re: There are 9 mega bluebloods in CFB

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We haven’t been in a conference with Baylor for years. What are you talking about? You follow your Longhorn masters around like a little puppy dog. At least we went out on our own, even if it didn’t work out

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You were only taken for two reasons: more SEC exposure in Texas for recruiting reasons, and also the real prize had the deal with ESPN for LHN making us a no-go. It took more than a decade for ESPN to figure out a single school network was never going to be profitable, so making a deal with the SEC to end it early is what brought us in. As for OU? They were free to do what they wanted..either stay in the Big12, join the Big10 or dying Pac, they chose SEC when the invitation came in. Through most of our 100+ years of playing each other we were in different conferences, but with the changing CFB landscape the best way to ensure that game continues is to be in the same conference.