re: Which has more potential? Oklahoma or A&M...

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OU isn’t going anywhere.

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You're absolutely right.

OU has done it countless times. Even with A&M have more resources, mental edge is priceless.

Now that everyone is free to funnel serious (fricking serious) money into their programs, the world has changed. OU has and always was very good at cheating and raiding Texas for recruits.

OU is at risk.

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OU is at risk.

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I know this is going to be surprising to you, but no one was ever banned from donating to a football program. Oklahoma state had one of the richest guys on the planet writing checks for decades, and you know it worked for a little while. But they were never better than upper middle class. And like I said the OU football program is worth more than every other school not Georgia and Texas.

You can’t have it both ways, OU being at risk but teams like Alabama are fine? you do know that right? Logically, you can’t.


If OU is at risk, then so is every school not in Florida or Texas, basically the entire SEC.

Or are recruits going to refuse money to play in a bunch of rich northern and west coast states to play in poor southern states because….SEC?? lol… do you see how that works? Really basic logic bud. If money’s the deciding factor here the SEC is essentially dead except maybe 2-3 schools.

Just think, in just 14 years A&M can celebrate the 100th anniversary of its NC

The richest schools (and their alumni) will surpass the ones that aren’t. Not that there won’t be exceptions. But day in day out, the schools who spend more money on average will do better than the schools that don’t. On average.

A storied program will not save any program for the storm that is hitting now and will continue.

This is an awesome pissing contest.

A&M has had enormous resources for years and has yet to prove we can win a conference championship or national championship.

OU is going to have to prove they can compete long term in the SEC. You have played insignificant schools for too long.

Depends on the coach. OU is the safer bet due to history. But A&M definitely has potential.

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I know this is going to be surprising to you, but no one was ever banned from donating to a football program. Oklahoma state had one of the richest guys on the planet writing checks for decades, and you know it worked for a little while. But they were never better than upper middle class. And like I said the OU football program is worth more than every other school not Georgia and Texas.

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If NIL happened 25 years ago T Boone would’ve wiped OU off the face of the earth. Writing checks for facilities is nothing compared to writing checks for players.

As far as who will be good and who will be at risk going forward…..on the macro level the SEC and B1G schools will generate far more from their media deals and so the floor will be higher at all of those schools. Only the ACC and B12 schools with big outside donors like Tech and SMU will be able to compete. Which will likely drive the last remaining schools with value to leave their conference

As far as which SEC schools will be a the top. Texas, Tennessee, A&M all have big money and a clear appetite to spend long term. Florida and Georgia have wealthy alumni. Surprisingly Ole Miss has several wealthy donors. It’s one thing to have the rich alumni and another thing for them to have the appetite to spend. LSU and Auburn have guys, but how long will that last?

It remains to be seen which schools will be able to keep up. I think the biggest question marks are Oklahoma and Alabama. They have the most to lose and are at the biggest risk of slipping long term. Their whole existence is built on ancient history and great coaches easily recruiting other, better states with better talent. That talent wants money and is slowly not caring at all about history