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Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:44 pm to Ghost of Barnwell
The same colt mccoy who started his career 0-2 vs Dennis franchione?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:47 pm to Judah Mann
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The Longhorn Network has to go.
Not a problem. Just turn it in to SEC 2.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:51 pm to Old Sarge
Low IQ Old Tardge is all whipped up in a swivet already.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:53 pm to CharlotteSooner
Poor horns and Sooners
Begging to have the sec consider them
And being rejected
Begging to have the sec consider them
And being rejected
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:53 pm to Old Sarge
I mean they get to get in on the fun of beating y'all's asses again. That should be enough to suffice the masses
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:54 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Honestly, of all the "expansion" stuff, Texas and Oklahoma still work enough for me to feel like I can convince myself they belong. A division of Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, LSU, Arkansas doesn't feel like a hodge podge of schools. It feels like it makes sense (same feeling I felt about A&M joining).
I agree
Oklahoma is an easy fit IMO. Texas is a little different but it'd make sense for one of the top "brands" in CFB to be in the premier conference.
I've never thought the other expansion talk of VT or NC State or whatever made much sense. Much like Missouri those are just schools you don't a lot of contact with in the deep south (in my experience). Clemson and GT are somewhat natural fits, but obviously deep within our existing footprint.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:55 pm to Old Sarge
So that means Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech and the University of Louisiana are all coming to the SEC as well?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:56 pm to Old Sarge
That's some solid coattail-riding.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:56 pm to Old Sarge
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Poor horns and Sooners
Begging to have the sec consider them
And being rejected
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:56 pm to GetOutMeSwamp
Yeah, our last 50 games are what ? 24-26? Lots of beating our asses in that
Posted on 7/21/21 at 3:57 pm to Pettifogger
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I agree
Oklahoma is an easy fit IMO. Texas is a little different but it'd make sense for one of the top "brands" in CFB to be in the premier conference.
I've never thought the other expansion talk of VT or NC State or whatever made much sense. Much like Missouri those are just schools you don't a lot of contact with in the deep south (in my experience). Clemson and GT are somewhat natural fits, but obviously deep within our existing footprint.
Yep - Texas is more of a fit when thinking of "old Texas" than the new, Californian version of Austin and UT that exists today. Oklahoma, as you said, slides right in much like Aggie did.
100% agree about the cultural/regional setup - and that's exactly my thought on it. South Carolina and Texas don't have much interaction, but
- Texas/A&M/Oklahoma/LSU/Arky do in Texas cities
- LSU/Ole Miss/Bama/State do in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
- Alabama/Auburn/Georgia/Tennessee do in Nashville, Atlanta, etc
- Georgia/Florida/Carolina do on the coasts and in Atlanta/Charlotte/etc
There is a chain of contact and cities where 4-5 schools are heavily represented with almost all of these schools, and Texas and Oklahoma fit right in that mix.
There will be certain schools that don't have anything in common (the far Eastern schools and the far Western ones), but the majority of schools will have cross-pollination in some way with the majority of other schools.
The only one that still just doesn't really fit in the puzzle is Missouri.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:00 pm to SummerOfGeorge
I thought OU and OSU were tied together
What happens to OSU?
What happens to OSU?
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:01 pm to nicholastiger
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I thought OU and OSU were tied together
What happens to OSU?
I was also under that impression, which is one of the parts of this that makes me feel like maybe this isn't quite as far along as it's being made to seem.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:01 pm to Old Sarge
Texas wants to be the 8th best team in the SEC
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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I thought OU and OSU were tied together
What happens to OSU?
I was also under that impression, which is one of the parts of this that makes me feel like maybe this isn't quite as far along as it's being made to seem.
I’ve seen this posted previously but never actually seen it substantiated. Seems like one of those things that started out as a rumor and has just been accepted as fact.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Well ole Boone Pickens isn't around to assist OSU
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:03 pm to nicholastiger
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I thought OU and OSU were tied together
What happens to OSU?
Missouri & Kansas to the Big 10.
Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State to the SEC
West Virginia & Notre Dame to the ACC.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:03 pm to Pettifogger
I don't think Oklahoma is much of a fit, but Texas certainly qualifies. Membership in the confederacy pretty much forever defines you as the south.
Having said that, there are a couple of things I find amusing. The first is that Texas and Oklahoma, but very specifically Texas are the two programs responsible for the collapse of the original Big-12. If they had treated everyone as equal partners like we do in the SEC, it's highly unlikely Colorado, Mizzou, aTm, and Nebraska would have bolted. Now they don't have the shoulders to carry the dead weight that replaced the programs they ran off so they want to bolt too. That's fricking hilarious.
Second is that if Texas thinks this will help them return to relevance faster, they need to share what they're smoking. They're twice as likely to turn into the current Tennessee than they are the current LSU, Georgia, Alabama, or Florida.
Having said that, there are a couple of things I find amusing. The first is that Texas and Oklahoma, but very specifically Texas are the two programs responsible for the collapse of the original Big-12. If they had treated everyone as equal partners like we do in the SEC, it's highly unlikely Colorado, Mizzou, aTm, and Nebraska would have bolted. Now they don't have the shoulders to carry the dead weight that replaced the programs they ran off so they want to bolt too. That's fricking hilarious.
Second is that if Texas thinks this will help them return to relevance faster, they need to share what they're smoking. They're twice as likely to turn into the current Tennessee than they are the current LSU, Georgia, Alabama, or Florida.
Posted on 7/21/21 at 4:04 pm to Old Sarge
Don't believe it, makes no sense. Either Texas or Oklahoma will win the Big 12 Conference title every year and guarantee themselves a spot in the new 12 team playoff configuration. Why give that up?
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