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Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:50 am to bgator85
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Only chose A&M as a peer university,
UF helped us get into the SEC for a reason.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:07 am to cardboardboxer
Phil Loadholt
Couldn't get in LSU.
“I’m not going to be at LSU anymore. I had some trouble qualifying,” said Loadholt, who added he planned to play again at Garden City this fall.
Then went to Oklahoma.
/endthread
Couldn't get in LSU.
“I’m not going to be at LSU anymore. I had some trouble qualifying,” said Loadholt, who added he planned to play again at Garden City this fall.
Then went to Oklahoma.
/endthread
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:17 am to Person of interest
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OU would be a good fit for the Big, add Kansas and the west division looks a lot like the old Big 8.
Yeah, it would have a small Big 8 flavor. Obviously Colorado is gone. Iowa State isn't going to get invited. Kansas State is out.
I doubt Missouri would leave the SEC, but wouldn't be shocked if they did.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:21 am to cardboardboxer
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UF helped us get into the SEC for a reason.
That's because the AAU members run shite.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:28 am to Korin
OU is an academic peer of Michigan and Texas?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:29 am to PNW
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Check again. Nebraska is not AAU.
Nebraska was when they entered the B1G. After joining, the B1G schools promptly voted them out of AAU. Quite the odd sequence of events.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:29 am to Spindicus Lofrus
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OU is an academic peer of Michigan and Texas?
Like we said, the only schools on their peer list that agreed were Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Kansas, Iowa State, and Texas Tech.
Not a single school from outside the Big 12 (or even from the upper half of the Big 12 for that matter)
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:45 am to nebraskafaninwi
This is stupid. OU is a fine school, but no better than schools like any run of the mill SEC school. Being AAU is great, but not the "end all be all." UGA, Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and SC are all fine schools and I would be proud for my daughter to go to any of them. Obviously not all schools are the same academically, and some have better or more specialized programs than others. But at the end of the day most schools in the SEC are just fine.
I'm sick of hearing about AAU this and AAU that. I'm glad that TAMU is AAU, but more importantly I like being affiliated with thirteen other southern schools that we share a common culture with. THAT is why I'm glad TAMU is in the SEC and not the PAC.
I'm sick of hearing about AAU this and AAU that. I'm glad that TAMU is AAU, but more importantly I like being affiliated with thirteen other southern schools that we share a common culture with. THAT is why I'm glad TAMU is in the SEC and not the PAC.
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 10:47 am
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:06 am to Korin
Okie fits the SEC like a glove; also would not western expansion potentially get all the SEC gang (minus LSU & MS schools) back together? To me, that is why the old SEC should want to see expanding to the west. More or less recreates the old SEC in a east division with LSU, MS schools maintaining a lot of rivalry games while being stuck in west. But they get AM, Arky, Okie, Mizzou and some other school in the west which isn't horrible.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:12 am to The Balinese Club
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I'm glad that TAMU is AAU
Me too. It was at those meetings sitting next to the UF president that Bowen learned exactly how green the grass was on the UF side of the fence.
The irony is that Texas (along with Rice) worked to get us into the AAU in order to raise the prestige of our state (and maybe the Big 12) and that ended up being our ticket out of town.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:14 am to The Balinese Club
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I'm sick of hearing about AAU this and AAU that. I'm glad that TAMU is AAU, but more importantly I like being affiliated with thirteen other southern schools that we share a common culture with. THAT is why I'm glad TAMU is in the SEC and not the PAC.
AAU is just something the Big 10 can grasp onto. It's made especially dumb by several schools holding membership only by virtue of early entry, which is why a number of those schools would be only average to above average academically in the SEC.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:16 am to nebraskafaninwi
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Oklahoma's academic peers: B1G or SEC
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nebraskafaninwi
This is where Oklahoma will end up.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:47 am to KCM0Tiger
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Oklahoma's academics would be the laughingstock of the Big 10. It's SEC or bust for them. Too bad they won't get it.
I read somewhere that they were making a hard push to improve academics and gain AAU status before the Big 12 GOR expires. OU is currenlty ranked with106th and tied with Iowa State and Kansas both of which are AAU schools. So them achieving AAU status is not that unthinkable. That would put them in much better position come tv negotation. I guess they feel like that could get them into the BIG or the PAC without Texas.
I doubt it would happen, but I could see the PAC-12 jumping for Texas and TTU/Rice and then taking KSU and OSU as filler teams. The PAC does have Oregon State (138th), Arizona State (129th-tied), Washington State (138th) and University of Utah (129th-tied). Kansas State is ranked #142 and Okie State is ranked #139. The only other options for the PAC to get to 16 would be to take UNM and UNLV/Nevada. Oklahoma and Kansas have more ppl than New Mexico and Nevada and OSU and KSU are ranked higher in academics that UNM (129th), University of Nevada (189) and UNLV (tier2). college rankings
Oklahoma (assuming OU gets AAU status) and Kansas could get invited to the BIG. OU is also set to play nebraska in 2021 and 2022 and that could be there chance to make their case.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:22 pm to WeeWee
Yeah but they're tied to THE Oklahoma State University as long as T Bone Steak is alive.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:27 pm to Korin
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Yeah but they're tied to THE Oklahoma State University as long as T Bone Steak is alive.
That is why I said I doubt it will happen. Hell in 10 years OSU could be wanting to break from OU just like Nebraska did or how Texas A&M broke away from Texas. Who knows what the future holds.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:32 pm to nebraskafaninwi
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I doubt Missouri would leave the SEC, but wouldn't be shocked if they did.
You keep alluding to Mizzou being willing to leave. But just the other day, you quoted some "B1G insider" as saying they knew Mizzou was off the table and weren't pursuing any longer. I would refer you to Brady Deaton's statement about this move, saying that it was a 100 year decision. Mizzou is not leaving the SEC. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can move on.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 4:04 pm to DaleDenton
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It is easier for athletes to qualify at 0U than at SEC schools.
Which is all that matters as far as this board goes.
Stop the presses!! I agree with Dale!!
Posted on 7/7/15 at 4:11 pm to Pettifogger
The AAU is pretty much nothing special. Basically if you were a member of any power 5 conference outside the SEC or ACC, you got in. Look at some of these names:
Iowa State
Rutgers
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Arizona
Colorado
Iowa State
Rutgers
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Arizona
Colorado
Posted on 7/7/15 at 4:16 pm to PNW
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I'd compare them to the likes of West Virginia, Ole Miss, and LSU.
one of those is not like the others
LSU is far superior to W VA & Ole Miss academically
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