put.

Yes but not until after 2025 if the 8 remain, correct?

 

[ImperialCyclone]

100% Revamped Big 12 with less money and being regulated to a lower tier status. Not enough $$$ to pay Matt and his staff the $$$ they deserve. Because of this they will leave and Iowa State will never fully recover.

Essentially, what happened to UCONN will happen to ISU. This is what I'm expecting to happen based on the information / comments currently available.

This. This is the likely scenario I see. Iowa fans are hoping for this scenario.

 

[CyLyte2]

Are you saying Notre Dame?

That would be ideal. BYU most DEFINITELY adds something. People don't realize the following they have. Take the $160,000,000 that Texas and OU are going to pay the remainders and give it to Notre Dame to join the conference with BYU. Problem solved.