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Posted on 11/21/12 at 11:21 am to Scoob
Posted on 11/21/12 at 11:21 am to Scoob
Methinks you're not very educated on media markets and such if you're calling TAMU a medium guy. 
On top of that...TAMU could have gone B1G, Pac, ACC, or SEC. Alone.
OU cannot go to some of those. Some because of academics.
On top of that...TAMU could have gone B1G, Pac, ACC, or SEC. Alone.
OU cannot go to some of those. Some because of academics.
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 11:22 am
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Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:04 pm to BigD Ag
quote:In the realm of collegiate sports, you are nowhere near the draw of an Oklahoma. You do realize that, don't you? Oklahoma will deliver TV ratings in all 50 states; you provide competition to Texas in the Texas markets. Nobody on either coast, or in the Rust Belt, cares about A&M. Oklahoma, on the other hand, they still do. Short of Notre Dame, Oklahoma's got as much impact as any school in the country.
Methinks you're not very educated on media markets and such if you're calling TAMU a medium guy.
On top of that...TAMU could have gone B1G, Pac, ACC, or SEC. Alone.
OU cannot go to some of those. Some because of academics.
Nothing personal, and that's why I said MEDIUM instead of LITTLE. Because you DO provide some new juice to the blend. Just, not the juice the Sooners would. Nobody in, say, Big 10 territory cares about you; but Oklahoma is still national.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:20 pm to BigD Ag
A&M wasn't going to join the SEC alone. Need equal amount of teams to join, keep the divisions balanced. We aren't CUSA.
Guessing the goal is 16. While I'm mostly joking about an Oklahoma conspiracy, that WOULD explain a few things:
why we didn't raid the ACC, but instead took 2 Big 12 teams. If the B1G could get Maryland, I think the SEC could have, too. Or one of the Virginia teams. If we are going school-by-school, ACC team makes way more sense than Missouri. A&M fits our geography, Mizzou doesn't. Not... unless, there are more teams on the way from the Big 12.
Why the Pac 12 deal fell through. Everyone saw Oklahoma as one of their targets, not Colorado. Maybe the Sooners saw the SEC as geographically more friendly than a bunch of West Coast trips.
Guessing the goal is 16. While I'm mostly joking about an Oklahoma conspiracy, that WOULD explain a few things:
why we didn't raid the ACC, but instead took 2 Big 12 teams. If the B1G could get Maryland, I think the SEC could have, too. Or one of the Virginia teams. If we are going school-by-school, ACC team makes way more sense than Missouri. A&M fits our geography, Mizzou doesn't. Not... unless, there are more teams on the way from the Big 12.
Why the Pac 12 deal fell through. Everyone saw Oklahoma as one of their targets, not Colorado. Maybe the Sooners saw the SEC as geographically more friendly than a bunch of West Coast trips.
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