re: Almost 1 year since Texas and OU joined the SEC. Thoughts?

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So SEC legacy fans what's your thoughts of Texas and OU in their first year of the conference?

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As a conference, it was different. But it was such a year of transition for BAMA fans that they may not have noticed. Losing Coach Saban is a cultural shock. Moving all games to ABC/ESPN was must-watch TV from noon to midnight. Nothing but marquee matchups, and that can't be understated or ignored. The SEC was the greatest show on turf.

The basketball quality was the best in my lifetime. The number of talented teams invited to the big dance was proof of how much things have changed and how quickly it has happened.

Overall, the SEC is in a good place as far as the product is concerned. The shorthorns and Sooners are part of the reason, but the SEC was the best conference in the country before the invasion. Year 2 promises a lot more of the same.

Never understood why we never played OU more than we did. It seemed like OSU was on the schedule a lot in the 80s but never OU except for a rare bowl matchup. We tried to set up a series with UT but they kept putting off the last game. Glad to have the possibility of playing both again but knowing SEC scheduling it could be a long time n between games.

We swept Texas's in 2/3 of the big 3 sports. Should have beat them in football too. Don't think we played OU yet

I've only recently started to accept Arkansas and South Carolina.

Arky feels less like a sec team to me today than the bcs days. The additions of Tex atm mizz and ou has really sucked arkys fanbase back in with the old gang.

Adding them did a lot for OU and Texas and precisely jack shite for the member schools or their fans. It really, really sucks that they’ve been added.

Same for Aggie and Mizzou.

I’ve disliked Texas and its fans since the 1980’s. Nothing has changed. If anything, I dislike them even more.
Texas simply doesn’t fit in the SEC.

Oklahoma isn’t bad. The fans are great. No problem with them but they don’t fit geographically.

I’d rather kick Texas to the curb and bring in Florida State or Clemson.

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Based on recent Big12 results, I figured Oklahoma would be challenging every one and Texas at the bottom. But, that's completely reversed.

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Those handpicked, charmin-soft schedules Texas got in football and baseball will do that.

Yeah, you are right, I'm 10 years old! And no don't compare Nebraska vs OU to Texas and the Aggies. Nebraska and OU are all time programs with a classic names in those series both playing and coaching. Texas is a historic program and the Aggies are not. I grew up watching games like Egg Bowl and Iron Bowl because those were the states next to my home and I knew people at those schools. The Lonestar Showdown meant nothing to me Thanksgiving weekend cause I did not know anyone who went to school at those schools, the states were hours away, they weren't in the conference, and Aggies aren't a historic program. It was nothing but an interstate rivalry game to me. Hell the two schools have only played in a top 25 matchup 6 times since 1985. No top 10 matchups since 1975. Why would I care about this game? No different than Michigan vs Michigan State. Is that so hard to understand you fool?

And the point of the thread I started yesterday was about bama and vols both having a South Dakota coach win in death valley by 30 points. All LSU fans could say back was stuff about baseball, which has nothing to do with the thread topic. This is crazy that you remember my username enough to find it in a thread (I didn't even create) and continue a beef from yesterday that I stopped responding to cause it was pointless. You might need to spend less time on this site buddy if you're that obsessed and this angry. You are pathetic and I feel bad for you