re: Expansion Options

quote:

---

But if the SEC could have chosen to get tu/OU or tu/A&M who do you think they would have chosen? OU is still a blue blood, a national brand, with one of the most historic rivalries in all of college football, and provides immense value.

---

They would take tu/OU, but not just because of OU's history. As has been said a billion times here, the name of the game is total poulation within the footprint, and OU would add 3.8 millon people you don't get with A&M because we overlap with tu.

Now if its a straight up choice between OU and A&M, I still think they would have picked us. Why? Because 25.6 million people is WAY more than 3.8 million people. Sure OU would carry their entire state and we would not carry all of Texas, but there is way more potential in our base then theirs.

The SEC before any expansion happened had the most power programs. The SEC doesn't really need more power programs to sell its brand- they just need footprint. Hence us and Mizzou.

A conference like the ACC or Big 12 DO need power programs to keep the conference stable. But the SEC could probably lose a power program and be just fine given it has so many.

Saying that, the SEC would love to have OU to add those 3.8 million people and to get another big program. They also flew to OU that day in 2010 when our invite was dropped off. They don't need OU though, especially if the price is Okie Lite.