Report: OU & Texas reach out to join SEC
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Pretty solid comp....both had a high profile QB at one point that made them relevant for a couple years, but nobody can actually remember what else their program has done in the last 30 years to garner the prestige they think they have.
Once again, this is IF the B1G and / or Pac don't invite Iowa State.
What is your suggestion IF the B1G and / or Pac do not invite?
It will pay the bills more than being in the AAC or the MWC.
Yeah I understand that it's better than being in the AAC but not by much. I'm simply pointing out that it still isn't a great spot for Iowa State to land in.
Let's end this facade of amateurism in major college football and sign a deal with Bally's.
Not a bad position to have through all this. Not sure it matters directly to the problems at hand, but it certainly doesn't hurt having a highly regarded AD.
So after years of lurking I decided to join.
Here’s what I’ve said for a few years that I wish would happen, and possibly will happen. 30 or so teams break away from the NCAA and form their own league. No requirement to go to school, can pay the players whatever. This gets the cheaters out of there and the fake title of “student athletes”. The rest of us can go back to a normal college football life. Conferences that make sense, etc. sure we might not have all the flashy buildings and pay our coaches more than NFL guys but at least it will still be college…
Here’s what I’ve said for a few years that I wish would happen, and possibly will happen. 30 or so teams break away from the NCAA and form their own league. No requirement to go to school, can pay the players whatever. This gets the cheaters out of there and the fake title of “student athletes”. The rest of us can go back to a normal college football life. Conferences that make sense, etc. sure we might not have all the flashy buildings and pay our coaches more than NFL guys but at least it will still be college…
You know, I actually don't think UT is capable of wrecking the SEC like they have every other conference. I think they are finally in a conference that is big and strong enough that UT really doesn't matter. When they get tired of being the league punching bag and decide to pack up and go home, the rest of the league will just shrug and continue on. UT has possibly succeeded in making the largest athletic department in the country irrelevant.
I like this a lot. Both leagues are in a tough spot, and need to make a move, and this could put pressure on the Big Ten to do something if they're going to as well.
Yes, they are so arrogant that they think they can wander in and be a major player in the SEC. they are definitely continuing down a Nebraska path. Show up, get to play all the big dogs right away in cross division and struggle to .500. Not get the calls since they are the new guys. They will learn to hate this over time.
This is probably their last invite also. Get divorced three times and most think you are the problem, not all the ones you divorced.
The win here would be a merger. This could also help with getting an invite from the B1G.
This would 100% push the B1G to try to get to at least 16. KU and ISU come on down.
Then the other conferences will have to band together and refuse to play them, unlikely, or charge them up the wazzou for a game.
This is a good, good move. Also seems believable via who is reporting it and how that tweet was worded.
A full merger with Colorado and Utah joining the 'big 12 division' is the best possible outcome outside of B10. You get a immediate extension of GOR - you more/less reunite the B8, and you keep multiple travelable games on the schedule.
Not sure what the money would be, but would at least solidify as being apart of whatever the end game is. WV being the potential issue.
I've long said an alliance, not a merger, but an alliance in football and mbb only coupled with bringing the Pac12 Network east to the plains makes so much sense for both conferences.
and hopefully they are discussing black balling scheduling of SEC teams.
The big ten is supposedly talking to the PAC also. If those three hooked together and refused playing them in non con and worked new bowl alliances to avoid SEC, they could possibly put some leverage on them. Get the ACC to join in and you can throw the SEC on an island although I don’t think ESPN would allow that.
