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Posted on 7/23/22 at 1:08 pm to Prof
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I agree but to push the point further I really don't understand why Texas or Oklahoma would want to join us. They had it made where they were.
Money and exposure. Plus the expanded playoff would not hurt their playoff chances too much.
Both applied for B1g membership and were denied. Not sure what they would have done if the SEC had told them no. Texas might've went independent.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 1:15 pm to Prof
Go back to 2009 and the Blair Report.
B1G wanted Notre Dame and Texas
SEC wanted Oklahoma and Texas A&M if the B1G got ND and Utx
Instead, Notre Dame went partially to the ACC and Utx stayed in the B12 with the LHN
OU chose to stay with Utx and SEC needed a 2nd with TAMU so we got Mizzou
In 2009, the B12 was #2 behind the SEC but with the PAC getting the Buffs and the B1G getting Nebraska that damaged the B12. If they had picked up UL + UC + Pitt + WVU right then they probably wind up in good shape as that would have killed the ACC and created a bridge to the East instead of adding TCU (already had state of TX) and leaving WVU by itself as an island.
With TAMU and MU in the SEC, Buffs in PAC, and Nebraska in the B1G they never really recovered and moving to the SEC was probably the smart move at this time and in the future.
ACC went from dead to possibly being the 2nd strongest conference now, who would have predicted that?
B1G wanted Notre Dame and Texas
SEC wanted Oklahoma and Texas A&M if the B1G got ND and Utx
Instead, Notre Dame went partially to the ACC and Utx stayed in the B12 with the LHN
OU chose to stay with Utx and SEC needed a 2nd with TAMU so we got Mizzou
In 2009, the B12 was #2 behind the SEC but with the PAC getting the Buffs and the B1G getting Nebraska that damaged the B12. If they had picked up UL + UC + Pitt + WVU right then they probably wind up in good shape as that would have killed the ACC and created a bridge to the East instead of adding TCU (already had state of TX) and leaving WVU by itself as an island.
With TAMU and MU in the SEC, Buffs in PAC, and Nebraska in the B1G they never really recovered and moving to the SEC was probably the smart move at this time and in the future.
ACC went from dead to possibly being the 2nd strongest conference now, who would have predicted that?
This post was edited on 7/23/22 at 1:25 pm
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