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On Thursday's edition of The Herd, Cowherd made the case that if the Oklahoma Sooners struggle in moving to the SEC, they could become irrelevant...
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Tony Vitelleaux24 months
Dey gone
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TouchdownTony24 months
C'mon dude. tougher comp, yea, disappear, no.
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Has OU ever beaten an SEC team in the playoffs?
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Tiger Ike24 months
I see them being an Arkansas middle of the road program in the SEC. The big boys all come after those Dallas kids and it will be tough for boomer to keep up.
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Naked Bootleg24 months
Cowherd has a hard-on for trolling OU fans... because the OU twitter base bites that hook every time.
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KAGTASTIC24 months
OU, and UTX fans are both going to have a reality when they arent the top dogs in a 2 team top heavy conference. The SECs big 6 ain't going to care about their history.
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TrueLefty23 months
When were they top dogs lately in the Big 12?
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Timeoday24 months
I see Texas and Oklahoma being able to recruit more competitively as members of the mighty SEC Conference. But can they coach them up?
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PeleofAnalytics24 months
Not sure about that. Any school with an enthusiastic fan base and cash will survive. OU's endowment is in the upper third of the SEC so their alumni are not poor. Doesn't mean those same alumni are putting money into the football team but it is a decent indicator. Not a guarantee of success but I would not put money on Oklahoma turning irrelevant.
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wesman2124 months
It isn't about history and tradition anymore. It is about $$$$. C'mon Cowardherd!
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Giantkiller24 months
The move was completely moronic for OU. They let Texas just lead them around as leverage, but without all that UT money. It makes perfect sense for the Whorns though. They're about to take that alumni endowment money to Birmingham and absolutely wreck fricking shop.

Expansion at all right now was a dumbass move and the SEC will regret it for eternity. I still don't see the upside for the rest of the conference.
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MackDaddyBrown24 months
Birmingham? We're taking that money to the new SEC HQ in Dallas
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genuineLSUtiger24 months
UT and it’s boosters are in for a rude awakening dealing with the Bama mafia.
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BigTx24 months
I actually expect OU to fare better than TX will. I hope not, but I’m surely not betting against them.
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VoxDawg24 months
Not that I give that bag of wind any credence, but who's the first?
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TxWadingFool24 months
Nebraska?
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CDawson24 months
SMU?
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Drewbie24 months
My initial thought was USC.
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lsuson24 months
I don't know how OU is going to fare in the SEC, but I think they know its going to be very tough to get to the playoffs now as opposed to where they were.
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bayou8524 months
I feel like the Big 12 and the Pac 12 should have merged instead of the top 2 leaving.
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TailbackU24 months
He’s not wrong
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UnoMe24 months
He’s wrong about 70-80 percent of the time, look it up he just spews shite that makes no sense
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KAGTASTIC24 months
Compared to UTX, OU did get screwed in that 2024 schedule for sure. IRRC OU and UT played not to long ago, so 2024 should have seen a UT/UTX match up. Give OU Vandy, and would have split the Big6 amongst them, instead of 4 to OU and 2 to UTX.
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GeorgeTheGreek24 months
He’s not not wrong.
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SeeeeK24 months
Nope. They won't be dominant, but they will continue being one of top sec teams. They will hurt the middling teams
The most, by stealing some of their talent in recruiting.
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GumboPot24 months
I don't think the recruiting logic that applies to Nebraska applies to OU. In fact OU's recruiting might get better. They should maintain their footprint in Texas and expand South. I agree with his other two points though...tougher opponents and the coach is not exactly right.
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MOJO_ERASER24 months
He’s had a hard on for OU since Riley left for USC his school. If you wanna call going to a bowl season being down sure whatever but OU historivally is never down for more than a few years at a time … it’s why they are knows as being the most consistent team in the modern era .
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MOJO_ERASER24 months
He’s had a hard on for OU since Riley left for USC his school. If you wanna call going to a bowl season being down sure whatever but OU historivally is never down for more than a few years at a time … it’s why they are knows as being the most consistent team in the modern era .
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TrueLefty23 months
You are talking about the Big 12! Not even close to compare the Big 12 to the SEC.
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lsusteve124 months
OU will do better than Texas, IMO
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