I don't know enough about Texas to know what those 13 sports are.

I'm guessing they won both mens and womens swimming and diving in the Big 12 as they're the top team in both from the big 12 in the polls.

The problem is there are no other Big 12 schools in the top 25 for men's or women's swimming, while the SEC has 7 men's teams and 7 womens teams in the top 25.

It's a more competitive landscape. Texas could still win either of them, but they'll have to fight for it now.

I don't know what other sports Texas is good at. Something like womens volleyball might be the same amount of challenge. I'm not aware of any dominant SEC schools there. But Baseball? Football? Womens gymnastics? Track and field? Tennis? Golf? There are a lot of good SEC teams in all those sports.

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Posted by PerrillouxToTexas

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Posted on 5/9/24 at 2:37 pm to DawginSC

Texas will dominate the olympic sports in the SEC because it will be the defacto school for west coast kids who want to play against the best without having to travel to New Jersey to play Rutgers on a Wednesday.

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Posted by Ptins944

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Posted on 5/11/24 at 12:48 pm to DawginSC

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I don't know what other sports Texas is good at. Something like womens volleyball might be the same amount of challenge. I'm not aware of any dominant SEC schools there. But Baseball? Football? Womens gymnastics? Track and field? Tennis? Golf? There are a lot of good SEC teams in all those sports.

Hint. All of them.

Now that football has gotten up off the mat, pretty much every team Texas fields competes at a high level. Not every year for every team, but pretty consistent across the board.

The SEC will present novel opportunities, like winning a National Championship without winning the Conference Championship.