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Will OU be the next Mizzou?
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:35 am
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:35 am
Due to the lack of "splash" in their initial year in the SEC does OU run the risk being seen in the same light as Mizzou. Like Mizzou, geographically and to some extent culturally, they aren't really a natural fit in the SEC. Yes they have a strong lineage, but it's not a Southern lineage. One has to wonder if given few more years of mediocrity they could become one of the more obscure teams in the super conference.
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:38 am to SemperFiDawg
With SMU, TCU, and now A&M being able to crack the DFW recruiting lock the Sooners had on the area, it’s gonna get interesting.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:38 am to SemperFiDawg
There history excludes them from being that insanely low.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:44 am to SemperFiDawg
OU recovers just fine from the slow start.
However, are they going to win the sec like the did the big12? No.
They won 14 times in 20 years. That’s insane, even with a weak conference that’s still crazy.
But “recovering” from 2024 to me just means they they are still a destination program for many high school recruits, and they can be proud of competing for some future playoff appearances as the importance of the sec championship dwindles.
However, are they going to win the sec like the did the big12? No.
They won 14 times in 20 years. That’s insane, even with a weak conference that’s still crazy.
But “recovering” from 2024 to me just means they they are still a destination program for many high school recruits, and they can be proud of competing for some future playoff appearances as the importance of the sec championship dwindles.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:50 am to SemperFiDawg
Mizzou has made the SEC title game. We will likely never see OU accomplish that. Oklahoma is on an express train to loserville. Now that they are no longer one of the few programs paying players, and since they are a piss poor academic institution (in a misrable place) who can't spend with the big boys, there is no longer an incentive for top players to attend. This is why OU is banking its future on a Washinton State QB who ended his season with consecutive losses to New Mexico, Oregon State, Wyoming and Syracuse. Venables will be fired before this season ends and no accomplished coach will take this job. It's over for OU.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:55 am to SemperFiDawg
Oklahoma has won 7 national championships. Mizzou has a bunch of rocks in their end zone.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:58 am to JayAg
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With SMU, TCU, and now A&M being able to crack the DFW recruiting lock the Sooners had on the area, it’s gonna get interesting.
You forgot Texas Tech now has a booster that has their NIL among the best. They just had a great portal class.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:58 am to Imber
This topic has been discussed, but the comparison usually used was Nebraska.
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:59 am to SemperFiDawg
That's a bad comparison. Mizzou came in hot.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:00 pm to bayou85
ou sucks
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:06 pm to SemperFiDawg
More like the next Arkansas. Former SWC power, became an also-ran in the big bad SEC
Switch SWC with Big12 and here we are
I don’t think they’ll make the SECCG like early Arkansas though.
Switch SWC with Big12 and here we are
I don’t think they’ll make the SECCG like early Arkansas though.
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:07 pm to bayou85
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That's a bad comparison. Mizzou came in hot.
Yeah. People seem to forget that.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:08 pm to JayAg
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This topic has been discussed, but the comparison usually used was Nebraska.
That could prove to be a better comparison, but the jury is still out.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:22 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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Mizzou has made the SEC title game
In an incredibly feeble SEC east those years where the West was unquestionably the king daddy of the conference and pretty much any SEC west team could have won the east. Top to bottom.
OU has played two challenging schedules back to back so far. Hell… has Mizzou’s SOS been in the top third of the SEC since they joined? Top half?
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:24 pm to CleverUserName
Mizzou had the toughest schedule in CFB in 2012, our first year in the SEC. Five top 10 teams and 3 bowl bound non-conference teams
When the schedule eased up we made two straight SECCG
When the schedule eased up we made two straight SECCG
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Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:25 pm to SemperFiDawg
If by next Mizzou you think they’ll make the title game twice and have a 12 win season inside their first 3 years in the conference then yes they could be. If they do none of those things and are instead mediocre sounds more like Nebraska or Colorado as far as expansion teams go.
Mizzou and Texas came in and won almost immediately. The other expansion teams not so much yet.
Mizzou and Texas came in and won almost immediately. The other expansion teams not so much yet.
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:25 pm to CleverUserName
How much money does OU have compaired. That is what it will boil down to now. What schools will have big boosters step up.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:29 pm to Hawgleg
OU couldn’t afford to buy itself of the Big 12. That’s why there was a 2-3 year delay.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:45 pm to SemperFiDawg
OU has ONE down decade in the modern era. The only other program that can claim that is Ohio state. That’s right OU has been more consistent than Alabama for DECADES. It’s laughable you simpletons can’t grasp the actual consistency this program has maintained. One bad coaching hire doesn’t affect OU in the slightest throughout history. 7th most valuable program in the country and a top 8 football revenue. Mizzou is a nobody program.
This post was edited on 8/7/25 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 8/7/25 at 12:47 pm to SemperFiDawg
OU will be fine once they get rid of Vegetables.
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